TURKISH SUPER LEAGUE WRAP: TRABZONSPOR GOES ON TOP!

Trabzonspor came back from behind to beat Genclerbirligi on Saturday....

Turkish Super League 9th week, opened with two matches on Friday and there were three matches played on Saturday.

On Sunday, there will be derby match and more....

Bursaspor will have fight back in Ankara to get back the top spot!

Also on Sunday, Manisaspor will host winless team in the league Kasimpasa...

The 9th week will close on Monday Night with Kayseri hosting Besiktas.

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Trabzonspor showed second-half fightback to beat Genclerbirligi 3-1 and and captured the top

spot in the league at least until Sunday.

Trabzonspor and Bursaspor are dead locked at 20 points.....


Genclerbirligi scored first when Serkan Calik's 32nd-minute goal gave them a half-time lead.

Some how, they managed to stay front until the 68th minute when Burak Yilmaz scored the first


goal for Trabzon, and four minutes later substitute Jaja put Trabzonspor 2-1 ahead.


Umut Bulut made it 3- 1 with nice header goal...



Antalyaspor climbed to third place with a 1-0 victory over Konyaspor, with a 31st-minute strike


from Kerem Seras. Konyaspor, who sit second-bottom, had substitute Emre Toraman sent off in the last minute.


In the early match on Saturday,Istanbul Buyuksehir beat Gaziantepspor 1-0 with Tevfik Kose's only goal.


On Friday, Karabuk lost at home agasinst Eskisehirspor 1-2 and Sivasspor tied Bucaspor at home 1-1

Karabuk had a chance to capture the third place in the standings but, they were not successful!

Sivasspor coach Mesukt Bakkal was fired by Sivas team and Riza Calimbay hired for his place to coach Sivasspor.


SUPER DUPER SUNDAY DERBY.....

On Sunday, All eyes and ears will be glued to the LIG TV for the Turkey's biggest derby match between Fenerbahce and Galatasary....

The early match between Ankaragucu and Bursaspor score will effect this derby match too...


Wounded Lions of Galatasaray, will take the pitch, with their new coach duet Geoarge Hagi and his assistant Tugay Kerimoglu.....

After Unfairly firing ,Rijkaard, Galatasaray with a lot of injuries on the team will have rough time in Kadikoy, against Fenerbahce!


Going in to this match, Fenerbahce is in front of Galatasaray in the standings with 16 points..

Galatasaray after losing to Ankaragucu, last weekend, which cost Rijkaard to his job, they are at 14 points!


With a win, Fenerbahce could pull in one point behind Trabzonspor maybe Bursaspor too!

A tie will not be good to either team............


Both teams will play for win , on Sunday!

In my opinion, the goal keepers will decide the outcome of this match...........

Galatasaray have a big isue in the goal and also on defense plus they have no one to score!

Arda Turan and Milan Baros is out for sure....

On the other hand , Fenerbahce has a better midfield for this match...

The defense could spell problems, when they are, under pressure .....


Galatasaray have not won at Kadıkoy since 1999, last time Galatasaray won the match in Kadikoy Hagi was the coach for Galatasaray!


That is why there are many reason to watch this Turkey's biggest derby match between Fenerbahce and Galatasaray...

I juts hope and pray ,it will be good football all the way not ugly football!

Besiktas Hosting Porto

Besiktas hosting Portugal's Porto team in Istanbul.. The leading pair of UEFA Europa League Group L, will meet in Istanbul and for their Matchday-3 encounter which will possibly pave the way for top spot for one of the teams in the group. Besiktas and Porto both won their first two games. Besiktas defeated Bulgary's CSKA Sofia 1-0 in Istanbul and had a 1-2 away victory over Austria's Rapid Wien. Porto toppled Rapid Wien 3-0 in their first group game at home and beat CSKA Sofia 0-1 in an away game. The match will kick off at Istanbul's Inonu Stadium at 20:00 Local Turkey Time (13:00,ET)

Hagi Will Taker Over Galatasaray Coaching Job...

Turkey's one of the Giants Galatasaray Football Club, after rejected by Fatih Terim is bringing Hagi in as their coach. Galatasaray named Romanian Gheorghe Hagi on Thursday as their new coach to replace Frank Rijkaard with former Turkey international Tugay Kerimoglu as his assistant,according to Galatasaray web site. Hagi previously coached Galatasaray in the 2004-2005 season.

Ertugrul Saglam plays down Rooney impact...

Bursaspor coach Ertugrul Saglam does not believe that the controversy surrounding Wayne Rooney will distract Manchester United during Wednesday night's Champions League fixture between the two sides. "These problems occur from time to time with players," Saglam said. "We have experienced something similar ourselves in the last couple of weeks, so I know what it is like to have player problems. "But Manchester United have the depth of quality in their squad to know that whoever they put in to replace Rooney is likely to be of a very high standard. I certainly don't think it is going to be an advantage for us, or a disadvantage for them." Sir Alex Ferguson confirmed in an extraordinary press conference on Tuesday that Rooney has informed the club he will not be signing a new deal and that the striker is "adamant" he will seek alternative employment.

Galatasaray Sacked Frank Rijkaard...

Galatasaray have ended the contract of Frank Rijkaard by mutual agreement, Wednesday, after a disappointing start of the season. According the club web site "As a result of mutual agreement, we have decided to part ways with technical director Frank Rijkaard... as of October 20, 2010," The statement did not say who would succeed Rijkaard. Galatasaray club also thanked Rijkaard and his crew on their web site.. 'We would like to thank all of them for all their contribution and services to Galatasaray and wish them all the success in their future life and career,' According to latest reports,Galatasaray approached its former coach Fatih Terim for the position, but Terim rejected the offer for "family reasons." Rijkaard coached Barcelona before moving to Galatasaray.

Huge Blow....Azerbaijan beats Turkey!

This has to be the worst defeat In Turkish National Team history.

Low ranked Azerbaijan National team beat Turkey and shocked the world!


After losing to Germany in Berlin, four day before Turkey chocked against Azerbaijan..


Turkey suffered a huge set back to their Euro 2012 qualifying hopes after Rashad Sadygov's first-half goal earned Azerbaijan a surprise 1-0 win.....


With world famous coach Hiddink at the helm, Turkey lost two matches in four days!


After the match, Guus Hiddink said he never lost a two matches in four days, in his career!

He also said, losing to Azerbaijan is big disappointment for Turkish national team.


"Losing to the German national team - was not a tragedy, but defeat by Azerbaijan very disappointed us."


GUUS HIDDINK UNDER FIRE IN TURKEY.....

After two disaster match, Hiddink is under fire in Turkey, by Turkish media and Turkish soccer fans!


All the print media and soccer columnist in Turkey, are questioning Hiddink's and his assistant Oguz Cetin's credibility in the Turkish National team...


Even Hiddink's contract, with Turkish Football Federation was debated in the Parliament floor!


Democratic Left Party (DSP) general secretary and Denizli MP Hasan Ercelebi, raised the issue over the agreement with Hiddink.


The World famous coach Hiddink, is in hot waters in Turkey at the moment...


The master tactician,after unsuccessful period with Russia, looks like will have a tough time in Turkey too!

But , He is not the only person to take blame in Turkey...

TFF, Asistant coach Oguz Cetin and players deserves much of the blame too...

For Hididink, losing to Azerbaijan was the dark side of his career.

Lastly, losing to Azerbaijan for Turkish football, was huge blow and slap in the face!

Germany demolish Turkey 3-0!

This has to be the worst Turkish National team, that I saw in a long time...

Turkish Football instead of going forward, it is going back to 80's again!


In Berlin, Germany, Turkish National team thrashed by Germany with the score of 3-0

We were never in the game .....

We had only one good chance in the beginning of the second half and Halil Altintop could not put the ball behind the net!


After Aurelio's injury in the 24th minute , Turkish team looked like, bunch of amateurs on the pitch...


Guuss Hidink's wrong player decisions for Aurelio did not help ether ,,,,,

Tuncay Sanli for Aurelio was wrong choice...

Everyone thought, Selcuk Inan, who was warming up, was going to replace Aurelio !

I just wonder The assistant coach Oguz Cetin, changed , Hiddink's mind?

It looked so awkward ......


Any way, Germany Beat Turkey 3-0 with and Miroslav Klose scored twice and German born Turkish kid, Mesut Ozil scored one...


Germany scored the first goal in the closing minutes of the first half by Klose with a header. when the ball came of the post and all the defender and keeper Volkan Demirel stopped, because they thought Klose was in off side position.


The German born young Turk, Mesut Ozil, scored the second goal in the 79th minute.

Three minutes left in the match Turkish keeper Volkan Demirel made a huge mistake by punting the ball to Klose's chest and he went in to score the goal between Volkan Demirel's legs!


After this result Germany is still perfect with nine points while Turkey is three points behind and they are same points with Austria....


After the match, Hiddink said," We could last with them for 25 minutes but after Aurelio's injury we just had too many problems"

"We played against a team that was dominant in all aspects of the game."

On the other hand happy German coach Low praised his players...

He said, "We dominated throughout and played a very good game."


Lastly, like I wrote before, this match was more than a soccer game...

It was history, World known German born young Turk, played against his mother and father's home land and scored a goal against them..


It was history in the books, for Turkish football and German football....

I am sure , some one in Turkey, hitting his head to the walls, not getting this young Turk , when they had the chance!

We all know who that person or people are!

WATCH THE GERMANY V TURKEY HIGHLIGHTS......