IT IS TO BE OR NOT TO BE TIME FOR BURSA IN THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE!

The Strong Bursspor we see in the Turkish Super League is not the same Bursa we have seen in the UEFA's Champions League so far!

They played three matches and forget winning a match , they have yet to score a goal...


On Tuesday night they will face red hot Manchester United in Bursa..

This be very historical night for Bursaspor fans...

First time ever a big name like Alex Ferguson and his boys will play in the city of Bursa , Turkey!

Manchester United on top of the group with two points clear of second-placed Rangers and three ahead of Valencia at the halfway stage of the group, while Bursaspor have yet to get off the mark.

Despite not yet scoring a goal in the Champions League, Bursaspor's confidence will have been boosted by their domestic exploits as Ertugrul Saglam's side are unbeaten in the Turkish Super League and sit top of the standings.


Ertugrul Saglam said: "We believe we can get a result that will be written into the history books with golden letters."

Milan Stepanov and Ali Tandogan sustained knee and hamstring injuries respectively at Old Trafford but are now available for selection again.

Federico Insua also returning after recovering from a hamstring complaint.


So , this is a make it or brake it match for Bursa in the Champions League!

Trabzonspor captures the second place at the end of 10th week in Turkey.

Kayserispor only enjoyed the second place for a day!

On Monday, Trabzonspor beat Konya, in away match with the score of 1-2...

Trabzonspor and Kayserispor has same points but Trabzon's average is better...

So, Trabzonspor is on second place again at the end of tenth week, in the league.

Erdinc Yavuz put Konyaspor ahead in the 29th minute, but Umut Bulut tied the match four

minutes later and Egeman Korkmaz scored the winning goal for Trabzon.

Konyaspor ended the game with 10 men after substitute Ibrahim Ege was sent off in the 88th minute.


First time in a long time, after ten weeks Turkish giants, Besiktas , Galatasaray and Fenerbahce, are not in the top three of the Turkish Super League!

The teams like, Trabzon , Bursa and Kayseri are real and they have been real for a couple a years...


This is disgrace for the big three in Turkey but good for Anatolian teams that are building

strong soccer clubs with minimun budget!


Lastly, the gap on top, is only one point, between leaague leader Bursaspor and Trabzon and Kayseri!


Bursaspor is feeling the pressure ,,,,

in the comming weeks we will see a lot of good matches in the league....

Bursaspor will take on Manchester United on Tuesday..

They have yet to score a goal or earn a point in the Champions league...

On Tuesday, They could do this in front of their home fans in Bursa...

But, Manchester United will be looking for a win to secure their first place in the group.

Turkish Super League Sunday Wrap:Kayseri Captures The Second Place

After winning away match on Sunday Kayserispor moved within a point of Super League leaders Bursaspor!

The other team, Trabzonspor who plays on Monday night could capture the second place from Kayseri if they win their match in Konya against Konyaspor.....


Ersen Martin had put Kasimpasa ahead after 11 minutes but Marcelo Zalayeta got Kayseri back on level terms three minutes later and Alexander Amisulashvili scored the goal for Kayseri.


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WE saw two different Besiktas on Sunday....

First half Besiktas played like a team but in the second half they looked totally diffident team on the pitch...


After scoring two goals , Besiktas team gave up on the pitch and Sivasspor scored thanks to huge mistake by Besiktas defense!

And in the closing minutes of the match, Besiktas was save by wood works!

Sivasspor shot came off the post.............



Bobo and Necip scored for Besiktas while Ricardo Pedriel scored Sivas's only goal...


Also on Sunday, Buca lost at home agauinst Istanbul Buyuksehir 0-2 and Genclerbirligi beat Manisa at home with 2-0 score.


Standings.....

1 Bursaspor 10 7 3 0 19-5 24
2 Kayserispor 10 7 2 1 15-5 23
3 Trabzonspor 9 6 2 1 23-7 20
4 Fenerbahce 10 5 3 2 25-12 18
5 Antalyaspor 10 5 2 3 14-14 17
6 Besiktas 10 5 1 4 16-11 16
7 Buyuksehir 10 5 1 4 11-9 16
8 Galatasaray 10 5 1 4 14-13 16
9 Karabukspor 10 4 3 3 15-14 15
10 Ankaragucu 10 4 2 4 16-16 14
11 Manisaspor 10 4 0 6 15-18 12
12 Gaziantepspor 10 2 5 3 6-8 11
13 Genclerbirligi 10 3 2 5 9-16 11
14 Eskisehirspor 10 2 4 4 7-10 10
15 Bucaspor 10 1 4 5 5-10 7
16 Sivasspor 10 1 4 5 9-22 7
17 Konyaspor 9 1 3 5 9-17 6
18 Kasimpasa 10 0 2 8 7-28 2

Turkish Super League Saturday Wrap.....

Three matches played and only three goal scored on Saturday in the Turkish SPOR TOTO Super League on Saturday!

All of the three goal came in the Galatasaray , Antalya match....

Galatasaray beat Antalyaspor 2-1 at home thanks to goals from Servet Cetin (31) and Juan Pablo Pino (34), with Musa Nizman scoring for Antalyaspor.

In the Saturday's early games, Eskisehirspor and Ankaragucu and Gaziantepspor and Karabukspor finished the matches scoreless !


So, Galatasaray with a win, moved up to sixth place with 16 points....

On Friday, League leader Bursaspor came back to tied the match against Fenerbahce, with 1-1 score!

This score was not good for both teams!

With this draw, Burssaspor invited the others to be part of this race, for the top and the gap might be only one point with either Trabzon or Kayseri or Both!

Bursaspor have 24 points and Kayseri and Trabzon have 20 points before their matches on Sunday and Monday!


On Sunday, If Kayseri wins their away match they could move up to the second place..

Also on Sunday Besiktas with a win, could push Galatasaray out of the sixth place...

Kayserispor will face Kasimpasa in Istanbul and Besiktas will be home against Sivasspor..

Sivaspor just hired former Besiktas coach Riza Calimbay to coach the team!

On Monday, Trabzonspor will travel to Konya to play Konyaspor....

(Just to remind you ,Turkiye already spring back the clocks one hour...so, the time difference is 6 hours with United States...)

Here is the matches.....


31 Oct 2010
14:30 CET Genclerbirligi ? : ? Manisaspor
14:30 CET Kasimpasa ? : ? Kayserispor
16:30 CET Bucaspor ? : ? Buyuksehir
18:00 CET Besiktas ? : ? Sivasspor

01 Nov 2010
19:00 CET Konyaspor ? : ? Trabzonspor

BESIKTAS GOES DOWN IN KAYSERI AT THE LAST MINUTE!

The flying Black Eeagles of Turkey (Besiktas) are not flying high in the Turkish Super League lately!..

In the domestic leagues, they lost three matches back to back and lost the match against Porto in the Europa League.



On Monday night football match In Turkey, Kayserispor beat Besiktas in the closing minutes of the match by young Furkan Ozcal goal.

Who is this young Furkan?

He is a product of German soccer ....

He started his career with 1860 Munich and later signed three year contract with Kayseri on 18 June 2008.

There are at least six young Turkish players like Furkan, who came from Germany!

Kayserispor's General Manager Suleyman Hurma, has been with this club long time and he know the Germany market too.

I think he is the only real deal general manager in Turkish foootball in my opinion!

On the other hand, The team who out spend every team in the league .....

Besiktas, the team with full of stars, can't win!

I guess, money some time does not buy you championship........

It looks like, money isn't going to buy the championship this season, for Besiktas..

Besiktas is 10 points behind League leader, Bursaspor!


And they have the most expensive team and one of the most expensive coach on the sideline..

Yet, they have lost four matches back to back!

When Ricardo Quaresma does not play Besiktas team can't win a match...

Ricardo Quaresma, is injured ........

And he is not the only one , there are many players from defense and midfield injured!

So, after this lost Besiktas is in Seventh place while Kayseri recaptured the third place with 20 points!


Now , Tell me, why star studded Besiktas, can't win games, while your Anaatolian team Kayserispor, who invested in Turkish youth, wins games?

Because, they are more hungry and they play hungry on the pitch...

That is why!

See you soon.....

Bursaspor Back On Top In Turkey!

Is this the sign of Turkish football quality in Turkey?

The number one team in Turkey and Last year champs Bursaspor has not scored a goal in the UEFA's Champions League yet but, They scored five goals in Ankara in the first 45 minutes!


Bursasapor after falling behind in the first seven minutes to Ankaragucu came back and scored five unanswered goals in Ankara in the early match on Sunday..

Bursa recaptured the top spot from Trabzon after this win with 23 points...


Ankaragucu had a good start and Stanislav Sestak scored the opener after just seven minutes.

Ibrahim Ozturk even the score , 16th minute later and Turgay Bahadir made it 1-2 in the 27th. Another five minutes later, Ömer Erdogan added a third.

Further goals from Ivan Ergic and Sercan Yildirim handed Bursaspor a 1-5 lead at the end of the first half.....

An the match ended with this score...


The Turkey's derby match between Fenerbahce and Galatasaray ended scoreless ...

Before the biggest derby of Turkey match everyone thought Fenerbahce was going to win this match!


What happened in two days that Galatasaray team has changed?

That awful team that we watched last week against Ankaragucu..

Was this the Hagi and Tugay factor or Players not wanting Rijkaard as their coach?

These are the questions should be answered by Galatasaray...


Fenerbahce's keeper Volkan Demirel made a huge difference in this derby match..

In the last minutes of the match Pino from Galatasaray team as a striker caused a lot problems for Fenerbahce defense!

Galatasaray might be happ with this draw but Fenerbahce team missed the chance top move up in the standings...


Elsewhere on Sunday, Manisaspor beat Kasimpasa at home with 2-1 score...


The 9th week results...

22 Oct 2010
FT Karabukspor 1 : 2 Eskisehirspor
FT Sivasspor 1 : 1 Bucaspor
23 Oct 2010
FT Antalyaspor 1 : 0 Konyaspor
FT Buyuksehir 1 : 0 Gaziantepspor
FT Trabzonspor 3 : 1 Genclerbirligi
24 Oct 2010
FT Ankaragucu 1 : 5 Bursaspor
FT Fenerbahce 0 : 0 Galatasaray
FT Manisaspor 2 : 1 Kasimpasa
25 Oct 2010
19:00 CET Kayserispor ? : ? Besiktas

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!