CRUNCH TIME FOR TURKEY AS THEY MEET CROATIA IN ISTANBUL!

PHOTO BY TFF...


Call it revenge.....Call it rematch of the Euro 2008...

Call it crunch time for both teams.....

It is all about advancing to Euro 2012 at the end of the two leg play-off matches!

This two match series will be heart-stopping for both National team fans!

The first match in Istanbul on Friday night in Turkey ...

Second leg match will be in Croatia on Tuesday...

Turkish National team has to have a good score on Friday night...

I know Bilic and his boys, will be happy with a draw in Istanbul, Turkey...


Hiddink and his boys should start firm on defense and find the goals from counterattacks!


It is huge match for Turkey and Turkish fans....


Guus Hiddink will miss Nuri Sahin, who is recovering from a knee injury, on the other hand

Slaven Bilic’s team is also hit with injuries. Forward Mladen Petric, first-choice defender

Ivan Strini, and midfielder Niko Kranjcar are all out....

According to ESPN's Soccer Power Index considers this the closest of the four matchups,

as Turkey (ranked 28th) and Croatia (14th) are two of the four best teams in the playoffs. SPI

gives Croatia a narrow 56.1 percent edge to advance, though Turkey is a 45 percent favorite to

win the first leg, with Croatia given a 24.4 percent chance of winning that game.

Hiddink today at the press conference said "We are ready to give them a very hard night,"

Turkey's top goal scorer in the league, Burak Yilmaz was also attended the press conference with


his coach Hiddink and said "Playing at a EURO is a dream for any player and we all have a chance to make this come true."

The match will start at 14:05 ET, and ESPN3 will broadcast the match live...

In Turkey ,STAR TV will broadcast the match live...

65th Birthday for Guus Hiddink!

Photos by TFF

Turkish National team players, surprised Turkish National team coach Guus Hiddink and gave a little birthday party and a cake!

Turkish National team has been camping at Swiss Hotel in Istanbul before the big show down against Crotia on Friday..

All the players, gave a very expensive pen to coach Guus Hiddink too.

After recieving the pen set, Hiddink said, he wants to write the story, if they go to EURO 2012, with that pen!



Turkish National team has beeen working out at Besiktas's Inonu Stadium which is very close to Swiss Hotel The Bosphorus...

National Team will practice on Wednesday and Thursday there and Hiddink and some players will hold a press conferense on Thursday too.

Thursday practice will be at Turk Telekom Stadium.....


On Friday, at 21.05 local Turkey time , Turkey will face Croatia in Turk Telekom's "Aslantepe" Stadium.

GUUS HIDDINK ANNOUNCED TURKEY SQUAD AGAINST CROTIA

Guus Hiddink coach of Turkish National team announced the Turkish National Team squad for Cratila play-off matches...

Turkey-Croatia EURO 2012 play-off match will be played at Türk Telekom Arena on Friday, November 11 and kick off at 21.05, local Turkey Time...


Croatia-Turkey EURO 2012 play-off second leg match will be played at Stadion Maksimir on Tuesday, November 15 and kick off at 20.05, local Croatia Time..




Turkey squad:.....

1-VOLKAN DEMİREL

FENERBAHÇE A.Ş.

2-TOLGA ZENGİN

TRABZONSPOR A.Ş.

3- SİNAN BOLAT

STANDARD LIEGE

4- GÖKHAN GÖNÜL

FENERBAHÇE A.Ş.

5-SABRİ SARIOĞLU

GALATASARAY A.Ş.

6- SERVET ÇETİN

GALATASARAY A.Ş.

7-ÖMER TOPRAK

BAYER 04 LEVERKUSEN

8- EGEMEN KORKMAZ

BEŞİKTAŞ A.Ş.

9-REMZİ GİRAY KAÇAR

TRABZONSPOR A.Ş.

10- HAKAN KADİR BALTA

GALATASARAY A.Ş.

11- İSMAİL KÖYBAŞI

BEŞİKTAŞ A.Ş.

12- HAMİT ALTINTOP

REAL MADRID

13- GÖKHAN TÖRE

HAMBURGER SV

14- SELÇUK ŞAHİN

FENERBAHÇE A.Ş.

15- MEHMET TOPAL

VALENCIA C.F.

16- EMRE BELÖZOĞLU

FENERBAHÇE A.Ş.

17- SELÇUK İNAN

GALATASARAY A.Ş.

18- CANER ERKİN

FENERBAHÇE A.Ş.

19- ARDA TURAN

CLUB ATLETICO DE MADRID

20- OZAN İPEK

BURSASPOR

21- BURAK YILMAZ

TRABZONSPOR A.Ş.

22- KAZIM KAZIM

GALATASARAY A.Ş.

23- UMUT BULUT

TOULOUSE FC

24- HALİL ALTINTOP

TRABZONSPOR A.Ş.

BESIKTAS WIN IMPORTANT MATCH AGAINST DYNAMO KIEV

Photo by OSMAN ORSAL/REUTERS

Besiktas' Egemen Korkmaz (C), Fabian Ernst (R) and Thomas Sivok celebrate after scoring against Dynamo Kiev during their Europa League Group E soccer match at Inonu stadium in Istanbul,Turkey


It was a must win match for Besiktas and they did it.....

Besiktas surpass Dynamo Kiev into second place in Europa League Group E as Egeman Korkmaz's header midway through the second half earned them a 1-0 win in Istanbul.

Besiktas, won both their home games in the group to reach six points.

Kiev have slipped to third in the group with five points, Besiktas four behind grup leaders Stoke City who won 2-1 in away match against Maccabi Tel Aviv.


MATCH DETAILS...


Mehmet Aurelio fired over from 25 yards in the fourth minute for Besiktas and a 30-yard free-kick from Oleksandr Aliev whistled wide at the other end.

Hugo Almeida wasted a great chance for the hosts when he headed Roberto Hilbert's cross wide from six yards after 11 minutes.

Aurelio came close for a second time when his 25th-minute shot forced Dynamo goalkeeper Oleksandr Shovkovskiy to parry, Ricardo Quaresma twice threatened a breakthrough.

Dynamo's Milos Ninkovic handled the ball on the Besiktas right and Simao's set-piece forced Kiev to concede a corner. Simao took it again , and he found the head of Korkmaz six yards out, who made no mistake and head the ball in to the net..1-0

Kiev tried to hit back immediately as Khacheridi headed wide Aliev's free-kick, and Sivok fired wide from a Simao free-kick in the 74th minute after a foul by Carlos Correa on Quaresma.

Kiev almost drew level with seven minutes left when Ninkovic headed over Aliev's inswinging corner from 12 yards, before kepeer Cenk Gonen kept Besiktas in front with a heroic series of saves in injury time.

First he parried away Aliev's header after Andriy Yarmolenko's corner was only partially cleared, before making quickfire blocks to deny Artem Milevskiy and Ayila Yussuf.

The final chance fell Aliev's way again, but once more Cenk Gonen was able to deny him as the match ended.

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Besiktas keeper Cenk Gonen,kept Basiktas in this match....

On December 1th ,Besiktas will travel to Israil to face Maccabi Tel-Aviv and in the last match, they will host Stoke city in Istabul on December 14th of this year....

That match should be the decider for the second place in the group E!


This was a huge win for Besiktas and Besiktas fans...

It was Egemen Korkmaz's birthday and he scored on his birthday!

He and Besiktas fans will never forget that....

Very Crucial match for Besiktas in the Europa League

BESIKTAS INONU STADIUM.....

IT is do or die for Besiktas if they want to stay alive in the group....

Victory would move Besiktas above their opponents into second in the table!

Since defeat in Kiev, Besiktas have drawn 2-2 with Turkish Super League leaders Fenerbahce and won 3-1 against Sivasspor to lie fourth in the table on 17 points, four behind Fenerbahce.


Following the win over Sivasspor, Besiktas coach Carvalhal said,"now, all our focus is on Thursday's Europa League game against Dynamo Kiev."

Carlos Carvalhal wants his team to come through a tough period of games with victory against Dynamo Kiev in Europa League Group E.

Dynamo have an unbeaten record in the group to preserve as they have drawn at home to Stoke and away to Maccabi Tel Aviv in their two other games before the home win over Besiktas last time out in the competition last month.

Besiktas have won three of their last four European home games, and have scored eight goals in the two most recent continental fixtures at the Inonu Stadium.


A win in Istanbul is a must for Besiktas on Thursday night.....



Group E
P Pts
1 Stoke 2 4
2 Beşiktaş 2 3
3 Dynamo Kyiv 2 2
4 M. Tel-Aviv 2 1

TRABZONSPOR DRAW WITH CSKA AT HOME 0-0

Trabzonspor, when they look back at the end of the group matches , they will probably say them selfs, why we couldn't beat 10 men CSKA at home!

But than, it will be little too late....

With a draw against CSKA Moscow, in Trabzon, they lost the huge advantage in the group!

CSKA was a man down after Seydou Doumbia was sent off in the 74th minute of the match...


Most important moments of the match were.......

Header by Trabzonspor defender Giray Kacar that hit the post. While CSKA midfielder Alan Dzagoev struck a long-range shot that was tipped away by goalkeeper Tolga Zengin.


Trabzonspor and CSKA Moscow both have five points, four back from leader Inter, which won 2-1 at home against Lille.

Next two matches will be very crucial for Trabzonspor they will face Lille in France and host Inter in Trabzon in the last match.

Trabzonspor and CSKA ,are four back from leader Inter, which won 2-1 at home against Lille.

Lille is only with two points in the group........


Burak Yilmaz, Trabzonspor's goal scoring machine could not inspire Trabzonspor to victory..

Yilmaz scored 11 goals of Trabzonspor 14 goal in the Turkish League this season.

My man of the match was Tolga Zengin...

Tolga Zengin, kept Trabzsonspor in the match...

After the match Trabzonspor coach Senaol Gunes was frustrated and said " We are trying to do all we can. Every team in this group is a contender: even Inter have no guarantees. We would like to defeat Inter here but we don't want to lose either. At worst we want to qualify for the UEFA Europa League.

After the match, Trabzonspor former coach Giray Bulak, on "Radyospor" sport radio said, "Trabzonspor couldn't build attacked from from wings and he said, he believes TRabzonspor will finish in second place in the group."

It will not be easy....

Very Important Match for Trabzonspor in the Champions League!

TRABZONSPOR AND TURKISH SUPER LEAGUE'S TOP SCORER BURAK YILMAZ

CSKA Moscow won over Trabzonspor by 3 goals in the last group match in Moscow ...

Now they will face Trabzonspor in Trabzon.....

Where for the first time, their scoring power Burak Yilmaz will take the pitch along with Halil Altintop!

It is very crucial match for Trabzonspor....

With a win they could luck a place in the Champions League next round!

Even a draw against CSKA Moscow will be okay in Trabzon, Tonight!

Dider Zakora in the midfield for Trabzonspor will be a key man .....

At home, Trabzonspor have lost only one of their last seven games in European competition (excl. qualifiers) (three wins, three draws).


On the other hand,CSKA have lost only one of their last six away games in European competition, qualifiers excluded (three wins, two draws).


Trabzonspor scoring power Burak Yilmaz,should make a difference in this match!

Burak Yilmaz had been unavailable for Trabzonspor's opening three Champions League matches due to suspension.


Trabzonspor coach Senol Gunes said: "Our goal is always to should aim to produce better. Of course, mistakes are going to be made. Our effort in good faith and should be continuous."

TRabzonspor and CSKA , both have 4 points in the group B.

CSKA has better advatage as far as scoring more goals!

So, A win will be huge for Trabzonspor tonight...

The match will start at 9.45 local Turkiye, time,( 3:45 pm ET)

In the other match , in the group, The top team Inter will face LIlle In Italy.

With a win they could pretty much lock the first place at home tonight...

If ,Lille wins tonight , things will look ugly in the group B...

Lille has two points going in to this match...