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Sunday, September 14, 2008

TURKCELL SUPER LEAGUE(TSL), SUNDAY REVIEW!

It was lots of goals on Sunday, but, not at the last televised match of the week, between Trabzonspor and Besiktas.

Super Sunday started with a bang on LIG TV, with really excitement match between Sivasspor and Bursaspor.

Sivasspor beat Bursasspor in Sivas with the score of 3-1 . Former Bursaspor player H.Tum scored the last goal for Sivasspor.

In other early matches , Istanbul Buyuksehir Belediyespor lost at home against Ankaraspor 1-2.

Gaziantepspor tied at home against Ankaragucu with a last minute goal scored by Ankaragucu.

Genclerbirligi beat Eskishirspor at home 3-1.

In the last match of the week, which was broadcast live on LIGTV, Trabzonspor and Besiktas played for boring 0-0 tie match ninety minutes.

As I was saying on my Saturday report, things did not change very much!...

We know One thing, Last seasons, surprise team Sivasspor after beating Bursaspor at home captured the top spot with seven points, in the Turkish Super League again!,,,,

Wait though!,,,,,there are three more teams that share the same points!...
BESIKTAS.....GAZIANTEPSPOR AND TRABZONSPOR.....

At the end of the third round, Galatasaray is in fifth ,Kayserispor is in sixth and Fenerbahce, is deep down in 12Th place, as I wrote it, on my Saturday report.

So, at the end of the week three, we see different kind of League standing, that Turkish soccer fans are not use to see!....

With the European competitions to start this coming week, Fenerbahce, Galatasaray, Besiktas and Kayseripsor has to concentrate in the both leagues!...


STANDINGS P W D L F A AV P
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1.SIVASSPOR 3 2 1 0 5 1 4 7
2.GAZIANTEPSPOR 3 2 1 0 5 2 3 7
3.BESIKTAS 3 2 1 0 5 2 3 7
4.TRABZONSPOR 3 2 1 0 4 1 3 7
5.BURSASPOR 3 2 0 1 5 4 1 6
6.GALATASARAY 3 1 2 0 5 2 3 5
7.KAYSERISPOR 3 1 2 0 1 0 1 5
8.GENCLERBIRLIGI3 1 1 1 4 4 0 4
9.HACETTEPE 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4
10.KONYASPOR 3 1 1 1 4 5 -1 4
11.DENIZLISPOR 3 1 1 1 5 7 -2 4
12.FENERBAHCE 3 1 0 2 3 3 0 3
13.ANKARASPOR 3 1 0 2 2 5 -3 3
14.ESKISEHIRSPOR 3 0 2 1 1 3 -2 2
15.ANKARAGUCU 3 0 1 2 5 7 -2 1
16.ANTALYASPOR 3 0 1 2 5 7 -2 1
17.ISTANBULB.B 3 0 1 2 1 4 -3 1
18.KOCAELISPOR 3 0 1 2 1 4 -3 1

Saturday, September 13, 2008

TSL (TURKCELL SUPER LEAGUE) ,SATURDAY WRAP!...

Another shocking news for Fenerbahce!....

FENERBAHCE GOES DOWN IN ANKARA, AGAINST HACETTEPE....

After the National team matches and chaos, Turkey finally trying to focus on the Turkcell Super League.

The third round started, with a bang again this Saturday!....

In the opening match, Fenerbahce, traveled to Capitol city of Turkey, Ankara.

New Name Hacettepe!....former Genclerbirligi Oftas team beat Fenerbahce with the 2-1 score.

Fenerbahce was hurting, with a lot of injuries and with other problems!....

That cost the match for Fenerbahce!...

Until very and of the first half, Fenerbahce was ahead 1-0 with Alex's goal.
But, things changed in the last minute.Hacettepe tied the match with Ibrahim Sahin's goal in the 45Th minute.Just before the first half whistle.

In the second half, young defender who has not started in a long time Can Arat, scored his own goal for Hacettepe.

Later in the match Keeper Volkan Demirel was red carded and another young defender Yasin Cakmak took the gloves from Volkan.

In the remain minutes of the match Fenerbahce was not successful to score goals!..

After this win, Hacettepe moved on top of the Fenerbahce ,while Fenerbahce droped down to eight place , they could well down further after Sunday's matches...
We could see Fenerbahce finishing 12 or 13th place at the end of the third week in the Turkcell Super League....

That could be in really big problem for Fenerbahce and Aragones in the long run!,,,,

They left three import points in Ankara before the CL matches in the Europe competition...Fenerbahce has only three points after three rounds!....

Elsewhere, on Saturday, Konyaspor tied at home with Denizlispor, 1-1

In Kayseri, Kayserispor beat leaeges new comer team Kocaelispor with only one goal.

As I was writing this article, Galatasaray was playing against Antalysspor at home and after Gala scoring the first goal , later Anlatalyaspor tied the match.

As of now that match is at the half time...

GALATASARAY DROPS TWO BIG POINTS AT HOME!..

After Fenerbahce , Galatasaray droped points at thier Turkcell Super League match against Antalyaspor at home in front of their own fan.

AS I told you before the score at the half time did not change in the second half of the match and the match enden with 1-1 score!...

Galatasary scored first, but Nonda in the 11th minute of the match and Anlatyspor answered with Joseph Ngwenya goal in the 32th minute of the match.

With this loss Galatasaray like Fenerbahce lost points....
Afre the third week, Galatasaray won only one march and draw two!...

That is really bad start for Galatasaray too..

After elimination fron Champions League now....bad result in the league is not making Gala fans really happy!...

Look for some changes in the coming days in the Galatasaray team!.....

SUNDAY PREVIEW!....

It will be Super Sunday in The Turkcell Super League....

Four perfect teams with six points will have to put a tough fight........

Out of these four , two of them....Besiktas and Trabzonspor will clash in the city of Trabzon.

The others, Gaziantepspor will be at home against Ankaragucu and Bursaspor will be away against though team Sivasspor!...

So, I know one thing, It will be really hard for these teams to stay perfect!..

One or two of them will try to stay perfect or will try to maket three for three at the end of this weekend!...

Million dollar question is?.....Who will succeed...that will be tough to guess!...

So, sit tight and enjoy Super Sunday in TSL(TURCELL SUPER LEAGUE)!....

Wednesday, September 10, 2008

TURKEY AND FATIH TERIM LOST VERY IMPORTANT POINTS !...


Fourth official Philippe Kalt (R) gestures to Turkey's head coach Fatih Terim (L) during a discussion between Terim and Belgium's head coach Rene Vandereycken (rear) during their World Cup 2010 qualifying soccer match at Sukru Saracoglu Stadium in Istanbul, September 10, 2008.
Photo:REUTERS/Fatih Saribas (TURKEY)

This was very important match for Turkey and Fatih Terim at home .

A win, would it made a big difference in the standings!..

A lost of two points, at home against Belgium, will cost Fatih Terim and Turkish side along the long way in this group5.

As I am writing this article, Spain is ahead against Armenia 4-0 at home, if they win this match they will take the first place from Turkey with six points.

This draw was so bad , Turkey put Belgium and Bosnia in the race in this Group.

Today, Bosnia thrashed Estonia with the score 7-0. and got their first three points in the group.

And Turkey's next match is against Bosnia next month in Turkey.

That is why this match was so important!....

Belgium, Bosnia and Turkey now have to fight for the second spot in the group after Today.Thanks to Turkish National team and fatih Terim!...


Fatih Terim, again, did some heroic changes in the line-up and the play system!...

In the first half, at home he played with 4-5-1 formation....

That was no no in my book!...

Also, again, I could not understand his gestures from side line...

His mean, aggressive moves from side line was unnecessary ,in my opinion!..

Emre Belezooglu,saved the Turkish National team and Fatih Terim with a Penalty kick goal

A loss would it been much worse!....

Some people might say this is the only second match in the group, but, if you can't win your home games ,it will be hard to get a ticket to world Cup 2010 in this group.

Let's not forget the matches that Turkey will play away!..

Turkey(Turkiye) 1 - 1 Belgium highlights



TURKEY 1-1 BELGIUM
31' 0 - 1 Wesley Sonck
75' Belozoglu Emre (pen) 1 - 1

90'End Match
90'End Regular Time
89'Stijn Stijnen (Belgium) receives a yellow card. Reason: Dissent
85'Belgium makes a substitution: Tom De Sutter enters for Wesley Sonck
76'Belgium makes a substitution: Filip Daems enters for Axel Witsel
75'Goal !!! Belozoglu Emre scores the penalty kick for Turkey
71'Thomas Vermaelen (Belgium) receives a yellow card. Reason: Dissent
70'Turkey makes a substitution: Mevlut Erding enters for Mehmet Topal
63'Semih Senturk (Turkey) receives a yellow card. Reason: Dissent
55'Gaby Mudingayi (Belgium) receives a yellow card. Reason: Dissent
46'Belgium makes a substitution: Gaby Mudingayi enters for Steven Defour
46'Turkey makes a substitution: Mehmet Topuz enters for Colin Kazim-Richards
45'Start 2nd Half
45'Halftime
39'Mehmet Topal (Turkey) receives a yellow card. Reason: Dissent
31'Goal !!! Wesley Sonck scores for Belgium
26'Gill Swerts (Belgium) receives a yellow card. Reason: Dissent
13'Turkey makes a substitution: Halil Altintop enters for Tuncay Sanli
0'Kickoff


Current Lineup
Turkey Belgium
1 Volkan Demirel (G) ( G) Stijn Stijnen 1
2 Servet Cetin (D) ( D) Gill Swerts 16
3 Caglar Birinci (D) (D) Filip Daems 2
4 Gokhan Zan (D) (D) Vincent Kompany 4
6 Gokhan Gonul (D) (D) Thomas Vermaelen 14
5 Belozoglu Emre (M) (D) Jan Vertonghen 15
7 Arda Turan (M) (M) Timmy Simons 3
16 Mehmet Topuz (M) (M) Gaby Mudingayi 6
9 Semih Senturk (F) (M) M. Fellaini 17
17 Halil Altintop (F) (F) Moussa Dembele 18
18 Mevlut Erding (F) (F) Tom De Sutter 13

Group 5
Team MP W D L GF GA Pts
Turkey 2 1 1 0 3 1 4
Belgium 2 1 1 0 4 3 4
Bosnia-Her 2 1 0 1 7 1 3
Spain 1 1 0 0 1 0 3
Armenia 1 0 0 1 0 2 0
Estonia 2 0 0 2 2 10 0

TURKEY(TURKIYE) V BELGIUM LIVE...

Ugur Boral, Hakan Balta and Mehmet Aurello will not play today against Belgium.

Caglar from Denizlispor will play for Turkish side for first time....

Here is the first eleven for Turkish National team...

1 Volkan Demirel
6 Gökhan Gönül
2 Servet
4 Gökhan Zan
7 Çağlar
11 Kazım
13 Mehmet Topal
5 Emre
14 Arda
17 Tuncay
9 Semih

FOLLOW THE MATCH ON WWW.TURKISHSOCCER.COM

Tuesday, September 9, 2008

FATIH TERIM:"I won't leave the national team, but I could coach two teams".



Turkey's national soccer team coach Fatih Terim talks during a press conference in Istanbul, Turkey, Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2008. Turkey will face Belgium in a World Cup 2010 group 5 qualifying soccer match in Istanbul on Wednesday.
(AP Photo/)


Fatih Terim said, He is still with Turkish National Team but he could coach another team too!...

After the news, that his name was mentioned with Newcastle team, at the press conference in Istanbul Fatih Terim said , "He is staying behind his word ,and said he is still the coach of Turkish National Team"

He also said,"He would be open to coach a club team while coaching the National team."

Turkish National team is ready to offer a new deal for him after the Belgium match.

According to Turkish media,Terim will be offered a 4 year deal worth 2 million euro a year . Newcastle already put a bit to his agent 2 years at 3 million a year, according to British media.

Next Newcastle Manager Betting hot item!,,,,,

According to online betting website,Tottenham Hotspur assistant coach Gus Poyet to be the Next Newcastle Manager after The Sun newspaper claimed that the Uruguayan is on the brink of accepting the coaching job.

Poyet, a 4/5 shot for the job with SkyBet,The second favourite for the job is still Turkey coach Fatih Terim, who is still 12/1 .Another candidate who has been well backed in the last 24 hours is Brazilian legend Zico. The former Fenerbahce coach yesterday indicated he would be interested in the Newcaslte job and as a result he was backed from 40/1 to 15/2 with SkyBet.

Turkish National Team Set To Host Belgium

After a 0-2 win over Armenia in a historic match in Armenian capital Yerevan, Turkey are now set to host Belgium in Istanbul on Wednesday.

Euro 2008 semifinalists Turkey defeated Armenia 2-0 in their first ever encounter in history. Tuncay Sanli and Semih Senturk scored second-half goals in Turkey's first Group 5 match in 2010 World Cup qualifiers.

Turkey's second match against Belgium in Istanbul's Sukru Saracoglu Stadium will kick-off at 9:00 p.m. local time(2:00 ET) on Wednesday. Stephane Lannoy of France will referee the match.

Also On Wednesday, Bosnia-Herzegovina will host Estonia and European champions Spain will take on Armenia.

2010 World Cup European qualifying Group 5 results and standings after Saturday's matches:

Armenia 0 Turkey 2

Belgium 3 Estonia 2

Spain 1 Bosnia 0

P W D L F A Pts

Turkey 1 1 0 0 2 0 3

Belgium 1 1 0 0 3 2 3

Spain 1 1 0 0 1 0 3

Estonia 1 0 0 1 2 3 0

Bosnia 1 0 0 1 0 1 0

Armenia 1 0 0 1 0 2 0