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Wednesday, June 11, 2014

Mancini Leaves Galatasaray

Galatasaray and Mancini came to terms to end their working relationship ....

Mancini took over the job back in September of 2013 when Fatih Terim left the team.

Despite winning the Turkish Cup and finishing second place in the Turkish Super League,





Galatasaray and Mancini  ended their relationship with mutual agreement , Club said .

On Galatasaray official website , this is what was published....

"Our relationship with coach Roberto Mancini and his contract of employment, which was signed on October 1, 2013, has been terminated by mutual agreement,"  We wholeheartedly thank (Mancini) for his success and achievements and wish him happiness in his next mission. "



Mancini said, He will miss Istanbul and Galatasaray and explained why he left Galatasaray...

“As a Coach I understand the demands of my club,” Mancini said. “When I accepted the post of Galatasaray Coach the targets were different.

“In these eight months, though I came in during a season that had already been partly damaged, I have done my job with passion and in constant pursuit of victory.

“This was followed by Champions League qualification, the Turkish Cup and second place in the League.


“With regret, I leave Istanbul and the fans, which are both splendid. I give an affectionate goodbye to the President, the team and everyone I have worked with. They worked with talent and loyalty.”

Mancini  also said, Galatasaray targets  different when he first arrived in Turkey .



Tuesday, June 3, 2014

Jermaine Jones will not play for Besiktas next season !

After #USAvTURKEY  match I got a chance to interview  Besiktas's Jermaine Jones and I asked him question about his playing role in both teams and asked him if he was going to play for Besiktas next season.

Here is the video .....


USA vs Turkey 2-1 ! Highlights

Friday, May 30, 2014

Send-Off Series : USA v Turkey



Turkish National team after beating Honduras in Washington  2-0 , they will take on

#USMNT, United States National team  on Sunday at Red Bull Stadium in New Jersey at 2:00 PM.

Turkey showed some mussels  in the second half of the match against Honduras...

Fatih Terim  made a good decision to play Mevlut Erdinc and  Caner Erkin in the second half !

After slow start in the first half , Turkish National team controlled  the  match in the second half ....

Goals from Mevlut Erdinc and Caner Erkin gave Turkey 2-0 win against Honduras in RFK stadium.



USA VS TURKEY ! #USAvTURKEY


This match should be good one....

This is USA's second send off match and Klinsmann will put out his best men out there...

Last time USA met Turkey was in 2010 in Philadelphia ,USA won that match 2-1

I think, Fatih Terim will pretty much keep the lineup that he played in the second half  against Honduras..

He might inject ,Onur Kivrak in goal and Nuri Sahin and Selcuk Inan there too.

Arda Turan will not be there......

TURKISH NATIONAL TEAM COACH FATIH TERIM  IN RFK STADIUM


Terim, would want to win this match....

Ever Since he took over the team , 10 matches he won 9 of them and loss one !

Very physical USA National team could cause problems for  Turkish defense...

On the other hand, US defense, has to be careful with side attacks from Turkey.

We will see two teams playing diamond style in the middle of the filed on Sunday !

Who ever is better in that, will win the match...

IT will be very good test for USA before the World Cup......

As far as  Turkey, well ,they missed out on going  to the World Cup !

And there is many reasons for that ......

Now, Fatih Terim says,

He is developing new generation for the future......

We will see that new generation mixed in with few old ones,against USA on Sunday !

Both teams have really good keepers...

It should be really good atmosphere on Sunday afternoon in Red Bull Arena in New Jersey..

Match will start at 2: 00 PM,ET 

And, it will be packed house there...


Tuesday, May 27, 2014

Turkish National Team Arrives in USA




Turkish National Team came to Washington early our of Monday morning  from Ireland.

Fatih Terim's  boys practiced in the DC United training facilities n Monday night  .

They will train there today on wednesday they would hold their practice at RFK stadium.

On Monday, American soccer pioneer Hicabi "Turk"  Emekli  watched  the first practice along with his son John Emekli.

Who is Hicabi Emekli ? 

After the practice "Turk " met with Fatih Terim ...

Hicabi Emekli came to United States back in 1951 and played for Genclerbirligi....



Turkish National team will face Honduras on Thursday in RFK stadium...

After the match  ,Turkish National Team will travel to New Jersey and train at Red Bull's training center before the most important match ...

Turkey will face #USMNT United States National team on Sunday ,June 1th ...

Friday and Saturday they would hold practice in New Jersey....

Also on Saturday, both coaches #USMNT coach Klinsmann and  #Turkey's  Fatih Terim will hold press conferences at the Red Bull Arena .

THis will be huge test for #USMNT before the World Cup .....

Fatih Terim is trying to rebuild the team with young players ...

Arda Turan  is injured and probably wont play ...

Burak Yilmaz and Keeper Volkan Demirel is not with the team.


We should see very young and hungry Turkey team on Sunday against #USMNT !

Last time, back in 2010 , #USMNT beat  #Turkey 2-1 in Philadelphia ....

It should be packed house in Red Bull's Arena on  Sunday ...

I will be there .  


Monday, May 19, 2014

Turkish National Team Visit Soma



The Turkish National football team has paid their respects to the 301 victims of the disaster mine fire in Soma .
The national team visited  the town on Monday in a show of solidarity, and prayed at the miners' graves in Soma, Turkey . 


After they payed their respect , they flew back to Istanbul to train .
Turkish National team play two friedly matches in Europe before they headed to United States .
Turkish National team will arrive in DC Washington on May 26 , 2014 and will train in DC United's training facilities .
They will face Honduras on May 29th in Washington , DC. 
After the match , They will travel to New Jersey on same night . 
In New Jersey, Turkish National team will train in New York Red Bulls training facilities on Friday and Saturday .
On June1st , Sunday , Turkish National team will face #USMNT in  Red Bulls Arena . This match should be very good match .
USA faced Turkey In a send- off match back in 2010 in Phidelphia and USA won that match 2-1 ! 

Turkish Super Lig Wrap : Tributes to #Soma Disaster !




It has been very sad  last sixty days for Turks and Turks around the World !

Like my self, a lot of people were sadden  from the bad news from #Soma ,Turkey 
IT was Disaster !

Over 300 Coal Mine  workers died .......

So,  with this Tragedy cloud over, Turkish Super Lig's last weekend  started ... 

In every match, in Turkey,  there were tribute to #Soma coal mine victims ....
  

Galatasaray after beating Erciyes 2-1, earned a direct ticket to Champions League ..

On the other hand , Besiktas draw with Gencler and they will  play in  the Champions League 

Qualifying round !

Trabzonspor finished in fourth place after  Sivas loss at Karabuk  !

Sivas finished  fifth in the standings with Roberto Carlos ...

Trabzon will start Europa League Playoffs next  season.

Sivas has to start in the qualifying round  !

Eskisehir is the other team who will represent Turkey in the Europa League next season as

Turkish Cup finalist ,since Galatasaray plays in the Champions League ...

After, Kayseri ,Antalya  third team who said good bye to league was Elazig !

Newcomers  for  next season.....

Mersin,  Istanbul BB ,  Balikesir  .....

Good luck to all three in the next season.


Leading goal scorer  in the Turkish Super Lig  was  Sivasspor's Aatif Chahechouhe

He scored 17 goals !

Burak YIlmaz was second with 16 goals .....

One good note......

 First Turkish born player  who won a  league title in Spain,  is Arda Turan !

I am very glad for Arda  Turan...

Congrats to Arda Turan ...