Estonia vs Turkey Preview !

Written by Aydin Reyhan 

@AReySportsNews 

Turkey will travel to Estonia to face a nation that was minutes away from defeating the likes ofHolland on home ground in a World Cup Qualifier. If they can almost defeat them, defeating the Turks is expected to be a bit easier. However, each match is quite different, and these visitors have it all to play for.

Turkey have Hungary and Romania both hunting for a play-off spot since the Dutch have already guaranteed group leadership. If Turkey win in Estonia and defeat Holland at home, they can guarantee second. They also need the Dutch to defeat the Hungarians at home in order to make this happen.

Coach Fatih Terim masterminded the home 5-0 win over Andorra followed by the 2-0 clean sheet in Romania four days later. He is the right man for the job, but in these final qualifiers his true colors will be shown by the players on the field.

The defense has to be remarkable with the full-backs running backs and forth to be ready to attack for themselves and defend counters from the opponents. The center backs have stay in their own third to protect their keeper at all times. These four guys have to work together and know exactly how and when to distribute the ball and defend.

The midfield is where the creativity will lie, and besides holding onto possession and trying to distribute the ball, they have to run back to help out their defense to force the opponents into making a mistake in the attack so that they themselves can construct a counter.

The attack is obviously responsible for scoring as many goals as possible, but they will also have to drop back in the midfield to help out and perhaps allow others to sprint into scoring positions.

Folks, this is a team that possesses tremendous talent with a coach who knows how to get the job done. However, at the end of the day, the other teams are competitive as well and they have their own game plan, their own fans and own set of players who are coached by experienced professionals. These games will be anything but easy so the red and whites have to be on top of their game.

Character is what makes a man; nervousness is what breaks a man. Turkey need to lean more towards the first in order to succeed.

Roberto Marcini signs three year deal with Galatasaray

Robert Mancini in Istanbul with Galatasaray officer Lutfu Aribogan (Photo : Galatasaray SK website )

Finally, Roberto Mancini after talking to Galatasaray officials, since yesterday, will sign three year deal with Galatasaray!

Most likely, former Galatasaray player who is well known in the European football , Tugay Kerimoglu will be Mancini's assistant .

Mancini will take the job from Fatih Terim once again....

Robert Mancini was without of work since he was sacked at Manchester City since May !

Galatasaray has been nothing but disappointment this season so far....

 Galatasaray will play their second match in the Champions League on Wednesday  against Juventus !

Italian coach Mancini will go against Italian team on his first match with Galatasaray ...

Roberto Mancini will coach Galatasaray!

Galatasaray have been talking with former Manchester City  boss Roberto Mancini in Istanbul , Turkey .

President Unal Aysal and chief executive Lutfi Aribogan have met with Roberto Mancini.

Mancini, 48, has been out of work since being dismissed as City manager in May after a three-and-a-half-year reign at the Etihad Stadium which included a Barclays Premier League title success in 2012 and 2011 FA Cup glory.

Fatih Terim was sacked as Galatasaray coach earlier this week after rejecting a contract extension.

Terim, who is also in charge of the Turkish national team, was voted out at a meeting of the club's board of directors.

Galatasaray will introduce Roberto Mancini to Galatasaray fans on Monday will probley hold a signing ceremonies on Monday too !

Galatasaray will play their second Champions League match in Italy on Wednsday against Juventus ...

Most likely , Roberto Mancini will be there to coach Galatasaray . 

Besiktas will play four home games behind closed doors

Besiktas was ordered by the Professional Football Disciplinary Committee (PFDK) on Thursday to play four home matches behind closed doors after its fans invaded and occupied the pitch in injury time in a match against Galatasaray.

The anticipated decision came after an hours-long meeting of the PFDK, which reviewed harshest options to deliver a ban on Besiktas, the Black Eagles, in order to deter similar acts in the future.

On Sunday, referee Firat Aydinus postponed the Turkish Super Lig derby between Besiktas and Galatasaray after Besiktas fans stormed the pitch, throwing chairs at Galatasaray midfielder Felipo Melo and clashing with riot police. Galatasaray led the match by 2-1 and the game was abandoned due to the invasion.

Very sad to see the match end this way and these ugly pictures aired not only in Turkey but also in Europe and on international TV channels.

Turkish Super League Wrap : Derby match abandoned, Galatasaray sacked Fatih Terim

It was ugly and also shocking weekend  in the Turkish Super League....

Awful and ugly scenes in the Istanbul's derby match and then Galatasaray board of directors decision to show the door to Fatih Terim was shocking news  after the derby match on Monday!


Lately, there isn't a day in Turkish football without a chaos .....

Getting back to week five, matches,

Besiktas still remains in top of the Turkish Super League despite the abandoned match between Besiktas and Galatasaray in Ataturk stadium on Sunday...

Seeing fans running into the field was disgrace

Hundreds of fans running on to pitch with plastic picnic chair were awful scene to see !

Turkish football federation will decide the outcome of this match score later on this week...

In the week five, there were two team won their away matches ....

Trabzonspor and Kasimpasa ..

Trabzonspor beat Kayserispor on Monday night with only one goal

Kasimpas after losing at home against Fenerbahce last weekend beat Sivasspoe in Sivas 1-2 !

Fenerbahce won their fourth match back to back in the week five.....

They trashed Elazigspor at Kadikoy with four goals and Moussa Sow grabbed hat trick and Dirk Kuyt scored the other goal for Fenerbahce.

Third place team Rizespor beat Bursaspor at home and kept up the pressure at top !

There are three teams with 12 points....

Besiktas, Fenerbahce, Rizespor,,,,,,,,

Akhisar and Kasimpasa are with nine points  and next in the standings ....


Gazinatepspor  is still with only one point after five weeks in the Turkish Super League ...

Antalyaspor and Gaziantepspor are onlytwo teams has not won any matches yet in the league.


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Fatih Terim Sacked !

Galatasaray board  decided to show the door to Fatih Terim....

Whether you like him or not, Terim's third spell was sucsess ...

I really don't think he was let go because of poor start this season in the league nor getting trashed against Real Madrid in Istanbul !

It was power clash between Galatasaray Chairman Unal Aysal and  Galatasaray coach Fatih Terim....

The Turkish media played  major role in this sour relationship too

Unal Aysal made a huge mistake here....

Instead of talking directly to Fatih Terim and his assistants, he talked to media ...

That was the big mistake by a man who wanted to bring professionalism to Galatasaray!

Knowing Fatih Terim since 1990's personally, I know  how Fatih Terim could be cocky  ...

But, last two years Terim has changed  a lot many ways.....

This marriage should not have ended like this.....

Both sides should have left their egos and communicate  little better !

When going was going good, Galatasaray shouldn't throw Fatih Terim under the bus like this ,,,,,

It would have been better if they did this end of last season after winning the Championship !

It would have been much better for Fatih Terim too ...

Terim's saying yes to coach Turkish National team could well be the reason but  when you look at this from Terim's window , maybe Terim knew something, that a lot of people didn't know....

And, that is why he said yes to coach Turkish National team !

What ever it is, the marriage between  Galatasaray and Fatih Terim is over ....

Terim's third spell ended at Galatasaray but  his third spell with Turkish National team might be extended to four years now !

AHMET  B TURGUT
@TURKISHSOCCER

Galatasaray sack Fatih Terim

Fatih Terim's third spell at Galatasaray has come to a shock end,  with the club deciding to part ways with Fatih Terim following a board meeting on Tuesday .

Galatasaray 1- Real Madrid 6

Real Madrid might be blessed with some of the most expensive players in the world, but the Spanish aristocrats took an economical approach to dispatching Galatasaray  in the two clubs’ Group B Champions League opener tonight, utilizing a potent counterattack before entering another gear to put the Lions to the sword 6-1.

Galatasaray could feel aggrieved to have been down 1-0 at the half following an opening stanza full of energy and purpose in front of their supporters, but they could have few complaints about the ultimate result, as Real demonstrated the sides’ gulf in quality by hitting their hosts on the break before running up the score line once the Lions’ aggression had been tamed.

Cristiano Ronaldo hit a hat-trick, while Karim Benzema added a brace of his own, in what turned out to be a humbling experience for Galatasaray despite  pre-match suggestions that they could spring a surprise on the Spanish giants.

Raucous welcome

Given that much of Istanbul is one large building site that has succumb to “urban renewal,” it is little surprise that even hell – a.k.a. the venerable and intimidating former home of Galatasaray  at the Ali Sami Yen Stadium in Mecidiyeköy – has made way for the city’s latest luxury condos. But what Galatasaray’s new Türk Telekom Arena lacks in tradition, it certainly makes up for in size, and the 52,000 Cim Bom supporters did their best to create an awe-inspiring welcome, staging a giant tifo that featured coach Fatih Terim and his charges in medieval armor.

Terim – who has frequently demonstrated that he did not acquire the nickname of “The Emperor” by coincidence – sent his warriors onto the attack from the off, with Felipe Melo testing Real Madrid just two minutes in with a rasping shot that stung Iker Casillas’ hands, but the unflappable Spanish number-one parried wide for a corner. 

The excellent save, however, was to be Casillas’ only meaningful contribution to the game, as the goalkeeper sustained an apparent rib injury that necessitated his replacement by Diego Lopez just 15 minutes in.

Though Real was uncharacteristically garbed in all-blue, they reminded quickly the hosts of their credentials by nearly opening the scoring after Angel di Maria quickly evaded a sliding challenge in the box, only to curl his effort over Fernando Muslera’s bar.

Melo was at the center of the action again on the half-hour mark, when his headed effort off a Wesley Sneijder corner seemed destined for the far corner, only to produce an excellent goal-line save by Lopez. The ever-mercurial Brazilian, however, demonstrated his propensity for picking up bookings within the minute when he was yellow-carded for fouling German international Sami Khedira.

Gareth Bale’s multi-million-euro transfer to Los Blancos might have stolen the summer’s headlines, but it was another summer signing for Real, Isco, that soon found the sudden opening for the visitors in minute 33. Against the run of play and seemingly covered by at least three Galatasaray defenders, the Spanish international latched onto a long ball before beating Muslera off his right-hand post.

The Lions were soon struck by their own rotten injury luck, as Champions League great Didier Drogba was forced to leave the pitch grimacing with shoulder pain just before the end of the first half, to be replaced by Nordin Amrabat.

The sides returned to the contest with reckless abandon to start the second half, with Cristiano Ronaldo forcing a fine parry from Muslera, moments before Burak Yılmaz, who scored eight times in last year’s tournament, watched his free header flash agonizingly wide of Lopez’s post.

Despite Galatasaray’s endeavors to find the equalizer in Real’s end, the Lions were soon picking the ball out of their own net again on 54 minutes when Karim Benzema coolly slotted past Muslera after 
being put through alone on goal.

The goal opened the floodgates, and Ronaldo added a third and fourth within three minutes just after the hour mark, twice stabbing in from close range – with the second coming off a free kick delivered by Bale just after the Welshman entered the pitch. Ronaldo then turned provider with nine minutes remaining, passing for Benzema to score a second from close range.

Umut Bulut might have earned the home side a modicum of respect by preventing Real from posting a clean sheet with six minutes remaining, but the goal was quickly overshadowed by Ronaldo, who smashed in from close range in injury time to complete his hat-trick and Real’s demolition of Galatasaray.

Cim Bom singularly failed to produce another memorable – if futile – performance like they did when defeating Real 3-2 at home in last season’s Champions League quarterfinals, albeit while falling 5-3 on aggregate. The club will be subjected to another stiff test in its next CL date, when it travels to Juventus on Oct. 2 to meet the “Old Lady,” which was surprisingly held to a 1-1 draw away to FC Copenhagen in the night’s other Group B fixture.

Source : AP