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Tuesday, January 8, 2008

NEWEST GALATASARAY PLAYER ...EMRE GUNGOR


Newest Galatasaray player Emre Güngör, the 23 years old defense player transferred from Ankaragucu in the mid-term, transfer season.
He gave his first interview to Galatasaray TV last week and during the interview he said "“I am excited. I have been accepted to a big community. I know that my responsibilities are heavier now. I hope I will be worthy of this important community. I will do the best I can not to frustrate the ones that have trusted me. I have played a lot of matches in Ali Sami Yen Stadium. In Ali Sami Yen the supporters have a profound effect on the player. Hopefully with our supporters backing us we will achieve many victories altogether.”

Sunday, January 6, 2008

FENERBAHCE DRAW ARSENAL IN LONDON!...


Arsenal were forced to share the spoils with Fenerbahce after the goalless draw in UEFA Champions League action on Wednesday night in London. The Gunners will be disappointed with the result but they still sit on top of the Group G table.

Volkan Demirel was the hero in goal for Fenerbahce. The Fenerbahce was constantly under pressure from the Gunner attack but withstood the onslaught to deny Arsene Wenger’s men. The pressure was most constant in the first half when Fenerbahçe failed to test the Arsenal Number 1 at the opposite end.

Fenerbahce made some attacking looks in the second half and finally forced Arsenal youngster goalkeeper Łukasz Fabiański in goal to make some saves but by the mid point of the second half were content to defend with 11 and take a point.

Arsenal remain on top of the table thanks to Porto’s win over Dynamo Kiev while Fenerbahce have fallen further behind and occupy the table cellar on 2 points.

Friday, January 4, 2008

TURKISH FOOTBALL LOST A DEAR FRIEND....GUNDUZ TEKIN ONAY DIED....


He was the master teacher of the Turkish Football...He served many years under Turkish Football Federation as a teacher and consultant. He died of cancer at age 65.

Turkish Football fans, players will miss him dearly......

TFF president Haluk Ulusoy said: "I am deeply saddened after the death of my close friend, colleague, and an unforgettable figure in Turkish football, Gündüz Tekin Onay. We've lost a man who served Turkish football at every level. Onay always brought new ideas – we could even call him a football philosopher."

We all will miss him.

AHMET TURGUT
www.turkishsoccer.com/ Editor

GOALS SCORE BY MIDFIELDERS IN EURO LEAGUES

According to recent article by FIFA.COM , the trend from last season is still going strong..... while the goal scorers are not scoring attacking midfielders are doing their job for them.

And what's funny, in this list, we see two Turkish born soccer players names!..

From Turkcell Super League Gokdeniz Karadeniz and from Switzerland Super League Hakan Yakan, who has 13 goals so far....

Here is the article by FIFA.com..........


Midfielders make a difference(FIFA.com) Friday 4 January 2008

Goals win games and it is, principally, a striker's duty to score them. However, the benefit of having prolific players adrift of the frontline has become evermore apparent in recent years. This was certainly the case in title battles across Europe last season.

Ajax were 13 minutes away from recapturing the Dutch Eredivisie crown on goals scored, in no small part due to Wesley Sneijder's 18 strikes, until engine room stalwart Phillip Cocu netted to keep the trophy in PSV Eindhoven's possession. Attacking midfielder Alex top-scored in Turkey to thrust Fenerbahce to Super League glory, Juninho Pernambucano hit double figures for the fourth time in five campaigns to help Lyon make it six French Ligue 1 golds in a row, and Cristiano Ronaldo finished as the leading marksman for English Premier League winners Manchester United, repeating Frank Lampard's feat for 2005/06 champions Chelsea.

This trend has been continued this term, with a crop of non-strikers spearheading their sides' title challenges. With the season at its halfway point, FIFA.com takes a look at the goal-scoring exploits of these players.

Duo keep pressure on Bayern
Bayern Munich spent heavily last summer to replenish their frontline, and both 2006 FIFA World Cup Germany™ adidas Golden Shoe winner Miroslav Klose and Italian world champion Luca Toni have lived up to expectations in front of goal thus far. However, the pair are currently tied at the front of the 2007/08 Bundesliga scoring charts with a pair of attacking midfielders.

Diego's nine strikes have propelled Werder Bremen level on points with the Bavarian title favourites, while the return of Dutch maestro Rafael van der Vaart, who found the net consistently during his five-year spell with Ajax, has lifted SV Hamburg to within four points of the pace. The duo remain consistent providers of assists, but it is their ability to shoot from long range that has most caught the eye of late.

Hakan Yakan, meanwhile, is the outright leading marksman in the Switzerland. The inventive No10 has been on target 13 times for Young Boys, who remain in contention for the Super League prize.

Gala winners provide the goals
The English Premier League scoring charts may be monopolised by forwards, but it presently topped by a winger. Not that is any great surprise to see Cristiano Ronaldo's name at the summit, given that he finished as the 17-goal, third-highest marksman in the competition last season - and the only non-striker in the top ten. Possessing power, accuracy and an uncanny capacity to swerve the ball, the Portuguese sensation has 13 goals to his name this term, including a number of match-winning efforts that have helped Manchester United keep pace with Arsenal in the battle for honours.

Lionel Messi, who beat Ronaldo to second place behind Kaka at the FIFA World Player Gala 2007, has also been sporting his shooting boots this campaign. Indeed, only two players boast higher tallies than the Argentine wide player in the race for the Pichichi award. Whether or not his supply can inspire Barcelona to La Liga ecstasy remains to be seen, but with leaders Real Madrid benefiting from goals from midfield too, it will be no easy task.

As for Kaka, the most prolific player in the 2006/07 UEFA Champions League, he is the leading marksman for AC Milan, who nonetheless appear to be out of the title picture after a winner from Inter Milan midfielder Esteban Cambiasso condemned them to a 2-1 defeat last time out. Atalanta are also out of the running but Cristiano Doni, an eternal scorer in their black-and-blue jersey, is level with the 2007 FIFA World Player of the Year on seven goals. Dundee United's Barry Robson, Gokdeniz Karadeniz of Trabzonspor and Vaslui's Marko Ljubinkovic are also among the leading scorers in Scotland, Turkey and Romania respectively.

While it would take a minor miracle for one of the aforementioned trio to pocket a title-winners' medal in 2008, a number of champions across Europe will be indebted to goals from midfield at the season's end.

ALPAY OZALAN NOW TURKISH SOLDIER!



One time bad boy and Turkish National Soccer Teams famous defender Alpay Ozalan came to Turkiye(Turkey) to do his soldier Duties in Burdur.

He will be in Millitary uniform only for 21 days though!..

Former Besiktas and Aston Villa player now days playing in Germany's second division team FC Köln.His contract will finish at the end of the 2007/2008 season.
We might see Alpay in the MLS next year!..Alpay has stated that his next move will be to the Major League Soccer in the United States.



Alpay made a name for himself by clashing with England captain David Beckham during the Euro 2004 qualifier in Istanbul. Beckham missed a penalty in the first half, and Alpay confronted him as soon as he missed. He yelled at the England captain, "God is big. Even if you took the penalty 100 times, you would've missed 100 times." Then at half-time, Alpay poked a finger at Beckham's face which instigated a brawl between the Turks and the English.

Wednesday, January 2, 2008

BLOW TO TFF AND HALUK ULUSOY BY LOCAL COURT!..

If you belive or not this is Truth!...

A local Istanbul Bakirkoy court took the duties from Turkish Football federation President Haluk Ulusoy after Turkcell Super League's two team Presidents filed papers against Haluk Ulusoy and Turkish Football Federation.

Istanbul Buyuk Sehir Belediyespor team President Goksel Gumusdag and Kayserispor President Recep Mamur made the complaint files to the court.

Than, court appointed, TFF generel secretary Lutfu Aribogan , Turkcell Super league teams representative organization's general secretary Yunus Egemenoglu, and a member from Istanbul Buyuk Sehir Belediyespor committee Kamil Dizar will call all the duties until the elections. Elections will take place in February of 2008.

I wonder what Mr. Ulusoy will do now?!...

Besiktas let go Diatta!....

Lamine Diatta has quit Besiktas after reaching a financial agreement with Besiktas.
"I wanted to leave for personal reasons. Besiktas were opened to discussion and we reached a financial agreement," the 32-year-old defender was quoted as saying on the website of Sport daily L'Equipe www.lequipe.fr

After spending a few days with his family near Bordeaux, Diatta will join Senegal's national team to train for the African Nations Cup which runs from January 20 to February 10 in Ghana.