Trabzonspor Coach Ersun Yanal Resigned!

Trabzonspor coach Ersun yanal call it quits with Trabzonspor after a disaster lost to Turkish Tukcell Super League leader Sivasspor over the weekend.

He came to Trabzonspor with big expectations and he is going out as a quitter just like what he did in Vestel Manisapor.

The Trabzonspor Club President and Ersun Yanal will hold a joint press conference on Tuesday in Trabzon.

He was pressured to resign by club official and fans after Trabzonspor dream ended in Sivas.

I wonder if he resigned or sacked by team officials?...

We will find out tomorrow!


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Besiktas Player Holosko, Wanted by English Teams!...

According to reports from British Media, Spurs and Liverpool definetly after Besiktas's Slovakian player Holosko.

Holosko is like Thierry Henry!...

Besiktas player Cisse said “He is a fast and powerful player. He has just the same profile as Thierry Henry, his idol. His only flaw is that he sometimes lacks cold blood in front of goal."

PSG are apparently ready to pay €10m for Hološko, but Besiktas, looking for around €12m.

Besiktas paid &5m and two players to Vestel Manisaspor.

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THERE IS A NEW "ANATOLIA" KINGS IN TURKEY!

Meet the new Anatolian kings.,.....Sivasspor.

They just demolished the team that wear the "king" hat in the Anatolia of Turkey.


What I saw on Saturday , was a "total team" on the pitch.

They scored three unanswered goals, against the team one time ruled the Anatolian teams and was the only and first team ever to win a Turkish League Championship...

Trabzonspor!...........

This Trabzonspor, looked sick, on the field Today....

Sivasspor beat Trabzonspor not with their forwards but, their midfield and defense players...

Actually all there goal scored by defenders and midfielder....

I have never seen Sivasspor click this good, until this match.

They did surprise me,Today.....

I thought , Trabzonspor was better than Sivasspor as a team....

Well, I was wrong, I have a egg on my face, because of that!...

With wining this match after saying good- bye to Turkish Cup in the mid week , they are focused on the League Championship.

If they play like this next four weekend , they will be the Champions of Turkey!..

No, question about that...

But, Constancy is a major problem for Sivasspor too..

If they stay on this track they will do it in my opinion...

This was the first match Sivasspor scored three goals since December 17th 20008 when they beat Istanbul Buyuksehir with three goals in Istanbul.

Speaking of Istanbul Buyuksehir , they just loss to dead last team Hacettepe on Saturday and they are in deep trouble!..

They are actually in the relegation zone after this weekend...

Hacettepe won the match, 2-1......


FENERBAHCE IS ON VACATION!.....

What a disaster for Fenerbahce and Fenerbahce fans!....

They loss another home match to the team who was desperate for points too stay alive in the league.....Ankaragucu!


They loss to Ankaragucu at Sukru Saracoglu Stadium.....

And they might lose the fifth place to Bursaspor if Bursaspor wins their match on Sunday.


So, after Saturday in the league, we know Sivasspor is the still leader of Turkish Turkcell Super league.

Coming Up On Sunday...........


Besiktas has to win if they want to stay on Sivasspor bud!...

There is one problem, the team they are playing against is in desperate for points!

Actually, this is stretch time for teams on top and for teams who wants to stay alive in the league!

Who ever put on the clutch ,will win games and points.....

Here is the Sunday matches in the Turkish Super League....( times are Turkey local times)

14:00 Bursaspor v Denizlispor
14:00 Genclerbirligi v Gaziantepspor
14:00 Kayserispor v Konyaspor
14:00 Kocaelispor v Antalyaspor
16:15 Eskisehirspor v Besiktas
20:00 Galatasaray v Ankaraspor



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WATCH SIVASSPOR V TRABZONSPOR HIGHLIGHTS.........

Reuters:Turkey's Sivasspor fixed on historic title win

ISTANBUL, April 24 (Reuters) - Five weeks separate surprise Turkish league leaders Sivasspor from wresting the title from an Istanbul club for the first time in 25 years, a feat the team says would boost the league's status and delight most of Turkey.

Sivasspor, knocked out of the Turkish Cup this week, lead Istanbul's Besiktas by just one point with 57 points and face third-placed Trabzonspor on Saturday.

Mid or low-ranked opponents then follow but the final game of the season will take Sivasspor to Istanbul to meet titleholders Galatasaray at home, currently with 51 points.

"Most people in Turkey are going for us. Obviously we are not one of the big Istanbul teams...and it would be great for the league if a team besides the big three won," Sivasspor goalkeeper Michael Petkovic told Reuters by phone.

"We are going into each game like its our last. We are giving it all our best," added the Australian.

The last non-Istanbul team to win the league was Trabzonspor in the 1983-1984 season. Only four teams have ever won the title: Fenerbahce, Galatasaray, Besiktas and Trabzonspor.

Sivasspor, who have led the league since late December and could qualify for the Champions League, were holding their nerve, the goalkeeper said.

"All the players are quite relaxed, we're still enjoying training every day, enjoying going out and winning."

Turks have been puzzling over the team's unexpected success for months, putting Sivasspor's winning form down to the influence of coach Bulent Uygun.

"He was a very good player in his time, he is still a young coach and understands what footballers think and knows what to say. He doesn't put too much pressure on us," said Petkovic.

"He has drawn a strong group of players -- we are not all superstars but we fight for each other."

Uygun, 37, has joked that Sivas, located in conservative Central Anatolia, offers little distractions for players, and as he knows the bars he is told as soon as a player buys alcohol.

Nicknamed "the soldier", Uygun has a website (www.bulentuygun.com) which includes poems he has written to Turkey's founder Mustapha Kemal Ataturk and rousing folk music.

"Actually if you compare us to the rest of the clubs in Turkey we are one of the most relaxed clubs in the league... We haven't got that military thing about us," said Petkovic.

Petkovic has modest expectations of the team's Champions League chances: "Just getting there would be a great achievement for us. It doesn't mean we have to win a game or win a point."

By Alexandra Hudson
Reuters

UEFA CUP IS IN ISTANBUL!

(Photo Courtsy of TFF)


Last years UEFA Cup holders St Petersburg Zenit returned on Thursday the trophy to UEFA President Michel Platini at a ceremony held in Istanbul ahead of this year's final game.

"I have seen a great enthusiasm here and I believe it would be fantastic final," Platini told the ceremony.

Istanbul's Sukru Saracoglu Stadium is set to host the final match, which is scheduled for May 20.

Platini handed over to Istanbul Mayor Kadir Topbas the trophy which is set to stay in the city for display until the final game.

"I am very excited. This is the greatest chance that a mayor could ever get," Topbas told reporters.


Source: Turkish wires

UEFA PRESIDENT VISITS TURKISH STADIUM AHEAD OF UEFA CUP FINAL

Platinini in Sukru Saracoglu Stadium In Istanbul,Turkey with TFF President and Fenerbahce President(Picture courtesy of TFF)

The head of the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) visited on Thursday a Turkish stadium ahead of UEFA Cup final.

UEFA President Michel Platini visited the Fenerbahce Sukru Saracoglu Stadium in Istanbul, which will host the UEFA Cup final, in May.

Platini will later attend a ceremony at the Esma Sultan Mansion in which representatives of the Zenit team of Russia, which won the cup last year, will hand over the trophy to Turkish executives.

The UEFA Cup final will take place at the Fenerbahce Sukru Saracoglu Stadium on May 20.

Michel Platini warns against match-fixing

UEFA resident Michel Platini reiterated Thursday that combatting match-fixing was his organization's top priority.

"The greatest danger to football is match-fixing," Platini said. "UEFA is investing a lot to combat match-fixing. Platini also defended a ruling that banned Macedonian club FK Pobeda from European competitions for eight years for rigging the outcome of a Champions League qualifier.

"It is a clear message that all those who are implicated in match-fixing and illegal betting will not be playing again," he said. "This was done to safeguard football."

Platini was speaking at a news conference following a ceremony in which last season's champion Zenit St. Petersburg handed over the UEFA Cup trophy ahead of the May 20 final to be played in Istanbul.

Two teams from Ukraine - Dynamo Kyiv and Shakhtar Donestsk - and two German teams - Werder Bremen and Hamburg - are in the running for the title.

It is the last time the competition is held under the UEFA Cup name and format. Next season the tournament will be renamed the Europa League.

Platini also restated that he favours a system whereby a referee can stop a game completely if fans chant racial slurs toward a player.

Platini said a referee would suspend the game for 10 minutes as a warning and end the game if racial abuse continues.

"A match is nothing compared to the seriousness of racism," Platini said.


Source: Turkish and other news wires

DESPITE THE LOSS BESIKTAS IN THE FORTIS TURKISH CUP FINALS

WATCH BESIKTAS V ANKARASPOR HIGHLIGHTS HERE.....
BESIKTAS 1 -2 ANKARASPOR
After winning the first match 3-1 in Ankara Besiktas qualified for the finals in Fortis Turkish Cup despite a 2-1 defeat at home . Ankaraspor went for the victory from the start.In the twenty-two minutes of the match, they went ahead on the scoreboard with Gabonese Roguy Meye goal, But the Slovak Filip Holosko tied to the half hour.

Ankaraspor's Omer Aysan Baris scored the 1-2 in the absence of nine minutes for the closure. And despite their final thrust failed to mark the third. Besiktas, which accumulates seven Cup titles, the last two years ago and has six other disputed final will face Fenerbahce in the finals. Besiktas and Fenerbahce will face in the final game on May 7th in Bursa, Turkey.

In the 47-year history of Turkey Cup final, Besiktas played 13 times, 7 times the cup was taken to a museum. the most recent one was at 2006-2007 season.


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