BESIKTAS HOST DYNOMO KYIV IN ISTANBUL,TURKEY

Besiktas set to host Ukraine's Dynamo Kyiv on Thursday in the first leg game in the round of 32 at the UEFA Europa League.


The game at Istanbul's Fiyapi Inonu Stadium will kick-off at 8:00 p.m. Turkish local time.(1:00 PM. ET)

Besiktas finished second in their group at the UEFA Europa League.

BESIKTAS SACK VETERAN SKIPPER IBRAHIM UZULMEZ....

THE REASON...PUNCHING HIS TEAMMATE!

Besiktas have taken the stunning step of sacking captain Ibrahim Uzulmez ahead of their Europa League last-32 tie at home to Dynamo Kiev on Thursday.

The move came following an emergency meeting after club's board of meeting ,looked into the events which unfolded during half-time of Sunday's 1-0 defeat to Ankaragucu.


Ibrahim Uzulmez,punched Ibrahim Toraman after both had become embroiled in an argument, witnessed by coach Bernd Schuster.


This is not the first time happened ,they also exchanged blows at a pre-season training camp in Austria in 2008.

Besiktas Club said "statement read: "Upon learning of the unsportsmanlike conduct he displayed

in the dressing room during the half-time interval of this week's match against Ankaragucu,

our executive board held an emergency meeting and, in line with coaching staff recommendations, unanimously decided to terminate player Ibrahim Uzulmez's contract with immediate effect."

BIG PROBLEM,,,, INJURIES FOR BESIKTAS!

Goalkeeper Cenk Gonen with a broken finger and defender Ersan Gulum with a season-ending knee ligament injury.

As far as Dynamo, this will be their first since the Ukrainian League shut down for its winter break two months ago, and the first for new head coach Yuri Semin.


The winners of this clash in two matches ,will go on to face either Manchester City or Aris Thessaloniki in the last 16.

So, this is very important match for Besiktas tonight at home...

They must win with a clear and big score...

FENERBAHCE CAPTURES SECOND PLACE IN TURKEY.

The best form team in the last six matches , Fenerbahce captured the second place from Last years Champions Bursaspor as they even the points with Bursa and moved within two points of Super League leaders Trabzonspor.

On Monday night in front of home crowed, Fenerbahce beat Kayserisspor 2-0..

Mamadou Niang gave Fenerbahce the perfect start with a third-minute opener and Diego Lugano made sure of the victory on the hour mark.

Former Fenerbahce keeper Volkan Babacan now plays for Kayserispor made a huge mistake on Niang's goal!

So, with this match on Monday night the 21th weekend came to end.....

In the 21th weekend , after Trabzonspor winning in Sivas, stayed on top...Bursaspor. came little short in Eskisehir away match and lost the second place to Fenerbahce...

Perhaps, "the team of the week" this weekend, I think, It was Fenerbahce...

If we remember the point difference between Trabzon and Bursa , in the first half of the season, it was huge!

Fenerbahce is the only team from Istanbul big three, will be in the Championship race ,after this weekend,,,,


Galatasaray and Besiktas both went down, in their away match!

Galatasaray sits in the 10th place with 29 points and Besiktas droped down to sixth place with 29 points!


Also, biggest gainers in the 21th weekend were Bucaspor,Manisaspor and Kasimpasa...

Bucaspor with a huge win at home moved to 15th place and Manisapor beat Antalyaspor in Antalya with a huge score..1-4 and moved to 7th place.

Canadian National team player Josh Simpson scored two goals and missed at least four!

Kasimpasa, League's last place team surprised a lot of people and beat Karabuk at home!


In the 22th weekend, Besiktas vs Fenerbahce match will be the most important match in Turkey.

22th weekend will close with Monday night match when Turkey's top team Trabzon will travel to Manisa..

Second place Fenerbahce will play on Sunday while Bursaspor will host very good team Gazinatepsper on Saturday at home...

So, we might see a temporarily new leader in the league until Monday night!

But. Trabzonspor visit to Manisa won't be that pleasant....

Because, they are the third best team in the last six weeks in Turkey...


Lastly, Bursaspor is also playing against very good team , Gaziantepspor...

Who is second best team, after Fenerbahce, in the last six weeks...

Stay Tune......



21th weekend results.....

12 Feb 2011
FT Bucaspor 3 : 2 Konyaspor
FT Buyuksehir 0 : 1 Genclerbirligi
FT Gaziantepspor 1 : 0 Galatasaray
FT Sivasspor 2 : 3 Trabzonspor

13 Feb 2011
FT Ankaragucu 1 : 0 Besiktas
FT Antalyaspor 1 : 4 Manisaspor
FT Eskisehirspor 1 : 1 Bursaspor
FT Karabukspor 1 : 3 Kasimpasa

14 Feb 2011
FT Fenerbahce 2 : 0 Kayserispor



Standings.....

1 Trabzonspor 21 14 5 2 44-15 47
2 Fenerbahce 21 14 3 4 48-22 45
3 Bursaspor 21 13 6 2 37-14 45
4 Kayserispor 21 11 6 4 26-17 39
5 Gaziantepspor 21 9 7 5 20-16 34
6 Besiktas 21 9 5 7 32-23 32
7 Manisaspor 21 10 1 10 34-31 31
8 Buyuksehir 21 9 2 10 27-24 29
9 Eskisehirspor 21 7 8 6 22-22 29
10 Galatasaray 21 9 2 10 24-26 29
11 Karabukspor 21 7 5 9 32-35 26
12 Ankaragucu 21 6 7 8 28-35 25
13 Antalyaspor 21 6 7 8 21-28 25
14 Genclerbirligi 21 6 6 9 19-30 24
15 Bucaspor 21 4 6 11 17-31 18
16 Sivasspor 21 3 7 11 21-39 16
17 Konyaspor 21 3 6 12 19-33 15
18 Kasimpasa 21 2 5 14 18-48 11


22th weekend matches......


18 Feb 2011
19:00 CET Eskisehirspor ? : ? Sivasspor

19 Feb 2011
13:00 CET Kasimpasa ? : ? Ankaragucu
15:00 CET Bursaspor ? : ? Gaziantepspor
16:00 CET Genclerbirligi ? : ? Karabukspor
18:00 CET Galatasaray ? : ? Bucaspor

20 Feb 2011
13:00 CET Kayserispor ? : ? Antalyaspor
16:00 CET Konyaspor ? : ? Buyuksehir
18:00 CET Besiktas ? : ? Fenerbahce

21 Feb 2011
19:00 CET Manisaspor ? : ? Trabzonspor

TURKISH SUPER LEAGUE SUNDAY PREVIEW..

American Jozy Altidore made his debut in Turkey.......

American forward Jozy Altidore made his debut for Bursaspor in a 1-1 draw at Eskisehirspor in the Turkish Super league on Sunday.

Altidore came out in the second half of the match around 77th minute...

He was the creator of Bursaspor goal from midfield....

Watch the great move by Jozy Altidore and the play- maker and creator of Bursaspor's only goal here...


Bursaspor coach in the second half changed the formation on the field and kept only Kenny Miller on top and Altidore was more like defensive midfielder in the second half!

I think, Ertugrul Saglam,went to this formation very early to protect 1-0 score...

That was a huge mistake by him!

At the end, Bursaspor fell short and lost two important points in Eskisehir...

On Monday Fenerbahce have a chance to catch Bursaspor in the standings and capture the second place for the first time this season, if they beat Kayserispor at home....

On the other hand Kayserispor with a win could even up thier points with Fenerbahce (39 points)

So, Modnay night's match turn out to be the msot importnat match of the weekend!

If Fenerbahce wins, they will capture the second place for the first time, this season...


Again, just like Saturday on Sunday there were 12 goals scored in four matches....


Most shocking scores on Sunday were Besiktas going down in Ankara and Kasimpasa beating Karabuk!

With this loss, Besiktas's chase for the top is demolished !


Here is the Sunday results.....

FT Ankaragucu 1 : 0 Besiktas
FT Antalyaspor 1 : 4 Manisaspor
FT Eskisehirspor 1 : 1 Bursaspor
FT Karabukspor 1 : 3 Kasimpasa

Standings....

1 Trabzonspor 21 14 5 2 44-15 47
2 Bursaspor 21 13 6 2 37-14 45
3 Fenerbahce 20 13 3 4 46-22 42
4 Kayserispor 20 11 6 3 26-15 39
5 Gaziantepspor 21 9 7 5 20-16 34
6 Besiktas 21 9 5 7 32-23 32
7 Manisaspor 21 10 1 10 34-31 31
8 Buyuksehir 21 9 2 10 27-24 29
9 Eskisehirspor 21 7 8 6 22-22 29
10 Galatasaray 21 9 2 10 24-26 29
11 Karabukspor 21 7 5 9 32-35 26
12 Ankaragucu 21 6 7 8 28-35 25
13 Antalyaspor 21 6 7 8 21-28 25
14 Genclerbirligi 21 6 6 9 19-30 24
15 Bucaspor 21 4 6 11 17-31 18
16 Sivasspor 21 3 7 11 21-39 16
17 Konyaspor 21 3 6 12 19-33 15
18 Kasimpasa 21 2 5 14 18-48 11

TURKISH SUPER LEAGUE SATURDAY REVIEW...

TRABZONSPOR WIN VERY IMPORTANT ONE, IN AWAY MATCH....


After three weekend of bad results, Trabzonspor finally won their first match in the second half of the season in away match!

And it did not come that easy,...

On Saturday in four matches there were 12 goals scored and ten of the goals were score in two matches...


Biggest disappointment of the Saturday ,was Galatasaray ....


They lost to Gaziantepspor in Gaziantep.... wit this win Gaziantep bumped Besiktas from fifth place in the standings,,,,,

While Trabzonspor still retain the first place, Bucaspor with a win at home moved from 17th place to 15th place above Sivaspor and Konyaspor!

This was a huge win for Bucaspor.....

All of the teams that I watched on Saturday, still struggling on defense...

On Sunday, Bursaspor could even the points with Trabzonspor if they beat Eskisehirspor in Eskisehir,,,

American Altidore ready to go in this match for Bursa...

The match will start at 09:00 AM,ET....

Sunday's last match will be between Ankaragucu and Besiktas.....

Struggling Besiktas is getting away from the chase,,,...

On Monday, 21th weekend will come to end with Fenerbahce - Kayserispor match.

If Fenerbahce wins on Monday and Bursaspor loses on Sunday , Fenerbahce could capture the second place from Bursaspor.


Here is the details of Saturday........


Sivasspor twice battled to get back on level terms, Kamil Grosicki and Yannick Kamanan cancelling out strikes by Jaja and Burak Yilmaz.

However, a minute after Kamanan thought he had ensured a point for the hosts, Burak Yilmaz bagged his second goal six minutes from time to seal an away win.


Bucaspor were also 3-2 winners in an ill-tempered match against Konyaspor which saw three men sent off.

Musa Aydin set Bucaspor on their way with the opener after eight minutes but their task was made harder when they had Koray Colgecen sent off in the 22nd minute.

The numbers were evened up just after the hour when Erdinc Yavuz saw red, right before Jerko Leko extended Bucaspor's lead from the penalty spot.

Marcin Robak then stunned Bucaspor and own goal by Gomes made it 2-2 ,in six minutes, but Leko's second goal 13 minutes from time ensured the points for Bucaspor.

Elsewhere, Ismael Sosa's fifth-minute strike was enough to earn Gaziantepspor a 1-0 home win

over Galatasaray and substitute Mustafa Pektemek's goal a minute from time secured

Genclerbirligi victory by the same scoreline at Istanbul Buyuksehir BSK, whose cause was not

helped by the 34th-minute dismissal of Mahmut Tekdemir.

TURKISH SUPER LEAGUE WEEKEND PREWIEW:WEEK 21

IT IS WHOLE NEW BALL GAME........

Turkish "SPOR TOTO" Super League League Leaders Trabzonspor waisted all the credits that they have!


Now, after they even the points with Bursaspor on top, have to show that they are still the leaders.

But,losing 7 points in the last three matches are not showing that they are on right track!

Coach Senol Günes admitted that it was not a good start,last wekend.....


On the other hand, Bursaspor and Fenerbahce is making big strides and winning their matches..

That is why ,I think, the race on top and battle at the bottom, will take a new directions this weekend,,


The 21th weekend matches will start on Saturday and will finish on Monday....

While Trabzonspr travels to Sivas on Saturday, Bursa will travel to short distance ,to neighboring Eskisehir on Sunday and on Monday Fenerbahce will host fourth place Kayserispor at home.

American Player Jozy Altidore most likely will see action this weekend in Eskisehir,,,,

He will be huge addition to Bursa with Kenny Miller on top............

So, at the end of the 21th weeekend, we just might see a new team on top if Trabzonspor continue to struggle...

The team that they are visting Sivasspor is despreate for points......

They are in danger zone and have only 16 points,,,

The other teams, Konya and Buca who is with 15 points will face each other in Buca, Izmir on Saturday in the early match.

If Bucaspor or Konya ends up with three points from thsi match, it will put more presure on Sivasspor vs Trabzonspor match, that will play later on Saturday.

Like I said, the race in the Turkish Super league, is just started again.....


WEEKEND MATCHES......


12 Feb 2011
13:00 CET Bucaspor ? : ? Konyaspor
15:00 CET Sivasspor ? : ? Trabzonspor
16:00 CET Buyuksehir ? : ? Genclerbirligi
18:00 CET Gaziantepspor ? : ? Galatasaray

13 Feb 2011
12:30 CET Karabukspor ? : ? Kasimpasa
15:00 CET Eskisehirspor ? : ? Bursaspor
16:00 CET Antalyaspor ? : ? Manisaspor
18:00 CET Ankaragucu ? : ? Besiktas

14 Feb 2011
19:00 CET Fenerbahce ? : ? Kayserispor

Turkey vs Korea Republic...Friendly Match In Turkey,Live...

Turkey's National Football Team will take on South Korea in a friendly game on Wednesday.
The game will take place at Avni Aker Stadium in Trabzon.

The match will start at 20:00 local time(13:00,ET)

Kanal D,will broadcast the match in Turkey...

You could watch Turkey vs Korea Republic match live here...http://webtv.kanald.com.tr/CanliYayin/


The city of Trabzon is the city of former Turkish National team coach in 2002 world cup matches that played in S,Korea.

Senol Gunes also, coach in S.Korea professional soccer league, before taken over the Trabzonspor last year...

Senol Gunes, is one of the reason, why this match is being played at Trabzon, Turkey...


Current coach, Guus Hididnk also coached Republic of Korea, in the 2002 world cup tournament...

So, there is a lot to celebrate this friendly match in Trabzon, Today....

The friendship, between Turkey and Republic of Korea, started back in 2002, after the match between Turkey and Republic of Korea, when both team's players, greeted the fans in the stadium, as one bunch!

Now, that friendship, will be celebrate and honored once again in Trabzon ,Turkey...

Turkey last faced Republic of Korea in June 2004 when they played two friendly matches. Turkey had won the first game 1-0 before losing the second 2-1.

Turkey squad....

Volkan Demirel, Fehmi Mert Günok, Gökhan Gönül, Emre Belözoğlu (Fenerbahçe), Tolga Zengin, Serkan Balcı, Selçuk İnan, Engin Baytar, Umut Bulut, Burak Yılmaz (Trabzonspor), Servet Çetin, Hakan Kadir Balta, Sabri Sarıoğlu, Yekta Kurtuluş, Kazım Kazım (Galatasaray), İsmail Köybaşı (Beşiktaş), Gökhan Süzen (Büyükşehir Belediyespor), Fehmi Emre Güngör (Gaziantepspor), Yiğit İncedemir (Manisaspor), Serdar Kesimal (Kayserispor), Mehmet Ekici (1.FC Nürnberg), Hamit Altıntop (Bayern Münih), Tunay Torun (Hamburg).

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Republic of Korea squad .......

Jung Sung-Ryong, Hwang Jae-Won, Lee Yong-Rae (Suwon Samsung), Kim Jin-Hyeon, Kim Bo-Kyung (Cerezo Osaka), Lee Jung-Soo (Al Sadd), Hong Jeong-Ho (Jeju United), Lee Sang-Duk (Daegu FC), Cha Du-Ri, Ki Sung-Yueng (Celtic), Hong Chul (Seongnam Ilhwa), Yun Suk-Young, Ji Dong-Won (Chunnam Dragons), Choi Hyo-Jin (Sangmu), Lee Chung-Yong (Bolton), Yoon Bitgaram (Gyeongnam FC), Choi Sung-Kuk (Sangju Sangmu), Koo Ja-Cheol (VfL Wolfsburg), Son Heung-Min (Hamburg SV), Park Chu-Young (AS Monaco), Nam Tae-Hee (Valenciennes FC), Kim Shin-Wook (Ulsan Hyundai).

TURKISH SUPER LEAGUE SUNDAY RECAP

IT IS DEAD EVEN ON TOP......


I don't like to say "I told you so" but this is exactly what happened with Trabzonspor!

I have said, Trabzonspor could not afford to lose point or points at home....
in the last two home,matches Trabzonspor lost 4 points and lost the away match against Fenerbahce.

The best team of the Turkish Super League in the first half used up all the credits...

the points between Bursa are all gone!

And Fenerbahce is only two points behind both of them...

Trabzonspor still on top with 44 points with Bursaspor who is on second ...

Perhaps the best team of the week was Fenerbahce who won their match in a way match with big score.

I think, while Trabzonspor loss the team composure in the last three weeks in the league Fenerbahce and than Bursa with Kenny Miller made a huge impact in the last three matches..

That is why the large gap between Trabzon, Bursa and Fenerbahce gone!

It is too bad, Besiktas with their stars could not take this advantage....

While the top of the league is start to boil , its is same at the bottom of the barrel!

Galatasaray held off a second-half fightback from Eskisehirspor to earn a 4-2 win and move ahead

of their opponents in the table.

It looked comfortable for the hosts when Lorik Cana, Bogdan Stancu and Harry Kewell gave them a

3-0 half-time lead but two goals in three minutes from Burhan Eser and Umit Karan hauled

Eskisehirspor within a point before Milan Baros, on as a substitute for Kewell, settled Gala's nerves.

Genclerbirligi beat Bucaspor 1-0 to ease their relegation fears, Oktay Delibalta scoring the only goal.

Gaziantepspor beat 10-man Konyaspor 2-0 thanks to strikes from Ivelin Popov and substitute Olcan Adin. The visitors had earlier lost recent signing Kamil Zayatte after the former Hull defender collected two yellow cards.


Standings......

1 Trabzonspor 20 13 5 2 41-13 44
2 Bursaspor 20 13 5 2 36-13 44
3 Fenerbahce 20 13 3 4 46-22 42
4 Kayserispor 20 11 6 3 26-15 39
5 Besiktas 20 9 5 6 32-22 32
6 Gaziantepspor 20 8 7 5 19-16 31
7 Buyuksehir 20 9 2 9 27-23 29
8 Galatasaray 20 9 2 9 24-25 29
9 Manisaspor 20 9 1 10 30-30 28
10 Eskisehirspor 20 7 7 6 21-21 28
11 Karabukspor 20 7 5 8 31-32 26
12 Antalyaspor 20 6 7 7 20-24 25
13 Ankaragucu 20 5 7 8 27-35 22
14 Genclerbirligi 20 5 6 9 18-30 21
15 Sivasspor 20 3 7 10 19-36 16
16 Konyaspor 20 3 6 11 17-30 15
17 Bucaspor 20 3 6 11 14-29 15
18 Kasimpasa 20 1 5 14 15-47 8