Akhisarspor has got into final in comfortable manner against Galatasaray.
Akhisarspor has got surprising confident win against Galatasaray during Turkish Cup semi-final 2nd leg game as Yevhen Seleznyov has brought ticket to the final of the competition as it managed to get comeback at Galatasaray stadium after 1st leg.
The key for success of Akhisarspor to get final ticket at the Turkish Cup beating Galatasaray at their ground with 2:0 scoreline without doubt has been factor that it has shown more concentration to the game and also played compared to their opponents has been played with main squad while Galatasaray has played mainly with substitute side. Without doubt main hero for Akhisarspor has been Yevhen Seleznyov who has found 2 goals during game and has also got disallowed goal due of offside and has led his team forward. In overall, Akhisarspor has provided organised football and also used an opportunity for Galatasaray to be very unorganised and not getting into game. Akhisarspor without doubt has used this opportunity to get to the Turkish Cup for 1st time in its history. Only downside could be seen factor that it didnt look for 3rd goal in this difficult situation taking account it has some good opportunities to do so.
In other hand, Galatasaray who has made very big rotation at its squad couldnt get into the game at all and has provided hence very poor performance and wasnt able to show its high level performance which only went towards hand of Akhisarspor. Surely substitutes which has recieved good opportunity to show themselves to the Fatih Terim didnt show any high level performance and in same time has shown some worrying image at the team which is currently fighting for league title and being at the top spot. Galatasaray didnt take game seriously at all and has paid price for that for sure and has allowed Akhisarspor to show good performance. In addition, even when Bafetembi Gomis and Garry Rodrigues entering to the field didnt provide any changes to game performances without being uneffective even when went into full attack.
Akhisarspor meanwhile has shown great performance right now and has become 1st finalist to the Turkish Cup with showing great comeback against Galatasaray and would be very happy with following outcome with using its opportunity for poor performance by opponents.
Fenerbahce aim to at least get Turkish Cup during this season.
Turkish Cup 2nd finalists would become clear during an exciting derby game between Fenerbahce and Besiktas as both sides would meet for 2nd leg game with an aggregate scoreline of 2:2 at Fenerbahce stadium which quite naturally provides to them with strong advantage.
Even through Fenerbahce has strong and pretty realistic chances to win league title this season their are still main outsiders for that spot and hence the result of Turkish Cup could be important for them as it could mean their would avoid qualifiers for Europa League in summer. Another aspect for importance for this competition and semi-final is also an attempt for Fenerbahce CEO Aziz Yildirim to end season at least with one title prior to CEO election it would have with Ali Koc in June. Fenerbahce would come out with strong advantage with 2 goal advantage if game ends with draw and also playing home where it did dominate games against its main rivals for long time now and would be accepted to use this advantage once again. In same manner, result of this game would also have direct impact to league title race and would allow Fenerbahce to get into better mood for last 5 games at the season and also allow Besiktas to lose concentration. Therefore, Fenerbahce does have an advantage but with it being Besiktas is not of course strong one.
It is known that Fenerbahce is taking following game very seriously and this without doubt would be pushing team forward for this game.
Besiktas would be coming to game against Fenerbahce with league title at its mind.
Meanwhile and according to some reports, Besiktas would be accepted to have more focus towards title race rather than towards Fenerbahce game at Turkish Cup and might do some changes to the team with this in mind.
Of course, Besiktas would be coming to win game against Fenerbahce and get to the final game of Turkish Cup but it is reported that team head coach Senol Gunes does consider also difficulty of last 5 games at the season including meeting with Galatasaray after next week. He is especially worried about possible cards which could be given at the game which would be expected to be played at high pressure. As been mentioned beforehand, the game might provide psychological and physical circumstances for the title race in both negative and positive aspects according to how game is played and what result would be recieved. Senol Gunes expects to be at positive aspects at least with physical and strength aspects. It is reported that he has specifically warned Ricardo Quaresma to be careful during game, as long as he would play. as he did get many cards especially during games against Fenerbahce. Coming play-wise it would be specifically effective for team to find an early goal as draw could not be enough for final.
Besiktas does look to take priority title race but surely with atmosphere of derby against Fenerbahce would push them to provide high level game also and would be fighting for win.
Results:
Turkish Cup, semi-final, 2nd leg:
Galatasaray 0:2 Akhisarspor (agg: 2:3)
Schedule:
Turkish Cup, semi-final, 2nd leg:
20:30 Fenerbahce - Besiktas (agg: 2:2)
In other news:
- Galatasaray CEO Mustafa Cengiz has announced his candidacy for CEO election.
- Konyaspor administrator Ahmet Baydar has stated that club would be sending complaint to TFF for Antalyaspor player Samuel Eto'o calling to his team players telling them that his club is interested with them.
- YeniMalatyaspor has provided payment of 1,000,080 TL towards its ex-head coach Irfan Buz after Buz has complained for not recieving salary to TFF.
- Trabzonspor head coach Riza Calimbay: We now need to win Sivasspor as we are planning to finish league at perfect manner. Onur Kivrak situation is serious, we would wait on him for 3-4 weeks. We expect for Burak Yilmaz to play on the day.
- Wolverhampton Wanderers are interested to transfer Besiktas-loaned player Anderson Talisca.
- Goztepe are interested to transfer Altinordu player Baris Alici.
- Super League and Bundesliga clubs are showing interest towards Galatasaray player Yasin Oztekin.
- Besiktas are interested to transfer RB Salzburg player Munas Dabbur.
- Arsenal are interested to transfer Trabzonspor player Yusuf Yazici.
- Schalke04 and Newcastle United are interested to transfer Galatasaray player Garry Rodrigues.
- Fenerbahce, Galatasaray and Besiktas are interested to transfer Shakhtar Donetsk player Facundo Ferreyra
- Sion considers to end loan period with Fenerbahce player Salih Ucan.
- Besiktas are interested to transfer Juventus player Stephan Lichsteiner
- Galatasaray are interested to transfer Nimes player Umut Bozok.
- Fenerbahce CEO Aziz Yildirim has declined transfer offer of Swansea City player Wilfred Bony.
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