What happened in Turkish football today? 30/10/2019

Fenerbahce got into next stage at Turkish Cup but substitutes players need to improve still.

Fenerbahce has managed to start its Turkish Cup without allowing its opponent from 2nd league Tarsus Idman Yurdu to get surprising result as it has played with players which didnt recieve much playing time during this season.

Despite of getting what could be seen as relatively good result against Tarsus Idman Yurdu it is hard to state that team has provided strong and organised game as those players who came out have played first time and this factor without doubt did provide some difficulties with understanding and not raising its tempo. Even through Fenerbahce did look to be focussed to the game, it could be seen from slow tempo and controllable play that side has been too confident it would get to 5th round without much issues. Even through it did achieve that without much difficulties, it did concede goal due of such high level confidence with Altay Bayindir who has provided too much self-confident game with playing too much with ball. Even through Altay Bayindir in general is self-confident player, it was observed he has been over-confident during today game. Meanwhile, this game has been good opportunity to prove himself to fans and Ersun Yanal how much he is ready but did provide look that he does need time to get into high level performance. Overall, without providing perfect game Fenerbahce did get to next stage of cup without much difficulty.

Tarsus Idman Yurdu in all fairness in their quality and level aimed to provide its best performance and it managed to do so in some moments of the game and in overall players did get importamnt experience by playing against one of the strongest teams in country.

Fenerbahce did get to next stage but it does look like players who played today need to work themselves as this performance is not enough in more competitive games.

Kayserispor has appointed Bulent Uygun as  club's new coach.

Kayserispor which is currently located at last spot in the Super League has announced that it has appointed Bulent Uygun as its head coach after 3 days of terminating contract with Sergen Yalcin.

So far, with only 4 points getting during this season and also changing 2 head coaches, Kayserispor has decided to appoint one of the most experienced coaches in Turkey Bulent Uygun who tends to be working among mediocre sides having some experiences being at bottom half of the table and pushing team forward getting providing good results. Stating that it needs to be stated that job of Bulent Uygun will not be an easy one at all as Kayserispor new administration does provide some impatience waiting for results to come as soon as possible which could provide some pressure towards Bulent Uygun but administration that with financial issues which team is going through it would need to be aware that it is hard to get good results with having this condition in hand for sure. Club is going to start its new era with Fenerbahce where it would not be expected to win and in fact might feel unlucky but in same time will provide opportunity for Uygun to see clear issues which club has playing one of the form sides in the league.

Bulent Uygun can provide good results but its crucial that administration would provide patience towards him as it is not easy task.

Radamel Falcao could turn to be huge issue to team

There seems lots of talks about Galatasaray player Radamel Falcao injury among administration, technical staff and supporters with some rumours going that injury is being chronic.

Radamel Falcao is slowly starting similar condition which Fenerbahce has experienced with Robin van Persie who was brought as big success, but didnt play lots of game due of recurring injury. In fact, according to rumours Falcao did come to team with chronic injury and this factor has been known both by club doctor Yener Ince and everyone at the team. In fact, administration didnt want to transfer him following that development but with pressure recieved from fans, it has went through it. It needs to be stated that supporters who have brought him to team, could go against him if he would not play in upcoming days. Another factor, if that talks are true it would mean that fans are playing direct role of transfer, more than administration. Supporters would go after big names, but will not know some  factors such as sustaibility of player to team and in this case injuries of player. Therefore, this is very worrying and raise questions into effectiveness of club to sign players without outside pressure.

Radamel Falcao was transferred as player who would push team forward and get to another level, but for now he seems to be only big issue to the club.

Results:
Turkish Cup, 4th round:
Vanspor 1:0 Sancaktepe
Gumushanespor 0:3 Samsunspor
Kastamonuspor 1:1 (pen: 4:5) 24 Erzincanspor
Keciorengucu 3:1 Siirt Ozel
Payasspor 2:3 Manisa
Kemerspor 2003 2:3 Kasimpasa
Istanbulspor 5:2 Tepecik
Karacebey Belediyespor 1:3 Tuzlaspor
Karagumruk 4:1 Bandirmaspor
Erzurumspor 3:1 Bodrumspor
Genclerbirligi 0:2 Erokspor
Goztepe 3:0 Sivas Belediyespor
Tarsus 1:3 Fenerbahce

Schedule:
Turkish Cup, 4th round:
13:00 Bayburt - Bursaspor
13:45 Bak Spor - Sivasspor
14:30 Kirklarispor - Ankaragucu
16:30 Kayserispor - Bayrampasa
18:30 Gaziantep - Turgutluspor
20:30 Denizlispor - Icel

In other news:

- TFF CEO Nihat Ozdemir: We are aiming to reduce foreign player limit step-by-step and we would be aiming to work with Clubs Union to find solution.We would discuss and look for solution for long time.

- Milan are interested to transfer Lille player Zeki Celik

- Galatasaray player Younes Belhanda has resumed training sessions after recovering from injury.

- Goztepe are interested to appoint Tolunay Kafkas, Samet Aybaba, Hamza Hamzaoglu and Ilhan Palut.

- Fenerbahce player Nabil Dirar expects to be recovered from injury prior to Super League 11th week game against Kasimpasa

- Besiktas has offered its ex-player Tolga Zengin to join technical staff.

- Fenerbahce are interested to transfer Internacional player Patrick.

What happened in Turkish football today? 29/10/2019

Trabzonspor needs to improve with its defence.

Trabzonspor goal on last minute by Alexander Sorloth which made scoreline for very important game against Basaksehirspor as 2:2 has led for team to get very important point against crucial opponent while providing not very good game.

It needs to be admitted that during whole game Basaksehirspor has been better side and has been wanting to win game raising tempo of the game during 2nd half especially creating better chances and without doubt does provide improvement with its performance in recent weeks. Trabzonspor on other hand didnt satisfy its expectations possibly being negatively affected during Europa League loss to Krasnodar. Even side does concede at each game and does provide view that it has poor defence, it needs to be noted that team until now did manage always providing strong reaction to this situation scoring straight away and did aspect without doubt is playing most important role for team to get point from this game and also stay at title race. It does look therefore that club does have strong and stable attack and mainly needs to focus into improving its defence.

Its been noted that Trabzonspor as team is capable to win anyone in this league as long as it provides best game but its unstable performance leads to loss of crucial points for title hopes.

Fenerbahce is going to start its Turkish Cup journey against Tarsus.

Fenerbahce would be 1st side among top 4 sides in the country who would start at the Turkish Cup as it is not competing at European competitions according to which sides start on previous stage according to regulations. Fenerbahce would start its campaign against 2nd division side Tarsus Idman Yurdu.

With all respect towards Tarsus, Fenerbahce would be coming out as strong favourite especially taking account that it shown good performance against Konyaspor in sense of motivation and confidence. It needs to be noted that as it tends to be at Turkish Cup, especially on early stage, it is expected that Fenerbahce would be starting with mainly reserves and young players which would get an important opportunity to prove themselves to Ersun Yanal, with Ferdi Kadioglu likely also to get opportunity in likely manner. This game therefore would mainly provide opportunity to show its outside starting 11 to show their level of performance and let know to Yanal and fans that he has quality players at his hand for future.

Fenerbahce would be coming as favourite and to keep its momentum going it would be aiming to show high level performance regardless who is opponent.

Goztepe head coach Tamer Tuna has resigned from his post.

Goztepe head coach Tamer Tuna has announced his resignation from team due of poor start of this season as it was remembered has also shown similar performance in last season.

Even through Tamer Tuna does have potentiality to provide good performance with his team and also did show some improvement in recent weeks, it still shows small speed this as it currently being only 1 spot above from relegation zone. Therefore, following classical aspect of leaving club when results are not coming on its way, Tamer Tuna did right thing and this performance of his at team will not get rid of that he is good coach and capable to provide high level performance. It also need to remember that Goztepe is being only team from country's 3rd biggest city Izmir, which does provide pressure to team and hence new coach coming up needs to be aware of that.Stating that coach would be coming to good team with some quality players and with some tactical changes could push team with getting results.

Goztepe would now look for name which can push this forward into better results and fulfill its potentiality in its fullest.

Results:
Turkish Cup, 4th round:
1074 Cankirispor 1:3 Rizespor
Altinordu 3:1 Amed
H.Trabzon 3:0 Menemen Belediyespor
Nigde Anadolu 0:0 (pen: 2:3) Antalyaspor
Eyupspor 1:0 Konyaspor
Altay 1:0 Gorelespor
Adanaspor 3:0 Diyarbakirspor
Alanyaspor 3:0 Inegolspor

Schedule:
Turkish Cup, 4th round:
13:00 Vanspor - Sancaktepe
13:00 Gumushanespor - Samsunspor
13:00 Kastamonuspor - 24 Erzincanspor
13:30 Keciorengucu - Siirt Ozel
13:30 Payasspor - Manisa
13:45 Kemerspor - Kasimpasa
14:00 Istanmbulspor - Tepecik
14:00 Karacebey Belediyespor - Tuzlaspor
14:00 Karagumruk -Bandirmaspor
14:30 Erzurumspor - Bodrumspor
16:30 Genclerbirligi - Erokspor
18:30 Goztepe - Sivas Belediyespor
20:30 Tarsus - Fenerbahce

In other news:

- PFDK referalls:
- Gaziantep worker Yusuf Demsoy and Kasimpasa has been referred for anti-sportmanship action.
- Alanyaspor has been referred for events at field
- Besiktas, Galatasaray, Basaksehirspor and Trabzonspor has been referred for behaviour of fans

- Gaziantep player Mehmet Erdem Ugurlu will not be able to play for 6 weeks due of injury.

- Galatasaray youth players Yunus Akgun, Erencan Yardimci and Mustafa Kapi have attended training sessions of main squad

- Galatasaray are interested to transfer Beijing Guoan player Renato Augusto.

- NewcastleUnited considers to offer 3.5 million euro for Alanyaspor player Papiss Cisse.

- Besiktas aims to end loan deal with Liverpool player Loris Karius on mid-season transfer window.

- Fenerbahce has started transfer negotiations with Arsenal player Mesut Ozil.

- Galatasaray considers to sell its players Mariano, Feghouli, Nagatomo and Belhanda during mid-season transfer window.

What happened in Turkish football today? 28/10/2019

Sorloth goal has provided an important point at game which it didnt show great game.

Trabzonspor player Alexander Sorloth goal on the last minute of the game has provided crucial goal and has managed to provide important 1 point taking account that it didnt provide great performance during whole game.

Even through with league performances Trabzonspor did look to be coming out with better form, but it does look like its Europa League results has affected into both sides as Basaksehirspor looked to be more organised during game while Trabzonspor did fail to get into focus towards game. However, one of the important factors for Trabzonspor that it managed to provide strong reaction with providing strong attacking game during around last 30 minutes which has led for Sorloth to find winning goal and could have scored another goal with its pressure. It also need to be stated that both goalkeepers has once again did show great performances as game could have ended with much more goals coming from both sides. Meanwhile, it was important for Daniel Sturridge to find goal from penalty kick getting habit of scoring goals which has been main reason for purchasing him. Stating that Trabzonspor still needs to aware it didnt show good performance and needs to find ways how to provide top games regularly.

Basaksehirspor meanwhile did provide strong performance which has been closest to win game and has been its best game during this season as it being side which gets highly motivated and providing better performance by each game. Therefore, with such game it can once again for league title this season.

Trabzonspor carries on conceding by each goal but in same time is capable to show reaction and hence did find very important point for team which have high aims this season,

Besiktas has provided good attacking game.

Besiktas has got very important win during Super League derby game against Galatasaray thanks to the great goal by Umut Nayir during 2nd half of the game and after game which it needed to win, it has suddenly found itself only 6 points behind league leaders Alanyaspor.

One of the main aspects for such outcome for Besiktas has been factor which has been actively discussed from this blog which was for a team to start providing much more stronger attacking game and even through Galatasaray which did show very poor performance, it did provide much more forward seeking game. It needs to be stated without doubt Umut Nayir apart of scoring goal, in general has been looking for goals and could have scored 2-3 goals if he could provide better last touches, area which without doubt would be improved since he is still young player. It also needs to be mentioned that in overall Besiktas has been more wanted to get win compare to its opponents and even through it still does have many areas to improve on, it provided game which Besiktas looked for without doubt with new administration playing an important role to movitvate players.

Now main question being is team able to continue this performance for upcoming games and if it would be it has all chances to be at title race at least.

Galatasaray didnt have any plan and spirit during game

All of the positive aspects which Besiktas led to win this game hasnt been done at all from Galatasaray as team has lost its fighting spirit and way below of its potentiality as team without doubt.

Galatasaray players during whole game didnt manage to get any control of the game which has happened due of good performance of Besiktas in overall but it needs to be noted that in general team did fail to provide forward seeking football. In fact, following game Galatasaray head coach did provide some strong disbelief towards performances of the team making it clear that he would be providing more time to other players at the squad, mainly Turkish players, while moving current starting 11 into substitute. In addition, he did state that team will go through drastic changes during mid-season transfer window. It is hard in fact to analyse Galatasaray performance as it didnt provide much action and it is hard to comment anything. It didnt have any plans, compare to opponents, and coming to game without any plans especially against arch rivals would without doubt provide some problematic outcomes during game.

Fatih Terim for sure would need to go through some issues which team has right now and find solutions of those in upcoming games as soon as he can.

Results:
Turkish Super League, 9th week:
Basaksehirspor 2:2 Trabzonspor

Schedule:
Turkish Cup, 4th round:
13:00 1074 Cankirispor - Rizespor
13:00 Altinordu - Amed
13:00 H.Trabzon - Menemen Belediyespor
13:45 Nigde Anadolu - Antalyaspor
14:30 Eyupspor - Konyaspor
16:30 Altay - Gorelespor
18:30 Adanaspor - Diyarbakirspor
20:30 Alanyaspor - Inegolspor

In other news:

- YeniMalatyaspor has won training game against its youth squad with 4:0 scoreline.

- Gaziantep has extended contract with its head coach Marius Sumudica until 2021.

- Kayserispor head coach Samet Aybaba has resigned from his position.

- Rizespor player Dario Melnjak has been selected to Croatian National Team for Euro2020 qualifiers against Slovakia and Georgia.

- Genclerbirligi has terminated contract with its head coach Mustafa Kaplan.

- UEFA has started disciplinary investigation to Basaksehirspor player Irfan Can Kahveci for "army salute" during Europa League game against Wolfsberger.

-  RealBetis are interested to transfer Fenerbahce player Miha Zajc.

- Fenerbahce are interested to transfer RB Leipzig player Marcelo Saracchi

What happened in Turkish football today? 27/10/2019

Besiktas has got very important during derby.

Besiktas has managed to win very important game for them against Galatasaray with 1:0 scoreline thanks to great goal from Umut Nayir who has scored great goal from cross Caner Erkin and looked better side.

Stating that Besiktas has been better side during game its still needs to be argued that it didnt provide perfect game but has been following not very good game but still was best performance since start of the season. Compare to Galatasaray it needed to win game much more and this has affected to its performance in much stronger way with providing seeking game with Umut Nayir prior to finding goal, did have other great chances during game with dominating and being hungry. It needs to be also stated that Besiktas did get strong support from fans who has played an important role. With also Abdullah Avci that this game being more or less his last chance to have some saviour for game looked like to be focussing more attacking game and looked to be solving its opponent weaknesses at good form with studyng its opponent. In overall, it could be stated that Besiktas did deserve this win with providing right strategy and tactic during game.

Galatasaray in other hand did provide pretty poor performance not being able to get upper hand of game at any moment with providing pretty passive game and lacked some tempo and creativity. Even through side looked to be at better condition compare to its opponent, it also going into wrong direction with its recent performances and this has certainly has affected towards club at the whole game. It was also dissapointing for Galatasaray failing to show right reaction providing with poor reaction and lacking creativity. Therefore, Galatasaray needs to provide strong reaction for this outcome and needs to show good reaction. Fatih Terim therefore needs to look at things which went wrong from this game and in recent weeks, and aim to find solution for this issues.

Besiktas did get an important win and now needs to find solution for upcoming weeks and treat this game as an opportunity for new beginning for Besiktas, while Galatasaray needs to identify its mistakes this period.

Fenerbahce did provide strong attacking game against Konyaspor.

Fenerbahce has got unexpected confident win during Super League 9th week against Konyaspor winning game with 5:1 scoreline and has prevented for its opponent to show strong defensive game which it is known to do so in this league.

Even through at the table Fenerbahce was located at good place prior to game, it still didnt provide level of performance which was expected from them but in this game it managed to show confident strong game at attack with also preventing Konyaspor to get into chances. As Konyaspor head coach Aykut Kocaman did state following game, Fenerbahce has also scored 4 goals from outside penalty zone, achievement which it failed to show prior to this game during this season. Without doubt one of the main reason for this great outcome has been return of injured players and hence providing view that its best form and with key players being available it can provide great game. With Max Kruse recovering from his injury, being so far one of the main creative players at the team, would lead for Fenerbahce to even become stronger team for upcoming games.

Fenerbahce without doubt did provide great game against Konyaspor and with such confident result and also not very hard opponents coming up it would be aiming to get into leadership at short notice.

Trabzonspor would be favourites against Basaksehirspor but it wont be an easy game.

One of the key games during Super League 9th week game would be playing against Basaksehirspor and Trabzonspor as both sides would be coming following Europa League where sides has got two different outcomes, with Istanbul side winning game while Trabzonspor has lost its game.

Despite of two different performances and results which has been gotten at Europa League, it needs to be noted that Trabzonspor are showing different performance and motivation in the Super League than in the Europe providing strong and creative game. Therefore, it could be stated in pretty confident manner that Trabzonspor would be coming as favourites both with its performance, its position and also pretty high motivation and confidence to compete at title race during this season.
However, as been noted this could be achieved if Trabzonspor would be aiming to provide its strongest performance since side does provide unstable performance. Meanwhile, Basaksehirspor which didnt start at best way as it would be hoping started to improve its performance with which results start coming, including crucial Wolfsberger game, and this positive outcomes would provide motivation and confidence for game which in such analysis could be pretty exciting fast paced game if players of both sides would focus into winning rather than not losing mentality.

Trabzonspor is slightly more favourite but it wouldnt not be an easy game for both sides for sure.

Results:
Turkish Super League, 9th week:
Yeni Malatyaspor 4:0 Kayserispor
Genclerbirligi 0:2 Denizlispor
Goztepe 1:4 Kasimpasa
Besiktas 1:0 Galatasaray

Schedule:
Turkish Super League, 9th week:
20:00 Basaksehirspor - Trabzonspor

In other news:

- Kayserispor head coach Samet Aybaba has resigned from his position.

What happened in Turkish football today? 26/10/2019

Fenerbahce has got very confident win against Konyaspor. 

Fenerbahce has got very confident win against Konyaspor with 5:1 scoreline at the game which it did come out as favourite but wasnt expected to get win in such confident result as it had found 3 goals on the start of the game and afterwards has controlled game.

From start of the game, Fenerbahce has shown that team aim to win this game without much difficulties and did provide similar strong performance which it showed during 1st week game against Gaziantep but failed to do so in following games. It was even stated that with Fenerbahce stating that it wants to get league title, it still found itself at right position but didnt show much with its game. But today's performance what could be referred playing like champions. What was more good to see for team perspective is to get win with 5 goals been scored by different players and in fact 6 goals has come from Fenerbahce players with Serdar Aziz. It needs to be noted that Fenerbahce main reason to get this confident result against strong defensive game as it has responded with fast pacing game looking, creating and converting chances especially during 1st half. Quite naturally Fenerbahce has reduced tempo during 2nd half it still has control pace and didnt allow Konyaspor to show any signs of opportunities.

Konyaspor possibly being affected by early from their opponents didnt provide its organised defence game a lot which led for Fenerbahce to create good chances and without being responding strongly for such game which led for team to lose in such way.

Fenerbahce has got an important win with such confident performance and now has got high motivational and confidence boost for upcoming games.

Besiktas is coming to derby game with huge pressure for win.

Super League 9th week derby game between Besiktas and Galatasaray would be without doubt be last chance for Abdullah Avci to secure his future as Besiktas head coach as loss without doubt at least end his trust credit from fans and administration.

Without doubt newly elected CEO Ahmet Nur Cebi was hoping to end his first game at such position with win but wasnt able to get it as team has lost to Braga but he would be hoping at least to get positive outcome during his 1st league game which would be coming against arch rivals Galatasaray. Even through does come as not strong favourites due of its poor performance, derby games especially for home teams does provide new opportunity and does lead to new outcomes. It needs to be also remembered that this being derby game and at least until it doesnt lose game supporters would provide strong support and might not lead for high amount of protests. Besiktas due of importance of game does come out into more critical condition as loss could mean it would be out of title race while Galatasaray would be seen as good outcome with loss even through being unwanted result will not be seen as huge disaster.

Besiktas would be coming out with high pressure as loss could lead to end of title ambitions for side and could lead to some nervous moments.

Galatasaray has less pressure than Besiktas 

Without doubt Galatasaray would also be coming to very important game for themselves and urgently needs points due of its poor performance, but compare to Besiktas loss of points even through would be unwanted it will not end its chances for league title.

One of the most pressured players at the side without doubt would be Younes Belhanda following outcomes which took place during Champions League and it would be pretty interesting to see how player would be reacting to this during this game. In overall, Galatasaray getting draw is not bad result compare to losing points so it would be expected to provide strong focus to defence, stating that knowing that Besiktas defence is not very strong it would be looking to provide strong performance in attack maybe with even counter-attacks. Without doubt role of Florin Andone who is currently at great form would be playing an important role during game as he would be looking for chances and to convert them. It is clear that even through Galatasaray are not at great form their would be coming as favourites but this being derby game all results are open.

More importantly, it would feel much less pressure compare to opponent and this could lead directly to how team perform during game.

Results:
Turkish Super League, 9th week:
Sivasspor 2:1 Antalyaspor
Gaziantep 1:1 Alanyaspor
Fenerbahce 5:1 Konyaspor

Schedule:
Turkish Super League, 9th week:
14:00 Yeni Malatyaspor - Kayserispor
16:30 Genclerbirligi - Denizlispor
16:30 Goztepe - Kasimpasa
19:00 Besiktas - Galatasaray

In other news:

- Trabzonspor player Abdulkadir Parmak has become injured.

- Besiktas administrator Mesut Urgancilar: We have made deal with watch group which currently going through our finances in all details. In upcoming days we would give detailed info about condition. We are going through new beginning as club now.

- Besiktas administration has paid all salaries of its players and staff members since July of total of 105 million TL.

- Galatasaray are interested to transfer Sivasspor player Mert Hakan

- Napoli are interested to transfer Fenerbahce player Vedat Muriqi

- Trabzonspor CEO Ahmet Agaoglu could be running for Clubs Union CEO election due of pressure to do so from football community.

What happened in Turkish football today? 25/10/2019

Basaksehirspor has got important points for Turkey in Europe.

Basaksehirspor has become 1st Turkish club during this season to win at Europe at the group stages as it has managed to win Wolfsberger at Europa League 3rd week game thanks to the Irfan Can Kahveci goal on 78th minute.

Even through it is hard to state that Basaksehirspor did provide great performance during game especially on 1st half, it is still important win as it managed to get win against surprising side at this tough group and has led its opponent to get first loss in this group. With getting 4 points and beating Wolfsberger it has got into 2nd place with same points of their opponents and did get an important but small advantage for knockout stages but still it is difficult task to achieve when looking in positive manner. Even through Basaksehirspor has been disliked by most of fans for various reasons, it needs to be thankful to the and Kahveci as it became only team in this week at Europe to provide some country points which Turkey needs without doubt urgently right now and if other clubs doesnt provide that level performance which is expected from them then it would need to carry on this performance. This win meanwhile would provide great motivation and confidence for rest of this season, without doubt both in Europe and domestically especially prior to Trabzonspor game.

Basaksehirspor did mark an important win and likely this would be important message towards other Turkey  clubs for Europe.

Besiktas needs to show different game if it wants to save season.

With new administration team been selected at Besiktas it has been expected that club would be providing much better game at Europa League group stage against Braga but it has lost game with 2:1 scoreline even through it did got chance to convert game with win.

Besiktas did got 1:1 scoreline on 71st minute with Umut Nayir which did provide some hope for club to get at least 1st point in this campaign and also penalty kick after 2 minutes which could provide important help for team to even win game. But Adem Ljajic interesting penalty shot which has got into post has led for team to lose morale which led for Braga to find winning goal. It could be argued that Besiktas did provide better performance compare to previous game but what is important here is that it didnt even get draw with such level of performance and hence once again means that Besiktas head coach need to sit down and go through his tactical performance and recognise what is going wrong, especially prior to crucial Galatasaray game on 27th October as this performance would lead to their opponents to be strong favourite for win. Abdullah Avci is even got support from CEO Ahmet Nur Cebi, it is not secure if results would be carry on being like that and he needs to be aware of that if he wants to stay here.

Team needs to change it style of play if it doesnt want to have dissastrous season like Fenerbahce did last year.

Trabzonspor is not providing expected performance at Europa League.

Trabzonspor has been expected to provide good performance during Europa League group stage game against Krasnodar who has come to game with 0 points but it didnt manage to get an upper hand.

It needs to be noted that Trabzonspor did manage to provide top level game during 1st half of the game but didnt manage to carry on this level of performance during 2nd half with Krasnodar getting upper hand of the game and finding 2 goals. It needs to be noted that even through Trabzonspor does provide good performance at domestic league it didnt manage to show similar performance at Europa League. Stating that it did play with strong opponent which could be seen in the level of Champions League with having big players and hence this loss could not be treated too surprisingly even through Trabzonspor did show some positive aspects during with its performance on the day. It does look like it would be providing much more attention to the Super League rather than Europa League and hence even through it does have chances to get to the knockout stages its been very slim as it needs to  win all 3 games and hope for results to turn for them.

Trabzonspor is not providing performance which would been expected by them at Europa League and it needs to see ways how to improve its performance.

Results:
Turkish Super League, 9th week:
Rizespor 2:0 Ankaragucu

Schedule:
Turkish Super League, 9th week:
15:00 Sivasspor - Antalyaspor
17:30 Gaziantep - Alanyaspor
20:00 Fenerbahce- Konyaspor

In other news:
- Konyaspor player Ertugrul Taskiran is expected to start against Fenerbahce during Super League 9th week game.

- Fenerbahce player Harun Tekin has got lung infection and will not be able to play for 3 weeks.

- YeniMalatyaspor player Ghaelyn Chaaleli will not be able to play for 4 weeks. Abdulsamet Damlu expect to recover after 3-4 weeks from injuries. Meanwhile, Arturo Mino and Yigithan Guveli has resumed training sessions.

- Fenerbahce player Emre Belozoglu considers to carry on playing if his club manages to get to Champions League next season.

What happened in Turkish football today? 24/10/2019

Basaksehirspor has got an important win against Wolfsberger.

Basaksehirspor has managed to an important win against Wolsberger during Europa League 3rd week game ,thanks to 78th minute goal by Kahveci, providing pretty good game and has got into 2nd place due of this win.

It needs to be stated that Wolfsberger has been so far suprising side of the group managing to beat Borussia Monchneblach and drawing against Roma, so even through it looked to be weakest opponent for Basaksehirspor at this group, it has managed to get crucial win. Even more importantly Basaksehirspor has been 1st club during group stage to win game at the Europe and did get small advantage for knockout stage at the half way. However, it needs to be stated that its opponent Wolfsberger did provide more chances but strong defensive performance and good goalkeeping skill by Mert Gunok did play an important role for 0:0 scoreline. But it needs to be admitted that Basaksehirspor did provide much more stronger performance during 2nd half creating high number of the chances which has led for Irfan Can Kahveci to get winning goal and getting very important win for themselves. It needs to be noted that this win would provide strong motivation for upcoming games both in Europe and domestically with getting an important turning point for this team.

Wolfsberger with getting surprising results at this group did come out as favourite and did provide some good performance in 1st half but couldnt provide similar performance in 2nd half and opponent did get results which it was seeking for.

Basaksehirspor has got very important win and would be seeking now would be providing focus to get into knockout stages.

Besiktas crises carries on.

Besiktas carries on providing dissapointing results as it has lost to Braga at home ground with 2:1 scoreline and has ended 3rd week at the group with 0 points putting its chances for knockout stages very slim.

With Ahmet Nur Cebi being elected as new club CEO at the team it was expected that he would be able to provide positive outcome with team performance after being elected but sadly similar results has been coming to the team It could be argued to some extend that team aim to provide some attacking and did draw game with Umut Nayir but it is important to state that Besiktas did lose its home advantage which it was losing with fans also being unhappy with this team performance. Even through Besiktas did show some improvement in the attacking game and has provided some forward seeking game without doubt it did allow Braga do also create high amount of the chances as it dominated game with creating very dangerous chances and scoring 2 goals. This loss surely would be affecting to Abdullah Avci and could provide high amount of pressure for next week against Galatasaray. Therefore, this result would be issue for this team both to players and technical staff.

Braga meanwhile did provide strong performance with getting an important win against Besiktas and in this group and also getting crucial win to get out of Europa League knockout stage.

Besiktas has got into deep crises without doubt with such loss and without beating Galatasaray next week could lead to some critical reactions towards whole team and technical staff from administration.

Trabzonspor performance wasnt in level to beat Krasnodar

Trabzonspor has carried on its poor performance at the Europa League against Russian side with 2:0 scoreline with Turkish side has provided strong performance during 1st half but didnt provide any effective game and has ended 3rd week at last spot with 1 point.

Trabzonspor has been expected prior to game with providing an effective game at home ground with getting also good performance at domestic league but didnt manage to provide that expected performance. As been mentioned, Trabzonspor did provide some good chances during 1st half and did provide some attacking game but it did look like its become tired during 2nd half with Berg finding goal on 49th minute did affect. Even through Krasnodar didnt get many chances at the game it did convert chances so its has affected with poor performance at defence. Therefore, it needs to be mentioned that Trabzonspor needs to find solutions with how side could be defended much more stronger as it tends to concede goals at each game concedes goal which is an issue which could have some negative aspect at its road to league title. Still, Trabzonspor has some chances to get to knockout stages and needs to be focussed for other 3 games.

Krasnodar didnt get an easy game against Trabzonspor but it did raise its performance during 2nd half but its been using its chances in the 2nd half and used its opportunities when got ones.

Trabzonspor which been praised in recent weeks in the league didnt provide that level of performance at Europa League and has difficulty to get to knockout stages.

Results:
UEFA Europa League, Group J, 3rd week:
Basaksehirspor 1:0 Wolfsberger
Roma 1:1 Borussia Monchengladbach

UEFA Europa League, Group K, 3rd week:
Besiktas 1:1 Braga
Slovan Bratislava 1:2 Wolves

UEFA Europa League, Group C, 3rd week:
Trabzonspor 0:2 Krasnodar
Getafe 0:1 Basel

Schedule:
Turkish Super League, 9th week:
20:30 Rizespor - Ankaragucu

In other news:

- PFDK decisions:
- Denizlispor CEO Ali Cetin has recieved 21-days deprivation of rights and 24,000 TL fine for anti-sportsmanship statements.
- Gaziantep player Olarenwuju Ayobami 3-game ban and 21,000 TL fine for his actions.
- Galatasaray, Ankaragucu, Besiktas has recieved blockage of stands for behavior of fans.
- Ankaragucu and Besiktas has recieved 24,000 TL fine for events at field
- Ankaragucu has recieved 25,000 TL fine for leaving stairs empty during game.
- Ankaragucu player Sedat Agcay has recieved 3-game ban and 13,000 TL fine for his actions

- Ankaragucu CEO election has been postponed to 31st October for not gathering majority.

- Kayserispor will terminate contract with its player Brice Djia Djedje

- Galatasaray player Radamel Falcao has attended training session after recovering from injury.

- Besiktas considers to terminate loan contract with Liverpool player Lorius Karius.

- Galatasaray considers to sell its player Christian Luyindama for no less than 10 million euro during mid-season transfer window.

- Galatasaray player Mario Lemina expects to be starting at starting 11 during Super League 9th week game against Besiktas.

- Galatasaray considers to sell its player Younes Belhanda during mid-season transfer window.

What happened in Turkish football today? 23/10/2019

Galatasaray did show some good fighting spirit but it lacks quality.

Galatasaray did provide good performance especially during 1st half of the Champions League game against Real Madrid but still has some issues with converting chances as it is being for now only side not to score in this season at competition.

Looking at the overall performance of Galatasaray during game, it could be stated that team did play for win or at least draw as it has provided fastest game so far during this season with especially Florin Andone being hungry to find goal during game. But with quality factory and also Courtois possibly providing his best performance since this season did provide great performances making great saves especially in 1st half. It was also focussed that Galatasaray does have some issues and couldnt prevent Real to create many chances with being thankful to Fernando Muslera to provide some memorable saves. Without doubt one of the main discussed issues of this game has been reaction between Younes Belhanda and supporters who has shown dislikeness towards each other in pretty clear manner and it would be interesting to see that despite of defending player after game, in what way would react for this actions.

Galatasaaray did provide some good performance during game and did show some confident performance but it still needs to raise its level for upcoming games in tournament.

Besiktas needs to show much more effective game against Braga

Without doubt, Besiktas would be coming to the most important game of the season as it would be playing against one of the most experienced Europa League sides in group and whole tournament against Braga as it would be looking for its 1st points in competition.

So far, Besiktas did provide very dissapointing performance in tournament but with Ahmet Nur Cebi being elected as club's new CEO and also for him providing support to head coach Abdullah Avci but with expected condition that this support would be given as long as results would be coming, could provide extra motivation to Avci and whole side. Even through Besiktas would be needing win for sure, it needs to be remembered that apart of losing points both domestically and in Europe it is providing poor performance so at least side would be looking to show good performance which could provide some optimism for Galatasaray game coming up. This is also could opportunity for Avci to look for ways to improve team performance and change of tactics, an issue which has been discussed a lot in this recent period.

Besiktas needs to improve at least improve its level of performance to get motivation for upcoming weeks.

Both Trabzonspor and Krasnodar will need to win to keep their chances for knockout stages alive.

Even through Trabzonspor has been among most praised during this season by our blog, it needs to be admitted that it doesnt provide great performance in sense of results at Europa League Group stage only drawing against Basel and now would have crucial with last place Krasnodar.

It needs to be noted that Krasnodar didnt provide good start of its Europa League campaign being below their expectations which would mean that Russian side could be seeing this game as turning point for them, a note which Trabzonspor needs to get into account. Still, Trabzonspor did provide some good performance during recent weeks both against Basel and also Super League scoring 10 goals in last 3 weeks which would lead team to come to game with strong confidence. It would as been mentioned be crucial game for both sides and this game result would provide view how many both sides would be having to get to knockout stage. Hence, game would be played with both sides not only aiming to lose but also to win so it could be intense game with some good chances for both sides. Once again Sorloth and Daniel Sturridge will be expected to be key players on day.

Trabzonspor does need to win and their do have capacity to do so but it wont be easy one for sure.

Schedule:

UEFA Europa League, Group Stage, Group J, 3rd week:

19:55 Basaksehirspor - Wolfsberger

19:55 Roma- Bayer Monchengladbach

UEFA Europa League, Group Stage, Group K, 3rd week:

19:55 Besiktas - Braga

19:55 Slovan Bratislava - Wolves

UEFA Europa League, Group Stage, Group C, 3rd week:

22:00 Trabzonspor - Krasnodar

22:00 Getafe - Basel

In other news:

-   Besiktas player Atiba Hutchinson is expected to be playing against Braga during Europa League 3rd week game

What happened in Turkish football today? 22/10/2019

Galatasaray failed to score again despite of good game against Real Madrid

Despite of providing pretty good performance during Champions League game against Real Madrid it didnt manage to pass its opponents as it has lost with minum scoreline of 1:0 in similar manner as it did to PSG.

It needs to be admitted that Galatasaray did start game at high tempo with creating some good chances during which Florin Andone did once again provide fast-paced game getting many chances but couldnt pass Courtois who played an important for his team to get win. In other hand, however, Galatasaray did provide not very good performance at defence with allowing their opponents to have high amount of the chances getting chances. In fact, what it was noticed that both sides didnt show very well game at the midfielding section. It needs to noted also that Galatasaray even through did concede only 2 goals at such group with especially Muslera effective game but so far it didnt score any goal being only side to have this negative outcome in the tournament. Therefore, even through team does provide some positive game with providing strong and organised game but with failing to score goals and giving points at the group means side needs to do a lot in this group with getting to the at least 3rd spot in this group stage. So, it does need to provide some chances for upcoming games.

Real Madrid despite of getting an important win at away game, it still did provide look of having some issues as side having some difficulties but still with name and experience as expected played win in this game.

Galatasaray does provide some good performance in this game but it still has issues to convert chances and did have some defensive issues during game. 

Ahmet Nur Cebi does provide support for Abdullah Avci for now.

Newly-elected Besiktas CEO Ahmet Nur Cebi has made statements prior to election and also following election that for now he would be working with its current head coach Abdullah Avci but did make it clear that if needed he would be changing coach.

Regardless in what way is club being financially both negatively and positively, it is widely known that success of club CEO especially in Turkey is being measured by football results by supporters.
Therefore, among economical issues one of tasks of Ahmet Nur Cebi when being elected is to find ways how to provide better football results with providing support to all aspects of football players and technical staff. Therefore, even if and that is quite possible, Ahmet Nur Cebi needs to provide strong support to its coach so this not very good performance doesnt even get any worser. It needs to be remembered that this week is being very important for whole team as it would be playing against Braga at Europa League and later against Galatasaray in the league and hence would be looking with getting great positive results.

Without doubt, Ahmet Nur Cebi would be unhappy with how this team is performing right now at the league and would be hoping that their would be able to start getting positive results and performance.

Alanyaspor main barrier could be leadership pressure as performance their are strong.

Without doubt, main surpise during this season has been leadership of Alanyaspor following 8 weeks with having 2 point advantage over Trabzonspor who are at 2nd place.

Among providing great performance so far during this season providing during for most games also strong and attacking game, it also has in its disposal Papiss Cisse which is showing strong attacking game always looking for chances and scoring goals. It is pretty hard to state if side would be able to provide such performance until end of the season as title race would provide some pressure to the team for sure, but it does look certain that it has capacity to race to leadership or even end there when mid-season would be coming for more than 2 months. Alanyaspor in all fairness did feel some pressure with 3 weeks prior to national team break but following that break it has got an impressive win against Rizespor once again providing strong attacking performance.

Alanyaspor does provide in overall good performance and this game could be good enough for them to fight for league title but its main opponent is being pressure provided from that.

Results:
UEFA Champions League, Group A, 3rd week:
Galatasaray 0:1 Real Madrid
Club Brugge 0:5 PSG

In other news:

- PFDK referalls:
- Galatasaray has been referred for events at the field.
- Gaziantep player Olarenjwu Kayode has been referred for breaking rules.
- Ankaragucu has been referred for behaviour of fans, events at field and not leaving stairs empty
- Ankaragucu player Sedat Agaci has been referred for his actions.
- Besiktas has been referred for events at field and behaviour of fans
- Denizlispor CEO Ali Cetin has been referred for anti-sportmanship statements

- Gaziantep players Muhammet Demir will not be able to play for 6-8 weeks, Abdullah Tetteh for 3-weeks, Mugdat Celik for 6 months due of injuries. In addition, Junior Morais has also become injured.

- Goztepe CEO Mehmet Sepil: Construction work of our new stadium Gursel Aksel Spor is coming to an end and we planning to play our 1st game in 19th week of this season.

- Trabzonspor CEO Ahmet Agaoglu: Regardless on economical condition, we always aim to be at title race. Some people want me to be Clubs Union but I am not considering now. I offer Mehmet Sepil to take this role.

- Fenerbahce player Emre Belozoglu has stated that he would be playing with broken rib for 1 month.

= Fenerbahce assistant coach Volkan Demirel has stated that his main aim is to become head coach

- Galatasaray are interested to transfer Middlesborough player Daniel Ayala

- Besiktas are interested to transfer Everton player Cenk Tosun

What happened in Turkish football today? 21/10/2019

Fenerbahce needs to improve its performance for upcoming weeks if it wants to win regularly.

Fenerbahce has got an important win during Super League 8th week game against Denizlispor with 2:1 scoreline and even through did provide pretty good game at defence, it didnt provide strong attacking game.

It needs to be noted that both sides didnt provide too much focussed attacking game and would been remembered as one of the most boring games during this season,with Fenerbahce managing to get win purely for quality factory between clubs. Stating that, it would be possibly too harsh to state that Fenerbahce didnt deserve this win and comparing both sides it did provide much more stronger game. But in same time it didnt provide level of performance which would be able to provide wins against many opponents during this season. Without doubt different comments should be given to Emre Belozoglu who possibly has been best player for Fenerbahce during game especially that he has played with broken rib and did provide winning assist to Vedat Muriqi which very likely did bring win for Fenerbahce at the end of the day.

Fenerbahce did provide better game compare to opponents but it does need to give better performance for upcoming games if it wants to win games regularly.

Galatasaray needs to forget Real Madrid issues and provide its best game.

Champions League Group H 3rd week game between Galatasaray and Real Madrid would be crucial for both sides especially to Spanish side but draw is result which would be very important for Istanbul side for sure.

It is true that Real Madrid would be coming to Istanbul with lots of pressure behind its back to whole team and also towards its head coach Zinedine Zidane but it needs to be remembered that Galatasaray is not providing too much strong performance this season, even through it did provide impressive game against PSG and hence it is possible that it would be providing strong and focussed game. It needs to be admitted that due of quality Real Madrid would be coming as strong favourites regardless its poor condition and more important those clubs are experienced how to react in those conditions. Therefore, Galatasaray does need to forget about condition of its opponent and provide an effective game which by itself could turn into positive result on the night.

Both times are coming out with lots of pressure behind its back and among quality of side it does look team which would treat psychological well this game could get its aimed result.

Ahmet Nur Cebi would be looking to find solutions in realistic manner.

Ahmet Nur Cebi has been elected as 34th Besiktas CEO in its history after getting more than double result from its closest opponent Serdar Adali which has been due of his name which he has provided at team during FIkret Orman administration.

Without doubt during his period with Orman, Ahmet Nur Cebi did provide some strong performance at pushing this team but possibly even more importantly during his CEO election campaign he has provided confident statements providing realistic view of the condition at the team and solutions. For instance, he did make it clear that this team cant afford to purchase expensive players and more likely to go cheaper but very effective players. It does need to be remembered that team has huge debt to be paid which it needs to solve until end of the season, with some section until end of the month to get green light from UEFA to participate at its competition in upcoming seasons. Ahmet Nur Cebi was aware more or less to which condition he is finding himself and has promised that he would provide focus on that, giving his almost 100% effort to club and finding ways to solve this issue.

Approach of Ahmet Nur Cebi to condition at the team is very important and would play an important role to find solutions at team problematic issues.

Results:
Turkish Super League, 8th week:
Konyaspor 0:2 Yeni Malatyaspor

Schedule:
UEFA Champions League, Group A, 3rd week:
22:00 Galatasaray - Real Madrid
22:00 Club Brugge - PSG

In other news:

- Turkish observer Murat Ilgaz has been appointed to observe Champions League game between Lille and Valencia. Meanwhile, observer Sabri Celik will observe Europa League game between Sporting and Rosenborg.

- UEFA has appointed referee for Europa League Group C 3rd week game between Trabzonspor and Krasnodar for Harald Lechter.

- UEFA has appointed referee for Europa League Group K 3rd week game between Besiktas and Braga for Alejandro Hernandez.

- UEFA has appointed referee for Europa League Group J 3rd week game between Basaksehirspor and Wolfsberger for Irfan Perjto

- Turkish referee Ali Palabayik has been appointed to referee Champions League game between Leipzig and Zenit.

- Besiktas would need to pay 105 million TL share of debt until end of this month.

- Besiktas administrator Ugur Gokhan Sari has resigned from his position.

- Besiktas players Abdoulaye Diaby and Douglas will not be able to play for month due of injury.

- Fenerbahce are interested to transfer Lazio player Riza Durmisi.

- Galatasaray considers to sell its player Cristian Luyindama during mid-season transfer window.

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What happened in Turkish football today? 20/10/2019

Fenerbahce got an important win with controllable game.

Fenerbahce did get an important win against Denizlispor during Super League 8th week game despite of providing pretty poor game but has provided still organised game during 2nd half.

When looking at the game as a whole and also with Fenerbahce especially it could been stated that game has been played at low tempo without much attacks. It needs to be stated due of importance of this game and also having some injured players prior to game, Istanbul side provided mainly controllable game focussing not creating much chances. It needs to be noted that when coming to defence game, Fenerbahce did great job with only allowing one chance which has led for opponents to find goal. It needs to be noted that this team has provided much more stronger defensive performance during recent weeks but needs to find ways to make much more creative game at front. Stating that it needs to be remembered that Max Kruse didnt start which did provide some lack of creativity for the team and once again most important role of game has been played by Emre Belozoglu who has played with serious injury and provided great assist to Vedat Muriqi during 2nd goal. Still, compare to Denizlispor, Fenerbahce has shown great performance.

Denizlispor on their own side didnt provide very effective game which was seen by them in start of the season with changes of head coach and it does look like team would be focussing for upcoming games to get closer to game which is focussed by Mehmet Ozdilek.

Fenerbahce possibly didnt provide too much effective game but got what it wanted and has got important motivation being 3 points behind leaders Alanyaspor.

Besiktas needs to revise its tactical performance.

Besiktas carries on providing ineffective attacking game as it has ended Super League 8th week game with goalless draw against Ankaragucu, and despite of providing some slight improvements with its performance still didnt provide too much effective game.

It was expected that following good performance towards end of previous week against Alanyaspor and national team break, Besiktas would provide much more attacking game but it didnt provide that and did find low amount of the chances as game was developing and despite of having numerous great chances still lacked strong creativity. It is true that Besiktas during game did provide pretty organised defensive game which seems to be strong aspect for Abdullah Avci, but once again he needs to find ways how to make team providing much more attacking game so it can get results and satisfy fans. As for now, it doesnt provide too much optimism prior to Europa League game at the Braga and also derby game against Galatasaray next week and needs to improve both mentally and physically until those games if it would be looking for results as for now its below title race performance.

Besiktas hence needs to improve a lot and provide some tactical changes as so far current one doesnt bring results to them.

Trabzonspor can aim if it shows its best game each game.

Trabzonspor carries on providing great performance after national team break providing very positive, controllable and dominant against Gaziantep winning them 4:1 scoreline.

As it is known, Trabzonspor has been treated as one of the main league title contenders and with its performance against Gaziantep has shown that it can provide needed performance to get great result this season it is seeking for. It was especially present to see for Sorloth and Sturridge to provide great understanding with its performance during this game and it could be stated that when its at best form it is capable of providing strongest attacking game without letting opponent to get control of the game. Trabzonspor can get lots of memorable outcomes during this season if it provides its best performance like it did. In fact , if it provides similar performance as it did on this game against Krasnodar, it can provide many problems and issues to the Russian side. It was especially present and important for Daniel Sturridge and he did show he would be important player for this side in this season.

Trabzonspor starts getting into its performance which it was seeking in start of season and can aim for league title.

Results:
Turkish Super League, 8th week:
Kayserispor 1:1 Kasimpasa
Alanyaspor 5:2 Rizespor
Denizlispor 1:2 Fenerbahce

Schedule:
Turkish Super League, 8th week:
Konyaspor - Yeni Malatyaspor

In other news:

- Besiktas CEO candidate Ahmet Nur Cebi has been elected as club CEO with 5,009 votes, Serdar Adali has got 2,983 votes and Hurser Tekinoktay has got 537 votes.

- UEFA has announced that referee of Champions League game between Galatasaray and Real Madrid will be Danielle Orsato.

- Galatasaray are interested to transfer Porto player Joao Mario.

- Milan are interested to transfer Juventus player Merih Demiral