What happened in Turkish football today? 26/12/2019

Fenerbahce outcome would effect Besiktas performance.

Turkish Super League last week of 2019 would be started with Genclerbirligi and Besiktas game where both sides without doubt would be coming out to win game while Besiktas do of its status would be coming as favourites.

Despite of all that, Genclerbirligi in surprising manner does come out in much better from recent games, thanks to positive impact which was given by its head coach Hamza Hamzaoglu which includes point during last week against league leaders Sivasspor, as it was close to win its opponents. Besiktas meanwhile has lost last 4 games in all competitions which includes loss in league against Fenerbahce with 3:1 scoreline. Besiktas partly due of poor performance and referee decisions during that game does find itself of focus in preparation for this game but in same time might also see this game as an opportunity to show strong reaction to recent events team went through. It would be crucial without doubt be most important how team would respond to game mentally.

Besiktas could have some difficult time in this game as Genclerbirligi would like to continue its positive wind where them would be seeking to turn around its performance before break.

Bulent Uygun has been 4th coach to live Kayserispor this season.

Kayserispor continues changing its head coaches, as it has sacked its coach Bulent Uygun with only less then 2 months and taking account that team did show some improvement in such difficult time for club.

Kayserispor has changed so far 4th coach during this season which is being incredibly high amount taking account we only 1 week until mid-season break. It needs to be noted that club administration needs to show some patience with its coaches especially when team does go through difficult period with players not recieved salaries and some players leaving side. With this condition, club does need some patience from everyone involved as it would be difficult to turn around performance in such short notice for sure. With such high level of changes and change of coaches, Kayserispor would also for sure have difficulty with finding new coach as hardly would like to work with such unstable side both with decisions and finances.

Kayserispor would have difficult season but its important not to make even more harder as season progresses.

Its time to find productive ways to solve issues in football 

Galatasaray CEO Mustafa Cengiz with his statements has taken this conversation of VAR into next step, stating that Zorlu meeting between Fenerbahce CEO Ali Koc, TFF CEO Nihat Ozdemir and Central Referee Committee CEO Zekiriya Alp.

This issue has been discussed a lot in Turkish football with their is strong arguments that this meeting coming in the meeting before derby game did lead with how Cuneyt Cakir performed in his team as meeting has been discussed between sides. It is very unlikely that TFF would listen to this suggestion especially taking account statements from Fenerbahce has been announced. It does look sadly that all conversations and scandals does provide not great atmosphere in community and prevents into discussing actually about game and filled with rumours. It would be important for all parties to focus into football game and solve referee issue, which does exist in country, in more productive manner then throwing rumours.

Cengiz suggestion is not being productive since its been rhetorical suggestion and aims to throw more light into burning area with implies that this meeting did lead some injustice with referees.

Results:
Turkish Super League, 17th week:
20:30 Besiktas - Genclerbirligi

In other news:
- PFDK decisions:
- Sivasspor and Besiktas has recieved 25,000 TL fine for events on field
- Fenerbahce has recieved 150,000 TL fine for not providing post-game interview and 100,000 TL for not leaving stairs empty(4th time)
- Besiktas has recieved 45,000 TL fine for behavior of fans(3rd time) and 25,000 TL fine for leaving stairs empty during game.
- Goztepe has recieved 24,000 TL fine for accredidation system not working.

- NECNijmegen administrator Wilco van Schalk: Fenerbahce is currently is under big debt. Advocates trying to solve issue as club didnt pay all fee for Ferdi Kadioglu. This been lesson to us, we would be careful about Turkish clubs in future. We want team to get to Europe as their need to pay, as their cant have debt.

- Galatasaray players Sener Ozbayrakli, Lemina and Marcao has resumed training sessions after recovering from injury.

- Besiktas has announced that it would open criminal case against TFF if it wont announce VAR conversation within 24 hours.
- Genclerbirligi CEO Murat Cavcav: We agree with Besiktas stance for fairplay and justice in our football. Noone trusts to referee right now. This request is democratic.

- Besiktas has announced thats its not interested to transfer Kayserispor player Bernard Mensah

- RiverPlate are interested to transfer Galatasaray player Radamel Falcao.

- Fenerbahce are interested to transfer Everton player Oummar Niasse

- Fenerbahce are interested to loan Napoli player Faouzi Ghoulam

- Besiktas player Mohammed Elneny dad Nasser Elneny has stated that his son can join Milan at any moment.

- Trabzonspor are interested to transfer Hull City player Kamil Grosicki.

- Milan has offered loan+8 million euro for its player Ricardo Rodrigues to Fenerbahce.

- Kayserispor has terminated contract with its head coach Bulent Uygun.

- Besiktas are interested to transfer Twente player Ator Cantalapiedra

- Denizlispor are interested to transfer Besiktas player Tyler Boyd.\

- Trabzonspor are interested to transfer Yeni Malatyaspor player Teenage Hadebe and Rosenborg player Anders Trondsen.

- Trabzonspor are interested to transfer Sochi player Fedor Kudryashov.

- Trabzonspor player Yusuf Sari will not be able to play for 4 weeks due of injury

- Besiktas are interested to transfer Bochum player Silvere Ganvoula

- YeniMalatyaspor administrator Ali Ravci states that club didnt recieve transfer offer for Guilherme.