What happened in Turkish football today? 10/02/2020

Galatasaray are at huge confidence right now.

Galatasaray has got pretty and in same time expected win against Kasimpasa with 3:0 scoreline finding all goals during 1st half and has marked itself as one of the main candidates for league title with 3 points behind leaders.

With league being close to each other on the top and all sides above Galatasaray playing against each other in this period has meant that side could get huge advantage with Kasimpasa win top top 5 sides all playing draw. With Kasimpasa being in very poor condition and also great form of Galatasaray, it did provide very confident game with providing organised teamwork while Kasimpasa did quiet possible. Without doubt one of the main players for this game has been Adem Buyuk who have scored 2 goals during game and has also created high amount of chances with game being developed and showed himself as strong alternative to Falcao and making clear that he could also find goals with his high level performance. Therefore, Galatasaray is being at high mood and confidence right now degreasing point difference from 10 points to 3 points in last 5 games.

Therefore, Galatasaray is providing high level performance but it needs to remember that games main opponent for title are coming up now.

Fenerbahce will have calm game against Kirklarispor. 

Fenerbahce would be coming out to Turkish Cup quarter-final 2nd leg against Kirklarelispor at home with 3:0 scoreline advantage and likely to give chance to players which hardly recieve playing time in this season.

With club being pretty unsatisfied following Super League game against Alanyaspor due of referee decisions, it does have chance to regain motivation and positive focus against Kirklarelispor which it has won with 3:0 scoreline with providing calm game but still being bit careful for not getting unwanted stress. With all respect to Kirklarelispor, who has marked huge success with getting so far in the tournament, it would be aiming to carry on this level of performance in this game. As been stated, it would be expected for them to come out with pretty alternative squad to the game and would provide good opportunity for Ersun Yanal to view his players.

Fenerbahce are very close for semi-final stage and likely to provide calm performance without much stress.

Kirkalerispor is aware that it will not get surprised result but would aim to show good game.

Kirklarispor without doubt would not be coming to Fenerbahce with possible expectations to provide huge suprise, but would be aiming to provide some good football making clear that their didnt reach to quarter-final by chance.

It would be difficult for Kirklarelispor to provide high level performance not only due of level of teams but also circumstances it would arrive to Istanbul due of delays at Trabzon due of heavy snow. With this game not being in level which could be seen as opportunity for comeback and surely is formality fixture, TFF will be lacking to postpone so unless team will not arrive it would be taking place. As been noted above, main role of Kirklarelispor is to show high level performance and provide some good game with individually some players could even get some interests from top clubs.

Whatever happens during game, Kirklarelispor has shown great performance in Turkish Cup at overall and collectively should feel proud.

Schedule:
Turkish Cup, Quarter-final, 2nd leg:
20:30 Fenerbahce - Kirkalerilispor (agg: 3:0)

In other news:

- TFF has announced referees for Turkish Cup quarter-final 2nd leg games on 12th and 13th February:
12/02
20:30 Galatasaray- Alanyaspor: Yasar Kemal Ugurlu
13/02
17:00 Erzurumspor - Trabzonspor: Erkan Ozdemar
19:15 Sivasspor- Antalyaspor: Firat Aydinus

- Galatasaray player Marcelo Saracchi doesnt have any serious injury following MR checkup.

- Fenerbahce associations around world has called for TFF CEO Nihat Ozdemir to resign from his post, stating that his recent decisions regarding transfers and referee decisions provides clear action against club.

- Sivas lawyers union CEO Haci Yilmaz states that club would open criminal case against Halis Ozkahya

- IFAB has informed to TFF that their was rule mistake during Super League 19th week game between Goztepe vs Besiktas and game should be played again.

- Konyaspor has made deal with Unal Karaman for club's head coach position.

- Genclerbirligi has announced that its player Fabricio Baiano has recieved some racist and threatening comments on social media and request for Turkish court to act on this.

- Ankaragucu CEO Fatih Mert: With Fenerbahce making high amount of statements regarding referees I hope it wont affect our game against them. Our main aim right now is to keep team at Super League.