01 May 2021

What happened in Turkish football today? 30/04/2021



 Fenerbahce requested for Alanyaspor game to be repeated.

Fenerbahce did lose crucial 2 points during Super League 38th week game against Alanyaspor which in normal circumstances would be seen as normal result but in this stage does lead for side to get 5+1 points behind Besiktas with 4 games until end of the season.

The most discussed issues following game has been raised after 2 hours of final whistle during which ex-referee and now league broadcasters referee pundit Deniz Coban where he mentioned that VAR decision to cancel penalty of Fenerbahce didnt follow VAR guidelines. Even through, he did mention that its being grey decision and issue being is for VAR to get in, there is also talks that it didnt follow rulebook since if penalty is made at offside regardless when pass been made, as long as offside players doesnt touch ball, penalty decision should be given. This development did lead for Fenerbahce to send request to TFF to repeat game due of mistake of rule. In our view, game is unlikely to be repeated as it is being grey situation, as Coban states himself its not position which could be referred as 2+2=4, so its very unlikely for TFF to approve this suggestion.

Fenerbahce needs to win all 4 games while Besiktas loses half of it, with taking account that Besiktas would be playing 2 tough game back-to-back there is still hope.

Hatayspor would give difficult time to Besiktas.

Besiktas without doubt did get very important advantage for its title aims as Fenerbahce lost 2 points against Alanyaspor and with win against Hatayspor it could be stated that it got one hand at the title.

But without doubt, Besiktas would be having very difficult game against most surprising side of this season Hatayspor which does provide confident performance in all games with positive focussed game and currently are focussing to get 5th spot which could lead them to get Conference League spot if ironically Besiktsas would win Turkish Cup. When looking at Besiktas with being so close into title from Fenerbahce result, it could have risk of showing some relaxation in this game which could be biggest mistake from them against such good side. Therefore, Besiktas would need to give its own best game and for 90 minutes as it almost drawn against Rizespor.

Besiktas would come out to game which could make them important step for title but Hatayspor surely would not make it easy for them.

Title holders are 3 points above relegation zone.

Basaksehirspor with getting crucial points in recent weeks, including this week win against Erzurumspor, led them be 3 points above of relegation zone and still being at risk to be relegated while being title holders.

Without main dissapointment of this season has been Basaksehirspor which been expected to be fighting for title while winning it previous season did provide very poor performance during almost whole season and right now are providing performance to stay on the league. Its main advantage is that sides which below them would play most games against teams which below them and hence some of them would lose points. It does look like with 12 points at the table it would need to win at least 2 to be secure for sure and hence its need to perform accordingly with focus into achieving this tough challenge. 

Without doubt, Basaksehirspor would need to focus into getting points as much as their can to secure its position at Super League as early as it can without getting into too much last minute stress.

Schedule: 

Turkish Super League, 39th week:

20:30 Besiktas - Hatayspor

In other news:

Galatasaray player Etebo has got positive Covid19 test result.

Trabzonspor player Vitor Hugo became injured.

Zamalek administrator Tarek Hashish: News that Galatasaray has paid transfer option for Mustafa Muhammed is not true. There is no problem there, they still have time. We expecting for payment to be done just before start of next season.

- Besiktas has offered 3-year contract to Alanyaspor player Salih Ucan

- Galatasaray player Emre Akbaba has agreed to reduce his salary from 17.5 million TL to 7.5 million euro for 2+1 extension contract

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