What happened in Turkish football today? 29/09/2021

 

Besiktas werent bad due of circumstances but loss is loss.

Even through Besiktas did lose to Ajax with 2:0 scoreline, with taking account of form of the Dutch opponents and absences in the team, result and performance could be seen pretty good but loss is loss.

There was big expectations that Ajax would be dominating game and would get very confident scoreline but due of some precautions taken by Besiktas and also Ajax showing bit slow tempo has prevented this outcome. However, even through Besiktas did look pretty good when taking account absences, it needs to be mentioned that Ajax has been side which dominated game from start to an end. Again there is some talks what would happen if Michy Batshuayi scored on 10th minute, but it needs to be mentioned due of some issues it would look like that Ajax would be able to turn around this fixture into its own advantage very likely.

Now Besiktas would be meeting with Sporting Lisbon during next 2 games with both sides looking for points as it does look like that result of this game could decide who would take Europa League spot.

Galatasaray would need to be confident against Olympique Marseille.

Galatasaray will be coming to another Europa League tough game against Olympique Marseille in Champions League level group as it would be aiming to repeat Lazio result.

Even through Lazio were expected to provide strength for Galatasaray, quite opposite happened with side showing decline with its performance and did have some difficulty with winning Goztepe, so it is questionable how side would perform against its opponent however this being different tournament could provide some needed motivation with confidence coming from Lazio win. Other factor being is that Marcao would be able to start in this game and hence could be solving some defensive issues which side has from recent games in the league. Galatasaray could get good result if it would mentally this game without thinking of league results.

Galatasaray will have tough game and certainly would need to show strong confident game.

Fenerbahce will need to show strong attacking game against Olympiakos.

Fenerbahce will be coming out to Olympiakos game with getting strong confidence as it got into leadership at domestic league and more importantly did get importants wins from two games and hence could get good result from opponent which is not at great form.

Fenerbahce as all clubs at Europe did get high number of injuries but its been able to get maximum performance from its players without doubt due of great coaching from Vitor Pereira. So even through there is list of absent players, it is still believed that side would be showing very strong and confident performance in upcoming game without doubt. Playing at home Fenerbahce would be needed to be focussed into getting control of the game both with possession and attack if it wants to get win. As been noted, Fenerbahce is in level to beat this Olympiakos but it would need to show organised attacking game which it manages to do so with Pereira.

Fenerbahce are coming as favourites but it needs to show this on the field to get win.

Results:

Turkish Cup, 2nd round:

Agri 1970 1:0 Kusadasispor

Cankaya 3:2 Ofspor

Yomraspor 4:0 Malatya

Fatsa Belediyespor 1:0 Beyoglu Yeni Carsi

Hopaspor 2:0 Mamak

Kelkit 2:2 (pen: 2:3)  Carsambaspor

Kestel 2:0 Bursa

Bergama Belediyespor 1:1 (pen: 5:4) Sancaktepe

Sile Iskendurunspor 0:0 (pen: 4:2) Iskendurun

Tepecik 2:2 (pen: 3:2) Kirikkale Buyuk Anadolu

Hendek 1:2 52 Orduspor

Erokspor 1:1 (pen: 6:7) Osmaniyespor

Schedule:

UEFA Europa League, Group D, 2nd week:

19:45 Fenerbahce - Olympakos

19:45 Antwerp - Eintracht Frankfurt

UEFA Europa League, Group E, 2nd week:

22:00 Olympiaque Marseille - Galatasaray

22:00 Lazio - Lokomotiv Moscow

Turkish Cup, 2nd round:

13:00 Mardin Buyuksehirspor - Gumushanespor

14:00 Igir - Elazig Karakocan

14:30 Hacettepe- Kahta

15:30 Kutahyaspor - Darica Genclerbirligi

18:00 Kardemir Karabukspor - Karsiyaka

In other news:

- Fenerbahce has signed sponsorship deal with Altinyildiz Classic.

- Goztepe player Adis Jahovic has been signed to North Macedonian National Team for World Cup 2022 qualifiers.

- Fenerbahce player Mesut Ozil has got gribal infection.

-Galatasaray are interested to transfer Menemenspor player Ahmet Batuhan Sen.

- NewcastleUnited considers to offer 17 million euro for Fenerbahce player Altay Bayindir.

- Fenerbahce players Ferdi Kadioglu considers to be choosing Turkish National Team to play for.

What happened in Turkish football today? 28/09/2021

 

Besiktas as expected did have some tough moments against Ajax

Ajax got confident win against Besiktas as has been expected with 2:0 scoreline with controlling game as Turkish side did come out to game with high number of absences and very far from ideal squad.

Besiktas it needs to be admitted, especially before conceding goal did provide defensive game but in same time did try to get into some opportunities with Michy Batshuayi hitting into post during his attack as it is been most difficult position. In fact, until Berghuis did score for Ajax on 17th minute, Besiktas did provide resistance but after that moment Besiktas did lose focus and belief which been even more reduced after conceding 2nd goal. As game went on Ajax has played 2nd half that it did led for them to control game even more without providing too much pressure and hence reason for game to end is not good defensive and attacking game from Turkish side but due of Ajax finding 2:0 scoreline to be enough. Still, with so many injuries which Besiktas came out it did led them to get such result and to some extend it did provide game in better manner which would been expected from them.

There was strong belief that Ajax would get pretty not challenging game with getting confident scoreline, even through result from expectation could be seen pretty modest but it did dominate game from start to an end.

Besiktas as expected did have tough game but it tried to show some good game which it did managed to do so in some moments for 90 minutes.

Trabzonspor continues to show some positive aspects despite drawing game.

Trabzonspor has got back-to-back 1:1 draw and also red card with this time losing points against Alanyaspor but still managed to show some promising football which would be providing trust and belief to its supporters.

As been noted on previous blog entries, Alanyaspor does provide some positive football with open game and it been continuing to do so providing some issues to Trabzonspor and providing pressure especially during 1st half but it needs to be noted as expected Trabzonspor did provide similar response to its opponents with showing strong confident attacking game. What is important for them that after getting 2nd yellow card of Turkmen, Trabzonspor continued to be providing attacking game to its opponent and to some extend did improve its level of performance as game progressed. This performance despite of loss of points without doubt would keep confidence high and if it solves out getting red cards it would be starting getting wins again for sure. 

Trabzonspor hence as side is being in very good form and would continue to provide needed strong game in upcoming games for sure.

Altay could get European spot in the end of this season. 

Without doubt, one of the biggest surprises during this season has been Altay which is currently being at 3rd spot and provides very confident performances with strong positive game.

Even through Altay does seem to be struggling against strong opponents with losing to Fenerbahce and drawing against absent Besiktas, it does provide strong confident game at each game and would likely focus into 5th spot which would be European spot. So far, this site do some extend reminds performance of Hatayspor which showed very impressive game after being appointed to top league and likely to be continuing to do so in upcoming weeks. It is here for side to be aware of its level of performance which without doubt Mustafa Denizli, coach of team, has achieved with its limited squad and would continue to be getting impressive results from mediocre sides.

It still early stages of the season but Altay has shown that it could focus into stable position at top 10 in the end of the season.

Results:

UEFA Champions League, Group C, 2nd week:

Ajax 2:0 Besiktas

Borussia Dortmund 1:0 Sporting Lisbon

Turkish Cup, 2nd round:

Elazigspor 0:1 Arnavutkoy Belediyespor

Karakopru 2:0 Kizilcaboluk Spor Kulubu

Nevsehirspor 3:0 Fethiyespor

Belediye Derince 2:1 Erbaaspor

Edirnespor 3:0 Catalca

Icel 1:2 Duzcespor

Schedule:

Turkish Cup, 2nd round:

13:00 Agri 1970- Kusadasispor

13:00 Cankaya - Ofspor

13:00 Yomraspor - Malatya

14:00 Hopaspor - Mamak

14:00 Kelkit - Cayhanspor

14:30 Aksaray Belediyespor - Bayrampasa

14:30 Carsambaspor - AltindagBelediyespor

14:30 Kestel - Bursa

15:00 Bergama Belediyespor

15:00 Sile Yildizspor - Iskendurun

15:00 Tepecik - Kirikkale Buyuk Anadolu

15:30 Hendek - 52 Orduspor

19:00 Erokspor - Osmaniyespor

In other news:

- PFDK decisions:

- Goztepe player Beykan Simsek and Trabzonspor player Vitor Hugo got 2-game ban for breaking rules.

- Kayserispor got 150,000 TL fine for not attending post-game interview on time.

PFDK referalls:

-Adana Demirspor has been referred for events on field.

- Adana Demirspor CEO Murat Sancak, worker Suleyman Bilici, Hatayspor for not following guidelines.

- Adana Demirspor administrator Metin Korkmaz for not following guidelines.

- Basaksehirspor for behavior of fans.

- UEFA has announced referee of Europa League 2nd week game between Olympique Marseille and Galatasaray to be Pawel Raczkowski.

- Turkish referee Ali Palabiyik has been appointed to Europa League game between Sparta Prague and Rangers.

- Alanyaspor has introduced its fan token ALA Fan.

- UEFA has appointed Alejandro Hernandez to Europa League game between Fenerbahce and Olympiakos.

- - Galatasaray players Mbiaye Diagne and Alpaslan Ozturk are expected to be starting at starting 11 during Europa League game against Olympique Marseille.

- Galatasaray player Berkan Kutlu is expected to be selected to Turkish National Team squad

What happened in Turkish football today? 27/09/2021

 

Trabzonspor got draw with showing good game.

Trabzonspor has ended with draw for 2nd week back-to-back with getting once again red card during Super League with 1:1 scoreline, but it needs to be stated that it has continued providing effective game after red card.

For 2nd week, Trabzonspor did get opportunity to end weeks as leaders but it needs to be mentioned that it did meet with in-form sides with provides good defensive games while showing positive game Alanyaspor is being side always to be always tough side for them. Still, Trabzonspor did provide high tempo during whole game with looking opportunities and even more importantly has continued providing strong attacks after 75th minute after Turkmen got 2nd yellow card. Meanwhile, it needs to be noted that this 2nd yellow card is being debatable as he didnt touch much to opponent and certainly it wasnt very aggressive one. Therefore, it needs to be noted that Trabzonspor does provide strong attacking game despite of drawing but it needs to find solution to win games and be cautious with cards.

Alanyaspor on their part has provided strong highly concentrated and organised without making game too ugly which it tends to do and this strong performance did led them to get control  of the opponents and surely got well-deserved point with good goalkeeper game.

Trabzonspor did get 2 draws in past games but did show some good performance with getting red cards in both games but it needs to learn lessons still from this draw for upcoming games.

Fenerbahce provided great game against Hatayspor.

Fenerbahce has got very important win against good form Hatayspor with 2:1 scoreline, with providing best game of the season both tactically and on field and is being in the race for top spot right now.

Fenerbahce were expected to continue some good performance after regaining motivation from mid-week and its opponents losing points, and it is clear that Vitor Pereira did very good preparation for this game with studying opponent. Even through Hatayspor unexpectedly didnt provide much issues to Fenerbahce, it needs to be noted that side didnt let them to do with only issue for Fenerbahce to be getting tired for last 20 minutes but it should be seen normal due of heavy scheduling in this stage. Without doubt, Fenerbahce is being in good form with Diego Rossi scoring goal in the game would also as important bonus for side without doubt.

Fenerbahce did regain motivation and would be looking for Olympiakos game with good motivation and confidence for sure.

Galatasaray got win despite of unimpressive performance 

Galatasaray has gained important motivation and confidence as it won against Goztepe after losing points for 4 weeks, but it is hard to stated it showed very good game on night.

Galatasaray especially showed passive ineffective game during 1st half which led to not very good in-form opponent scoring goal which did come from simile mistakes which did start from Cristian Luyindama. Finding an early goal in start of 2nd half possibly did provide needed confidence for rest of the game which did been moved to better performance with very good and deserved goal from Morutan which did come by single-handedly impressive game but again it is hard to state that Galatasaray showed its usual dominance which it is known for at home ground.

Galatasaray were ineffective and does show worries for Olympique Marseille but possible confidence from this result might turn out positive for them. 

Results:

Turkish Super League, 7th week:

Kasimpasa 2:2 Konyaspor

Trabzonspor 1:1 Alanyaspor

Schedule:

UEFA Champions League, Group C, 2nd week:

19:45 Ajax- Borussia Dortmund

22:00 Borussia Dortmund - Sporting Lisbon

Turkish Cup, 2nd round:

13:00 Elazigspor - Arnavutkoy Belediyespor

14:00 Karakopru - Kizilcaboluk Spor Kulubu

14:30 Nevsehirspor - Fethiyespor

15:00 Belediye Derince - Erbaaspor

15:30 Edirnespor - Catalca

18:00 Icel - Duzcespor

In other news:

- TurkishNationalTeam assistant coaches Kenan Kocak and Jan Moritz Lichte has signed 3-year contracts.

-Turkish referee Halil Umut Meler will be refereeing Champions League 2nd week game between RB Salzburg and Lille.

 - Basaksehirspor administrator Tamer Gungor has been promoted from team operation representative to team operation director

- Fenerbahce player Jose Sosa, Nazim Sangare, Marcel Tisserand, Irfan Can Kahveci, Miha Zajc and Serdar Aziz has resumed training sessions after recovering from injury.

- Galatasaray player Sacha Boey has resumed training sessions after recovering from injury.

- RealMadrid are interested to transfer Leicester City player Caglar Soyuncu.

What happened in Turkish football today? 26/09/2021

 

Fenerbahce got crucial win against Hatayspor.

Fenerbahce has got crucial win against Hatayspor with 2:1 scoreline with providing strong effective game especially during 1st half but did show some signs of tiredness towards end of game but still prevented opponents to get equaliser.

Even through there was expectation for Fenerbahce to have some tough game against Hatayspor, there has been also belief that it would provide good game following regaining confidence after Giresunspor win which it managed to do so at the game where Valencia did provide top game. Enner Valencia didnt manage to score but without doubt both goals did come from him creating chances and providing crucial shots where both Diego Rossi and Novak just needed  to get touch for ball to get into goal. Fenerbahce did show some signs of tiredness towards end of the game especially last 30 minutes and didnt concede but it needs to be noted that it did stay highly focussed and organised at defence with preventing them. With this result Fenerbahce did rise into top spot at least for 28 hours and did show some good game prior to Olympiakos game.

Hatayspor on their part did provide some willingness game with being focussed into attack but somehow didnt get into much effective game which been due of good defence from Fenerbahce and also Hatayspor failing to get into game.

Fenerbahce without doubt did get important win as it did get win from in-form side with showing for around 60 minutes high level and controlled game. 

Galatasaray wins after losing points for 4 games back-to-back.

Galatasaray has managed to get important win against struggling Goztepe with 2:1 scoreline even through it needs to be mentioned that side didnt provide full control of the game during 1st half.

Without doubt, not winning for 4 weeks with losing last 2 games did provide negative impact which provided some pressure which led for side to be looking played in between as Goztepe did use opportunity from Luyindama mistake in defence which led for them to be getting into attacking game with Halil Dervisoglu started with mistake which went to so far with Fernando Muslera as side entered to halftime with 1:0 scoreline. However, it became clear that Galatasaray did provide much better stronger attacking game with Halil Dervisoglu with finding goal from Goztepe goalkeeper unlucky mistake as Morutan did find winning goal with very goal with providing strong pressure on attack. In overall, this been very good result for Galatasaray to get high motivation and confidence but it needs to be starting winning back-to-back to get wins if it wants to stay at title race.

Goztepe did provide good performance during 1st half as been noted however with conceding early goal on 2nd half did affect and confidence but without doubt 1st half does provide some signs of hope for upcoming games.

Galatasaray as been noted did get very important game in period where it keep losing points but it needs to focus now to continue winning to rise in the table.

Trabzonspor got 2nd chance for top spot after Besiktas lost earlier in the league.

Following loss against Altay from Besiktas, has provided opportunity for Trabzonspor to get win into leadership of the Super League if it manages to get win against Alanyaspor but it would be playing against opponent which also been in good form.

Therefore, Trabzonspor would be having tough game but when looking into quality of staff there are having some very good opportunities to get win if it would providing concentrated game without making some unexpected mistakes especially at defence. It also needs to be mentioned that attacking domination which been shown by them during start of the season has been reduced with providing much more controllable game but if that would lead them to get wins then it would be working for side which does fight for title. With Alanyaspor also showing good positive game, role of defenders in such game will likely to be key.

Trabzonspor hence does have good opportunity for top spot if it manages to get win but it needs to show high concentration during whole game.

Results:

Turkish Super League, 7th week:

Giresunspor 1:1 Kayserispor

Basaksehirspor 3:1 Rizespor

Hatayspor 1:2 Fenerbahce

Galatasaray 2:1 Goztepe

Schedule:

Turkish Super League, 7th week:

20:00 Kasimpasa - Konyaspor

20:00 Trabzonspor - Alanyaspor

In other news:

- UEFA has announced referee of Champions League 2nd week game between Ajax and Besiktas as Benoit Bastien.

- Turkish referee Cuneyt Cakir has been appointed to Champions League 2nd week game between Milan and Atletico Madrid.

What happened in Turkish football today? 25/09/2021

 

Besiktas needs to find ways to show game with limited players.

Besiktas did get loss from Altay during Super League 7th week game as it did come out with 11 players injured with Miralem Pjanic becoming injured during the game and hence such result could be seen as expected one.

Even through in normal condition it could be stated that Besiktas has better quality it needs to be noted that Altay which provides strong and confident performance from start of the season and hence it would been expected for Besiktas to have tough game but due of injuries it did become even more difficult. One of the factors which certainly did make this game slighly easier for Altay has been Besiktas providing low tempo with too much effective game which without doubt that players which did come on the field were not providing performance which been expected for them. It does look Besiktas would have such issue in upcoming weeks and hence it would need to improve with current players for upcoming games.

Sergen Yalcin needs to find solution for such performance if it doesnt aim to lose points in this period. 

Fenerbahce and Hatayspor will be expected to be open football game.

Fenerbahce after getting some needed motivation from Giresunspor game, would be coming to one of the most tough and anticipated game during this week against Hatayspor.

Fenerbahce without doubt would need to show high concentration with providing high tempo game as Hatayspor as it is known tend to provide high tempo and positive football performance in its games and hence would be highly expected to be providing some difficult moments to its opponents. Therefore, it would be expected to be high tempo game where side which would provide much more attacking game will be more likely to get win in the end of the day and Fenerbahce hence would need to show game which he describes as strong willingness and spirit. Hatayspor on their part would be focussing to do similarly as it would be with high confidence.

Fenerbahce would also get important position for top spot race if it would get win which would provide motivation and confidence.

Galatasaray sees game against Goztepe as turning point 

Galatasaray will be focussing to end its poor record in recent weeks as it would be playing with Goztepe with head coach Fatih Terim would try to make some changes and find solution for lost points in last 4 weeks.

Galatasaray is being without doubt at poor streak right now both with how its performs and also with results so it would be important in this game to get motivation for this game, upcoming games and send messages to everyone that their are not getting further from title aims. Goztepe on their part looking at how Galatasaray is performing in recent weeks would be following with high confidence and likely will aim to provide some issues to their opponents and hence Galatasaray would need to stay focussed for this game. It would be tough game for both sides, but without doubt Galatasaray will come with high pressure due of poor results in recent weeks.

Galatasaray would see this game as turning point but it would need to perform according to this against Goztepe for sure.

Results:

Turkish Super League, 7th week

Sivasspor 4:0 Fatih Karagumruk

Antalyaspor 1:0 Yeni Malatyaspor

Adana Demirspor 4:0 Gaziantep

Schedule:

Turkish Super League, 7th week

13:30 Giresunspor - Kayserispor

16:00 Basaksehirspor - Rizespor

16:00 Hatayspor - Fenerbahce

19:00 Galatasaray- Goztepe

In other news:

-  Besiktas player Francisco Montero has got positive test result for Covid 19.

- Hoffenheim, Wolfsburg and Stuttgurt are interested to transfer Galatasaray player Kerem Akturkoglu.

What happened in Turkish football today? 24/09/2021

Besiktas lost to Altay as it continues to get some unwanted injuries.

Altay has got into 1st spot in the table, even through it is likely to be temporary, as it managed to beat absent Besiktas with getting from behind but it needs to be praised as their didnt have some crucial players in its disposal too.

With having 12 players absent prior to Altay, it has been expected for Besiktas to be having some difficult moment when looking how they opponents did perform so far in this season and this without team did affect wholly how club has performed from start to an end. Even through to some extend it did manage to prevent Altay into getting opportunities during 1st half, it has been observed for Besiktas at having trouble to show much attacking game with having pretty few chances for 90 minutes with one of them being ended with goal from Guven Yalcin. Even through with this circumstance it is hard to criticise, if we would get picky we would need to state that players could perform better when their did. In addition, Miralem Pjanic has also become injured which is not being bad news for this game but also for upcoming games both in Europe and league.

Altay as been noted did also come out with some absences for this game and did stay organised and rather to give up after conceding goal quite opposite start showing more attacking game and got deserved win.

Besiktas has lost 2 games back-to-back and continues to be losing players due of injuries which leads them to be failing to show game which everyone used to see from them.  

Trabzonspor did show character despite of playing with one less men against at form side.

Trabzonspor did get draw against Konyaspor from lucky own goal towards end of the game, as it did play with 10 men for 80 minutes but still provided strong fight for comeback after 2:1 scoreline.

Foremost, it needs to be noted that both sides did provide game where their were playing for win which led for open game, even through it needs to be noted that this confidence did come to Konyaspor by not losing game so far this season and also red card of Vitor Hugo. In fact, 1st minute goal from Cornelius could lead for Trabzonspor to make game much easier as been anticapated and it even got opportunity for 2nd one few minutes later, but Vitor Hugo card did spoil all plans as it lost main defender. Still, with Konyaspor getting 2:1 leadership, Trabzonspor continued looking for opportunities and even through it did find goal for 2:2 in what could be seen as lucky position, it still could be stated that it did come in well-fought manner and brave game.

When looking into how this game developed, it could be noted that Trabzonspor has gained 1 point rather then lost 2.

Fenerbahce got important win despite of not very effective performance.

Fenerbahce has become without doubt winners of Super League 6th week as it been one side which did win game even through it didnt show very strong dominant game against one of the weakest sides in the league.

Fenerbahce did come out to the game with single focus of winning game as it did lose points during previous 2  games and all potential title contenders did lose points which even through did provide motivation also provided some stress. With this cirtcumstances it could be understandable for Fenerbahce to provide such game as there is some on stake. Still Fenerbahce did show willingness of organisational game to some extend despite of penalty position and later letting opponent to score their 1st goal of this season. Without doubt this performance will not be enough against Hatayspor in upcoming week but it would be expected for them to show different game in that fixture.

Fenerbahce hence did get important result at the game where that was more important than performance for sure.

Results:

Turkish Super League, 7th week:

Altay 2:1 Besiktas

Schedule:

Turkish Super League, 7th week:

13:30 Sivasspor- Fatih Karagumruk

16:00 Antalyaspor- Yeni Malatyaspor 

19:00 Adana Demirspor - Gaziantep

In other news:

- Rizespor has appointed Hamza Hamzaoglu as club's head coach for 2+1 years

- Besiktas players Salih Ucan and Miralem Pjanic have become injured during Super League 7th week game against Altay.

- -Galatasaray player Omar Elabdelloui had attended personal training programme following operation to his eye in USA

- Kayserispor CEO Berna Gozbasi state that Emre Demir could join Barcelona in January as he would turn 18. She adds that transfer fee will be 2.5 million euro in January if he goes in January and 2.7 million euro if he goes after season over. Doğan Alemdar fee is 3.5 million

- - Trabzonspor player Stefano Denwill will not play for 2 weeks due of injury.

- Rizespor has made principal deal with Hamza Hamzaoglu for head coach position.

- PFDK referalls:

- Trabzonspor player Vitor Hugo has been referred for breaking rules.

- Alanyaspor has been referred for not following guidelines.

What happened in Turkish football today? 23/09/2021

 

Trabzonspor gained 1 point by luck against Konyaspor.

Both Konyaspor and Trabzonspor continue their undefeated run as Super League 6th week game has ended with 2:2 scoreline as both sides did provide their best performance to get a win as red card from Trabzonspor affected performance of both sides.

Trabzonspor did start game at very high note with finding goal within 1 minute thanks to Cornelius which did look like it would be providing lots of relaxation and dominant game for whole game but without doubt red card from Victor Hugo has changed game directly. With Konyaspor having very good start of the season without losing game so far and also providing confident attacking game during this season, it did use this opportunity and has provided strong offensive game with finding 2 goals. Taking account that Hugo is defensive game it did lead an issue for them which did show importance of Vitor Hugo at defensive area. Still, Trabzonspor did get an important point partly due of luck due of misunderstanding between Konyaspor which did lead to own goal from Amir Hadziamehotic. With having some difficulties during game, Trabzonspor for sure did get very important point in this early stage.

Konyaspor as been noted didnt lose single game and with today performance even through Trabzonspor did been left with 10 men, did provide strong confident performance with scoring 2 and getting high number of opportunities which it didnt convert with own goal being pretty unlucky.

Trabzonspor when looking how game has developed after red card did been lucky to get 1 point from this game.

Fenerbahce got important win against Giresunspor.

Fenerbahce has become only side among big clubs who did manage to get win during Super League 6th week game against struggling Giresunspor even through their opponents did find they first goal in the league this season.

Despite of the win, it needs to be stated that Fenerbahce did fail to provide confident dominant game despite of very good start of the game with finding goal thanks to Ferdi Kadioglu at 3rd minute in the week which we saw high number of early goals. However, possibly due of tiredness or losing points in recent weeks side start providing defensive game from middle of 1st half which led for Giresunspor to get into high number of opportunities which includes penalty which it didnt convert. Still, Fenerbahce did provide better game during 2nd half with finding goal with Mesut Ozil, which led them to show some relexation. After conceding goal towards end of the game,Fenerbahce did concede but did manage to get win in such crucial week.

Giresunspor meanwhile despite of having poor results did provide pretty strong performance with creating importance and Doukara finding first goal for his team could provide some confidence for attacking game.

Fenerbahce did win very important win as all other direct candidates did lose points this week and became winner of this week, despite of showing not very good game.

Galatasaray is being in decline while Kayserispor got well deserved outcome.

Galatasaray continues to be losing points as it lost this time to Kayserispor with 3:0 scoreline which has been first win of opponents at its home ground against Istanbul giant since 1978 and also most confident win.

Foremost, it needs to be noted that without doubt Kayserispor did deserve this outcome as it did provide organised respected game against opponent but same time showed confident attacking game. However, it needs to be noted that Galatasaray did provide dissapointing game during which it has been very slowly ineffective and didnt provide any pressure to Kayserispor as whole squad shows some poor game which surprisingly does include also Fernando Muslera who is being in decline with performance and not being player who keeps side on feet as he did in previous season. Fatih Terim without doubt would need to identify reasons for such dissapointing outcomes in recent weeks and focus into solution of them in upcoming weeks.

Galatasaray did provide poor game and gets further from top of the table while Kayserispor without doubt did get important motivational boost.

Results:

Turkish Super League,6th week:

Konyaspor 2:2 Trabzonspor

Alanyaspor 2:0 Kasimpasa

Fenerbahce 2:1 Giresunspor

Schedule:

Turkish Super League, 7th week:

20:00 Altay- Besiktas

In other news:

- PFDK decisions:

- Kasimpasa, Altay has recieved blockage of stands due of behaviour of fans.

- Altay has got 64,000 TL fine for events on field and giving wrong information regarding transfer.

- Giresunspor worker Ulas Sahin and trainer Sinan Bicer got 1-game ban and.13,000 TL fine for anti-sportmanship behaviour.

- Giresunspor trainer Volkan Karaahmet got 21-days of deprivation of rights due of action towards referee.

- Yeni Malatyaspor got 10,500 TL fine for teamwise anti-sportmanship behaviour.

- Besiktas trainer Murat Sahin got 13,000TLfine for anti-sportmanship behaviour.

- PFDK referalls:

- Antalyaspor trainer Volkan Kazak has been referred due of not following guidelines.

- Besiktas has been referred for events on field and behaviour of fans

- Besiktas trainer Murat Sahin has been referred for anti-sportmanship behaviour

- Besiktas trainer Ozan Koprulu, Hakan Caliskan, workers Mehmet Can Otay and Erdal Erdem has been referred for anti-sportmanship and not following guidelines.

- Besiktas trainer Stefan Marrone and Adana Demirspor worker Oguzhan Derin been referred for anti-sportmanship behaviour.

- Adana Demirspor has been referred for events on field.

- Konyaspor players Ibrahim Sehic, Amir Hadziamehotivic and Besiktas player Miralem Pjanic has been selected to Bosnian National Team for World Cup 2022 qualifier.

- Besiktas has signed Sporting Lisbon player Valentin Rosier for 4-years with 4.8 million euro transfer fee.

- Barcelona has signed Kayserispor player Emre Demir for 2 million euro+bonuses until 2027

- Galatasaray administrator AliG ucum has resigned from his post.

- KenanKocak has been appointed as Turkish National Team assistant coach

- Rizespor has stated that Okan Buruk has declined offer for head coach position due of health issues.

- Rizespor has started negotiations with Emre Belozoglu for head coach position.

- - Galatasaray considers to sell its player De Andlin Yedlin during mid-season transfer window.

What happened in Turkish football today? 22/09/2021

 

Kayserispor got most confident scoreline against its opponents in its history.

Galatasaray continues to be losing points as it lost game for 2 weeks and didnt win 4 games out of 6, as it lost to Kayserispor with 3:0 scoreline at the game where it didnt provide hardly any difficulties to its opponents.

Following pretty good start of the season with good performance in first 2 weeks and recently good game against Lazio, it needs to be mentioned that side is being at the decline which it performance and without doubt this decline is getting worser as some players in the side didnt provide much opportunities and couldnt physically get into focus of the game. Kayserispor on other part did get whole control of the game with among providing usual respect to its opponents and defence did use its opportunity to provide strong attacking game which led for most confident scoreline for Kayserispor against Galatasaray games in history. Without doubt this outcome would provide Galatasaray some worrying image as it would need to improve as it is currently 6 points from top spot which could rise to 8 if Trabzonspor wins tomorrow.

Kayserispor has provided one of its best performances of its opponent in its history especially as it lost in recent weeks and without doubt did use its opportunities against poor Galatasaray and gained important confidence for upcoming games.

Galatasaray continues showing some worrying signs with its recent performance and would need to go through with such poor game as it gets further from top spots in early stages. 

Besiktas draw game while winning 3:0 at 59th minute.

Besiktas has draw against Adana Demirspor during Super League 6th week game even through it was winning game during 60th minute with 3:0 scoreline in the game which had lots of actions during past 30 minutes.

Without doubt, most important event which took place during whole game has been actions which been done towards Besiktas head coach Senol Gunes, which later became clear has been his response to Sergen Yalcin statement back in 2013 calling that he has no brain. Surely, back in 2013 Yalcin wasnt aware that this would turn against him after 8 minutes. Coming to the game, Adana Demirspor did provide very important lesson to Besiktas by showing that even with 3:0, it is too early to relax as side needs to be praised with providing such comeback and not giving up using turning off from Besiktas to its own advantage. Some substitutes has been also been done wrong wrongly towards end making things easier for opponent.

Besiktas did have lots of games which being difficult so tiredness could be treated as excuse but in whatever losing game while winning 3:0 is not acceptable much. 

Trabzonspor got opportunity to end this week as leaders

With Besiktas drawing its own game, Trabzonspor game got golden opportunity to get into leadership as being only side among big 4 which is not at Europe and hence least tired as it would be meeting with Konyaspor.

It needs to be noted that is being among 3 clubs which didnt yet lose game so is Trabzonspor being among them so it would be tough game with both sides focussing into continuing such impressive record, but due of level of squads and different motivations Trabzonspor would be expected to be favourite even through it did win games in recent weeks in difficulty manner compare to start of the season so it would need to get highly motivated as getting into top spot in the end of this week would only have positive impact. It would be expected for Konyaspor due of those reasons to provide closed defence game possibly looking for opportunities with counter-attacks meanwhile.

Trabzonspor would be extra motivated and this would likely affect how it affect its game against Konyaspor.

Results:

Turkish Super League, 6th week:

Gaziantep 1:0 Basaksehirspor

Kayserispor 3:0 Galatasaray

Goztepe 0:2 Hatayspor

Schedule:

Turkish Super League, 6th week:

17:00 Konyaspor-Trabzonspor

20:00 Alanyaspor- Kasimpasa

20:00 Fenerbahce- Giresunspor

In other news:

- TurkishNationalTeam head coach Stefan Kuntz salary will be 1.5 million euro.

- Rizespor terminates contract with its head coach Bulent Uygun.

- Besiktas players Racchid Ghezzal and Michy Batshuayi has become injured.

- Trabzonspor player Fode Koita has become injured.

- Fenerbahce player Irfan Can Kahveci will not be able to play for month during to injury.

- Galatasaray are interested to transfer Angers player Mohamed Ali Cho.

What happened in Turkish football today? 21/09/2021

 

Adana Demirspor showed comeback during last 30 minutes.

Besiktas has drawn Super League 6th week game against Adana Demirspor with 3:3 scoreline while winning game with 3:0 scoreline which did come from strong character from Demirspor and Besiktas losing concentration.

To some extend, Adana Demirspor has responded to Besiktas in similar manner which did Besiktas against Antalyaspor as it managed to turn around game while losing game and losing game. Even through it is hard to state Besiktas did provide strong high level game against Adana Demirspor until 1st conceded goal, it didnt provide high tempo game with full dominance which did come from 3:0 leadership. Meanwhile, even through with 3:0 scoreline relexation might be understandable on their perspective it did provide relexation too much which hence led for Adana Demirspor to get highly confident with scoring each goal and to some extend did deserve win. Besiktas hence did lose for too much loss of focus and relexation and this result would be lesson for them.

Adana Demirspor as been noted didnt have start of the game as it wanted with Besiktas getting into position and scoring goal but after 30 minutes has raised tempo during this tempo and provided pressure as it got higher confidence with each goal which did lead them to find goal in last minute.

Besiktas did lose while winning 3:0 with showing loss of focus in last minutes and it needs to be more careful as Altay could also punish them in upcoming game in the league.

Galatasaray would give high concentration for Kayserispor game.

Galatasaray will be coming out to Super League 6th week game with focus to win against Kayserispor and regain motivation as it did lose points during last 3 weeks while their main opponent gained points in this early stage.

Galatasaray did lose 7 points in last 3 games with both of them ending as a draw while winning 2:0 and lost to Alanyaspor conceding towards the end which does show that side especially show signs of tiredness during 2nd half, and with having games back-to-back it could be difficult to solve this issue even through it could be improved by providing higher concentration especially at defence while providing effective attacking game. Areas which very likely would be concentrated during this game while Kayserispor is going through new beginning with Hikmet Karaman and likely to perform according to this with providing strong pressure with knowing that Galatasaray is not at great form.

Hence, Galatasaray in its priority for this game would focus to solve its defensive issue and provide 90 minutes concentrated game to get win after 3 weeks.

Stefan Kuntz been appointed as Turkish National Team head coach.

Stefan Kuntz has been appointed as Turkish National Team head coach for 3-years after providing strong performance with under-21 German National side as he is expected to continue developing young players in Turkey this time.

With Kuntz also playing at Besiktas during 1995-96 does mean that he has some strong cultural even through connection with Turkey which would be important bonus for all parties and likely to motivate him possibly to play for success. Stefan Kuntz certainly would be focussing into success of this team when looking of press conference which he done on previous day telling clearly strong connection with this country and being focus into getting successful results in upcoming games which by itself is very important motivational boost without doubt. Time would show how successful he would be but he does look he is most suitable candidate for this spot.

Turkey would be playing crucial last 4 days for World Cup 2022 ticket and Kuntz would need to prove himself in very short period but he can achieve this.

Results:

Turkish Super League, 6th week:

Fatih Karagumruk 0:0 Antalyaspor

Rizespor 1:2 Altay

Besiktas 3:3 Adana Demirspor

Yeni Malatyaspor 0:1 Sivasspor

Schedule:

Turkish Super League, 6th week:

17:00 Gaziantep - Basaksehirspor

20:00 Kayserispor - Galatasaray

20:00 Goztepe - Hatayspor

In other news:

PFDK referalls:

- Altay has been referred for events on field, behavior of fans and not following guidelines.

- Yeni Malatyaspor has been referred for 5-players getting yellow card and 1 player red card

- Kasimpasa been referred for behaviour of fans

- Giresunspor workerUlasSahin for anti-sportmanship behaviour.

- Giresunspor trainer Sinan Bicer for not following guidelines and anti-sportmanship behaviour.

- Giresunspor worker Volkan Karaahmet for not following guidelines and action.

-  Fenerbahce player Serdar Dursun has resumed training session after recovering from injury.

- - Fenerbahce considers to sell its players Jose Sosa, Murat Saglam, Filip Novak and Sinan Gumus during mid-season transfer window.

- Galatasaray players Mostafa Mohammed, Ryan Babel and Gustavo Assuncao are expected to start against Kayserispor during Super League 6th week game.

What happened in Turkish football today? 20/09/2021

 

Fenerbahce would need to improve stamina for upcoming games.

Fenerbahce has lost its 1st game during this season against Basaksehirspor who didnt win so far any games in the league this season as Istanbul giant has failed to provide any effective performance.

It needs to be noted that during Europa League against Eintracht Frankfurt, Fenerbahce did provide extra effort and it has been expected to affect this game but to some extend their provided very poor performance which did been in slow tempo, misunderstanding between players. In addition that, Basaksehirspor did provide too much dominant game which did come from worry from previous games, Fenerbahce did look to be pretty slow. As been noted, blame for loss and more importantly has been given to be playing recent game but it is been too early in this season and this performance hence needs to be questioning due of stamina of players as this would be pretty tough season with being playing 3 games in week would be pretty common.

Fenerbahce did provide poor game due of tiredness from previous game which means side would not revise some issues to focus for improving stamina.

Galatasaray continues to lose points. 

Galatasaray did have similar issues as it did show some tiredness from Lazio game at midweek and hence it did lose to Alanyaspor.

To some extent this game for Galatasaray been more difficult for them compare to Fenerbahce, as Alanyaspor did provide agressive and attacking game which did lead them to have some issues during 2nd half especially. Stating that Galatasaray did actually provide better and more attacking game during 2nd half but since Alanyaspor provided same response it did turn into game of side which would score would win which Alanyaspor has managed that. Still, it does look like Galatasaray would need to go through some internal performance as it did lose 7 points during last 3 weeks and hence needs to be aiming for wins again which would be needed to be solved by Fatih Terim.

Galatasaray are being in decline currently but it has potential to bounce back but it needs to do some changes during training sessions. 

Absent Besiktas would play against motivated Adana Demirspor

Besiktas would be coming out to Adana Demirspor game during Super League 6th week game after difficult game against Antalyaspor where it got win from 2:0 scoreline.

It needs to be mentioned that this game would be tough one for Besiktas without doubt as first it is being tired from recent games at Europe and Super League and still continues to be having issues with injuries especially at defence, which could be crucial for them during this particarly game. Despite of poor results in the start of the season, Adana Demirspor got win against Rizespor and hence regained motivation and confidence which would be affecting positevely for them as pressure which it got before will be much reduced with addition that their would not be much pressure. They also very likely to aim use defence issues with providing pressure and Besiktas will need to be aware of this.

Besiktas would be coming with crucial game against motivated opponent and hence would need to respond according to that for 90 minutes.  

Schedule:

Turkish Super League, 6th week:

17:00 Fatih Karagumruk - Antalyaspor

17:00 Rizespor - Altay

20:00 Besiktas - Adana Demirspor

20:00 Yeni Malatyaspor - Sivasspor

In other news:

- StefanKuntz has been appointed as Turkish National Team head coach for 3-years, while Hamit Altintop will be his assistant

-Trabzonspor player Dorukhan Tokoz and Abdulkadir Parmak has become injured.

- Hatayspor has signed business partnership with World 17 Group.

What happened in Turkish football today? 19/09/2021

 Fenerbahce has shown least ineffective game during this season.

Basaksehirspor has won its 1st game during this season with 2:0 scoreline against Fenerbahce, as their opponents did provide most uneffective during this season without being able to get right tempo with misunderstandings between players.

It does look mid-week European football has also affected negatively to Fenerbahce as it was pretty far from organised, high tempo and fighting team work which been observed with team in all of the games both at the Europe and domestically. Hence, Fenerbahce has been observed that it did get high mistakes during starting with attacks especially with passes and positioning of players which showed that players didnt understand each other which could be not very good tactical work for this game or tiredness from Eintracht Frankfurt game. During whole game, Fenerbahce really did have one opportunity which could be convered to goal as Valencia did get strong header which Volkan Babacan save. Hence, Fenerbahce needs to learn lessons from this game as it failed to get into tempo.

Basaksehirspor on their part did win its first game with showing pretty ineffective and slow tempo game with providing much more controllable game and aimed to reduce tempo of the opponent which it managed to do so.

Fenerbahce has lost its 1st game during this season with providing least uneffective game with possibly due of tiredness of Eintracht Frankfurt.

Galatasaray continues losing points, as it lost to Alanyaspor.

Galatasaray did lose its 1st game at Super League during this season but with drawing previous 2 games it did provide some worrying signs for them, while Alanyaspor provided strong and tempo game for 90 minutes.

Apart of ending previous 2 games with 2:2 draw while winning 2:0, it also needs to be remembered that Galatasaray did have pretty difficult game against Lazio at Europa League which possibly did have some negative impact towards this game. Even through Galatasaray did concede towards end of the game, it needs to be mentioned did provide much more willing and forward seeking game as it did provide mediocre tempo game during 1st half which without doubt would not be enough to beat highly organised Alanyaspor. Therefore, Galatasaray did have much more attacking game during 2nd half with being focussed into converting chances pretty highly but couldnt pass opponent defence, goalkeeper in some positions while in some didnt get highly tempo game. Galatasaray hence didnt win for 3 weeks right now, and does show hence some decline with its performance and therefore Terim needs to go through and identify reasons for this outcomes while its not to late.

Alanyaspor which been always highly organised and providing an attacking game has continued to do so in this game and taking account it didnt great start o the season so it possibly did show best game so far.

Galatasaray did provide good performance in 2nd half but it wasnt enough for them to get win and hence needs to identify reasons for eating game with this outcome.

Besiktas showed great comeback despite of absences.

Besiktas has shown memorable comeback against Antalyaspor during 2nd half as it won with 3:2 when being behind 2:0 and did that with coming out with limited squad especially at defence.

Due of high number games and intense training session, Besiktas had high number of defensive players which provided difficult situation for head coach Sergen Yalcin as he did have pretty limited possibilities in this area and put players which are not usual in such position, especially putting some players who not used in this position which led for Antalyaspor to get upper hand and finding two goals back-to-back at the end of half.However, with possibly strong motivational talk at half-time and even more important changing some tactics led for Besiktas to find 3 goals. With finding 3 goals in 2nd half, hence provided strong character of the side and would provide important motivation and confidence for upcoming games. Sergen Yalcin has positive character of realising his mistakes and solving them which led for side with such great comeback.

Besiktas did show two different halves where 1st half would be highly criticised while Besiktas showed strong character during 2nd half.

Results:

Turkish Super League, 5th week:

Giresunspor 0:0 Konyaspor

Galatasaray 0:1 Alanyaspor

Basaksehirspor 2:0 Fenerbahce

Hatayspor 2:1 Kayserispor

In other news:

- Stefan Kuntz has been appointed as Turkish National Team head coach

What happened in Turkish football today? 18/09/2021

 Besiktas has shown great comeback during 2nd half against Antalyaspor.

Besiktas has managed to get back from 2:0 scoreline during 2nd half against Antalyaspor despite of having high number of injuries which been joined by Mehmet Topal during 1st half and hence shown strong character despite of tiredness from midweek game.

It needs to be noted that even through Besiktas did get into some of opportunities during 1st half, it did show signs of tiredness and failing to rise tempo which been affected without doubt from absences and tiredness of Borussia Dortmund and Antalyaspor it needs to be mentioned did play which been suitable for them which led for getting 2 goals back-to-back in the end of 1st half which been 1st conceded goals in the league which did become mostly due of playing without key defenders. However, with some important substitutes during halftime and also without doubt half time break has led for Besiktas to provide much more faster tempo adn forward seeking which without doubt been important to find goal on 49th minute to get Ridvan Yilmaz. Hence, Besiktas which getting much more belief and did convert some important goals which led them to provide much pressure as game developed and did get great comeback which without doubt provide important confidence for upcoming games.

Antalyaspor did provide performance which led them to get crucial 2 goals in the end of the 1st half but didnt manage to keep its leadership after 1st half of 2:0 which without doubt side would need to analyse why it led opponent to show such great comeback.

Besiktas did show very good comeback by showing great character but it did provide poor game which needs to be analysed following game and surely has been good lesson to Sergen Yalcin.

Trabzonspor got win with providing pretty slow tempo.

Trabzonspor did get win against Kasimpasa during Super League 5th week game with 1:1 scoreline thanks to the goal from Bakasetas as game been played more or less with moderate tempo with limited amount of opportunities.

With how both sides performed so far this season, especially Trabzonspor, and looking how both sides played with each other in recent years there was expectations for to be fast paced with goals but the game has been with pretty slow tempo which possibly been affected at pretty how weather for middle September which led for both sides to find needed speed which would turn into high opportunity. Still with quality difference Trabzonspor did look to be one in the control of the game and did get quality with Bakasetas and following goal Trabzonspor did get even more in control and even through shots didnt become significantly more dangerous in their opportunities. Therefore, Trabzonspor it could be mentioned did get well-deserved win in the end.

Kasimpasa did manage to play more or less similar tempo during whole game but still didnt show much creative with hardly getting much dangerous opportunities looking more or less passive.

Trabzonspor possibly showed slow-tempo game compare to previous games but still did use its opportunity with Bakasetas and got deserved win with continuing its top spots in the table.

Fenerbahce will be coming out to Basaksehirspor as opponent would see game as turning point.

Fenerbahce after providing pretty effective game against Eintracht Frankfurt, it would be returning to Super League campaign with Basaksehirspor which didnt manage to win game so far during this season and possibility for Aykut Kocaman to be last game.

Fenerbahce continues its Super League campaign without losing game among other potential top contenders and does improve performance by each game with Pereira as it expects to continue to do so. Stating that, it needs to be noted that Basaksehirspor which so far is having very dissapointing performance and Kocaman likely to be sacked from poor outcome of this game, could be possibly seeing this as turning point especially with playing against top side. Therefore, Fenerbahce would need to be providing strong attacking game but provide strong organised defensive game which it manages to do successfully during this season with Atilla Szalai.

Therefore, Fenerbahce will be coming out as favourites but it expected to be tough game for them as side would play for win for sure.

Results:

Turkish Super League, 5th week

Sivasspor 3:1 Gaziantep

Kasimpasa 0:1 Trabzonspor

Antalyaspor 2:3 Besiktas

Adana Demirspor 3:1 Rizespor

Schedule:

Turkish Super League, 5th week

13:30 Giresunspor - Konyaspor

16:00 Galatasaray - Alanyaspor

19:00 Basaksehirspor - Fenerbahce

19:00 Hatayspor - Kayserispor

In other news:

- -Besiktas player Valentin Rosier has become injured.

What happened in Turkish football today? 17/09/2021

 

Fenerbahce did show good game against Eintracht Frankfurt.

Fenerbahce has provided pretty strong performance against Eintracht Frankfurt especially during 1st half as game ended with 1:1 scoreline as Dimitris Pelkas didnt convert penalty kick in last minute of the game.

It needs to be noted that Fenerbahce did start game at high tempo which it managed to get through 1st half providing pressure to Eintracht goal and dominating tempo which should be seen as impressive as it was an away game and also did find goal from Mesut Ozil. However, conceding goal in the end of the 1st half did surely affect whole game as Fenerbahce which did become tired during 2nd half with also morale from conceding goal did have negative impact to the side even through it did get golden opportunity to score in the end of the game while penalty. Still, despite of not scoring that penalty, Fenerbahce did get very important goal with showing good game away but needs to improve stamina so it can show top level tempo game for 90 minutes.

Still, Fenerbahce did show some good signs with fighting spirit which would be very important for upcoming games this season.

Galatasaray showed good game even through its been extremely lucky with goal.

Galatasaray did provide to some extend better game which been expected when looking how it performed in recent games while Lazio to luck of Galatataray has showed suprisingly passive slow game.

Even through it needs to be noted that goal which did come from Scarollini has been very high mistake as he couldnt control ball with his hands, it needs to be noted that Galatasaray has been closer to win but it needs to be remembered that it didnt find goal themselves to some extend which could be seen as negative. However, among Lazio been pretty passive it still needs to be mentioned that Galatasaray defence has been dropped. Even through this blog still believes that Marcao should not be easily forgiven like this after Akturkoglu, he did show how important to his side with performance he showed against Lazio. Without doubt, this good performance for them good turn into positive for upcoming games in this season and be turning point for rest of the season.

Galatasaray hence did show some good game against Lazio and did get good win against them.

Early goals from Besiktas could be key against Antalyaspor.

Besiktas will be resuming Turkish Super League with game against Antalyaspor, as it would be expected that there would be coming tired after Borussia Dortmund game.

One of the questions regarding Besiktas during this season has been how Champions League would be affecting side fight to defend its title, and to some extend with high effort game given by them against Borussia Dortmund this would be crucial game to check how it would perform against Antalyaspor. Stating that, Antalyaspor tends to be reducing tempo with showing defence so crucial thing for Besiktas could be scoring an early goal or two to make things easier and tiredness will not be affect. To all respect towards Antalyaspor, this could be achieved to make rest of the game easier. Antalyaspor on their part should find ways to prevent Besiktas scoring in early minutes and later use to its advantage to likely signs of tiredness of opponent.

Besiktas hence needs to focus into finding goals before it possibly shows signs of tiredness from Borussia game.

Results:

Turkish Super League, 5th week:

Yeni Malatyaspor 3:4 Fatih Karagumruk

Altay 2:1 Goztepe

Schedule:

Turkish Super League, 5th week:

13:30 Sivasspor - Gaziantep

16:00 Kasimpasa - Trabzonspor

19:00 Antalyaspor - Besiktas

19:00 Adana Demirspor - Rizespor

In other news:

- TFF has stated that it supports idea for World Cup to be continued taking place every 4 years as it would rise number of injuries of players and scheduling.

- DFB: The DFB presidential board has unanimously decided to dismiss Stefan Kuntz from his current contract as U21s coach should he agree with the Turkish football association to work as head coach of the Turkey national team.Due to Stefan Kuntz’s success with the Germany U21 national team and his special relationship with Turkey, the DFB does not wish to obstruct his next career step. The possibility of an early release from the contract is a symbol of friendship between German and Turkish football.

- Konyaspor has organised transfer signing press conference of its players Serdar Gurler, Ahmed Hassan, Paul Jose Mpoku, Konrad Hurbert Michalak, Soner Diken, Endri Cekici, Nafican Yardimci, Ogulcan Ulgun and Ekrem Kayilibal.

- Konyaspor has signed sponsorship deal with Kayacik Tesis and Koncuk Group

- Galatasaray has signed sponsorship deal with Sixt for 29 million TL for shirt front and back.

- SpartaPrague are interested to transfer Fenerbahce player Filip Novak.

What happened in Turkish football today?16/09/2021

 

Fenerbahce did lose point with Pelkas failing to convert penalty in the end of the game.

Fenerbahce has started its Europa League campaign with 1:1 draw against Eintracht Frankfurt as it did lose opportunity to get win with Dimitris Pelkas not being converting penalty kick and disallowed goal with Berisha.

Fenerbahce it needs to be mentioned that it did start game at high tempo with getting high number of the opportunities with providing pressure with Mesut Ozil finding goal hence at 10th minute which been highly deserved. Fenerbahce did continue providing fast tempo with getting opportunities to find 2nd goal but as game progressed it did show signs of tiredness and loss of dominance with Eintracht Frankfurt finding equaliser as it slow getting into slowly into dangerous opportunities and eventually did find goal. It needs to be noted 2nd half both sides did provide slow tempo with both sides possibly focussing into draw as Fenerbahce despite of signs of tiredness did provide some controllable defensive play. Fenerbahce did get into great opportunities towards end of game with penalty with Dimitris Pelkas not being converting chance and after Berisha position didnt been converted as he entered before penalty.

Eintracht Frankfurt poor performance in domestic league needs to be mentioned did continue in such game as it did have issues with getting control of side with only showing strong game around time when it scored and could consider lucky to get 1 point.

Fenerbahce it needs to be mentioned did show strong high tempo game but loss of concentration in end of the 1st half and early tiredness did affect this outcome.

Galatasaray showed good start against Lazio.

Galatasaray has started Europa League with win against Lazio thanks to the own goal which been scored by Strrakosha on 67th minute as it shown active game at its home grown form ost amount of time.

Galatasaray did come to its 1st game at its home ground during this season due o field renewal works which has been expected that it would be providing additional motivation to the side which it did even through for both side 1st half which been played. It needs to be mentioned that Galatasaray provided strong concentration especially in defence which led for Lazio not to score which has been very important for them as it did concede almost every game. Therefore, it could be noted that Galatasaray has been looked into high motivation and focus for this game even through Lazio did also provide good defensive game which did led them to be having limited number of opportunities. Still, with providing strong pressure did lead for Strakosha own goal.

Lazio did come out as favourite for game and group but couldnt provide much creative game and couldnt pass defence of Galatasaray which would be dissapointing for them.

This been good win with good performance for Galatasaray which would provide positive motivation both for Europa League and domestic league. 

Besiktas showed some positive aspects against Borussia but needs to improve on some areas

Besiktas has started its Champions League with a loss against Borussia Dortmund but there are some positive aspects which been shown by side for upcoming games especially during 1st 20 minutes of the game.

It needs to be mentioned with prior to conceding goal on 20th minute, Besiktas has been better side with providing an attacking game and providing pressure with Borussia Dortmund and did find great opportunity with Michy Batshuayi. Even through some pundits and supporters believe that if that position would been converted into goal, Besiktas could get at least draw,it needs to be mentioned that Borussia is capable to show reaction at Bundesliga. Coming to game, its been noted that after conceding 1st goal and even more after 2nd one, Besiktas did lose tempo with emotionally being affected which has been only negative aspect and it needs to be focussed in this tournment for 90 minutes whatever circumstances at the game. Also, absence of Domagoj Vida did affect negatively as there were some positioning mistakes from Besiktas in 2 conceded goals.

Overall, Besiktas did show some good game but needs to solve emotional issue when getting behind and also defence, but latter been as noted affected by Vida absence.

Results:

UEFA Europa League, Group E, 1st week:

Galatasaray 1:0 Lazio

Lokomotiv Moscow 1:1 Olympique Marseille

UEFA Europa League, Group D, 1st week:

Eintracht Frankfurt 1:1 Fenerbahce

Olympiakos 2:1 Antwerp

Schedule:

Turkish Super League, 5th week:

20:00 Yeni Malatyaspor - Fatih Karagumruk

20:00 Altay-Goztepe

In other news:

- Alanyaspor and Trabzonspor has received 32,000 TL and blockage of stands fine for events on field from PFDK

- TurkishNationalTeam has dropped from 39th place to 41st at FIFA World Ranking for September.

- Besiktas player Wellinton will not play for 10-days due of injury.

- TFF has made deal with Mustafa Dogan for Turkish National Team assistant coach position.

-  Altay has made profit of 23 million TL after 60 hours of launching Altay Fan Token.

 - Besiktas considers to travel to Champions League Group C game against Ajax 2-days before game due of importance of game.

- Besiktas has made deal with Kointra for Besiktas Fan Token.

What happened in Turkish football today? 15/09/2021

 

Besiktas looked emotionally tired after 2:0 scoreline against Borussia

Besiktas started Champions League Group C game against favourites of this group Borussia Dortmund with 2:1 scoreline and did provide some good performance but as game continued and side conceded some goals it did affect its performance.

With Besiktas coming out with 10 foreign players with squad which could be seen as team build for Champions League it did started game according to that with controlling ball and finding some opportunities and in fact did get very good opportunity with Michy Batshuayi but as it condeded goal on 20th minute, it started to have decline with how it performed possibly due of showing decline of emotional game which led side to be looking more slow and tired which became more case during 2nd half. Still, it could be stated that taking into level of opponents and themselves, Besiktas did provide some positive notes and quality and could be realistically focussing into 2nd spot. It needs to be noted that goal from Montero among helping side to get some confidence and morale also could play important role to get out from group. Only issue which could be noted from game is losing concentration after 2:0 scoreline.

Borussia Dortmund on their part did show some strong performance but it needs to be noted that it did get opportunities to find even more goal which it didnt convert. Even through both sides had similar amounts it could be noted that Borussia had better opportunities.

Borussia Dortmund did get result which been expected and its been more curious how Besiktas would respond and there were moments when it showed some positives but it didnt manage to show it for 90 minutes.

Galatasaray would need to improve defensive game against Lazio.

Galatasaray is going to start its Europa League campaign against Lazio as it possibly going to play against main favourite of the group which is being pretty tough and could be seen at Champions League level. 

Galatasaray it needs to be mentioned did go through mentally and physically difficult game against Trabzonspor which it ended with draw despite winning 2:0 and hence it could provide some negative impact to Lazio game as it needs to be solving also its defensive issue which has been observed from beginning of the season and which could become easily very crucial aspect against Lazio which does provide strong and aggressive attacking game so therefore they would need to be pretty careful when coming on field. Galatasaray does have lots of younger player who also would be playing in such level for 1st time in career so it would be also how their respond and if their do get fully focussed, their could at least provide some difficult moments to Lazio at front.

Crucial role during this game without doubt would be providing strong defence which without doubt would be key if it would be seeking for point.

Fenerbahce can start Europa League campaign with win.

In other hand, group of Fenerbahce at Europa League is being significantly easier but still of course which does need to be provided effort compare to Galatasaray as it would be starting campaign against Eintracht Frankfurt.

Biggest problem which seems to be for Fenerbahce is being injured players which been rised to 10 players with them being regular starting 11 but until now Vitor Pereira did show that he is capable to get maximum performance from other players especially with youngsters. It needs to be noted that last players which joined side didnt provide much effectiveness against Sivasspor but with being high potential could provide some key breakthrough against Eintracht. Eintracht is being mediocre side at Germany and even through it would be simple, it could be noted that Fenerbahce will be coming out as favourites. Meanwhile, without doubt Dimitris Pelkas possibly starting at starting 11 would provided needed strength at attack.

Fenerbahce are favourites but their would need to show high focus for 90 minutes to win this game.

Results:

UEFA Champions League, Group C, 1st week:

Besiktas 1:2 Borussia Dortmund

Sporting Lisbon 1:5 Ajax

Schedule:

UEFA Europa League, Group E, 1st week:

19:45 Galatasaray-Lazio

19:45 Lokomotiv Moscow - Olympique Marseille

UEFA Europa League, Group D, 1st week:

22:00 Eintracht Frankfurt - Fenerbahce

22:00 Olympiakos-Antwerp

In other news:

 - Antalyaspor has signed Ataberk Dadakdeniz for 2.5 years. Player will recieve player licence during mid-season transfer window.

- Besiktas player Kevin Nkoudou will not play Champions League game against Borussia Dortmund due of injury.

- Galatasaray CEO Burak Elmas: We had very important transfer window. We have transferred side which would be successful in future without spending too much money. We reduced debt from 61,500,000 euro to 48,200,000 euro this season and aim for 30 million euro next year

- Galatasaray players Sofiane Feghouli and Emre Kilinc has resumed training session after recovering from injury.

-Zamalek considers to end loan deal with Galatasaray for its player Mostafa Mohammed and call player back and to pay compensation.

What happened in Turkish football today? 14/09/2021

 

Besiktas defence performance would be key for them against Borussia.

Besiktas would be starting its Champions League journey with Group C openning game against favourites of the group Borussia Dortmund as it would be aiming to use its own advantage defensive issues of opponent which they have during this season.

Stating that Borussia Dortmund even through does concede goal in all of the games during this season, it still manages to score even more then opponent so Besiktas defence possibly needs to be staying even more focussed in its performance at defence providing strong organised game and with Domagoj Vida being absent with holding Haaland who is currently is being in very good form scoring at each game. It would be expected that Besiktas is likely would score goals as it does show some good confident attacking game but it needs to remember that Borussia Dortmund would be likely one to set tempo and character of the game and hence needs to respond accordingly.

Besiktas needs to provide brave football if it seeks for getting at least point but should be focussing more with preventing Borussia to get into more opportunities.

TFF has made principal deal with Stefan Kuntz.

It is reported that TFF has made principal deal with Stefan Kuntz for Turkish National Team as both parties had effective one-on-one negotiations in Istanbul.

Stefan Kuntz, who during his footballing career did play at Besiktas, without doubt showed good results at German Under-21 side which would been specifically important for Turkey as it does have relatively young squad and does focus into getting even more youngsters in upcoming years so having someone who is experienced to work with youth would be great achievement. Only issue that current focus is to get into World Cup 2022 with having 4 games left which could not be enough time for Kuntz to get adapted to new team and environment. Despite that, Kuntz does have potential to push forward this team.

With TFF and Kuntz covered important distance with negotiations, our page would follow if final deal would be made between sides or not.

Aykut Kocaman days are numbered at Basaksehirspor

Basaksehirspor without doubt is making very dissapointing start of the season as it did lose all 4 games in openning of the season and as always main blame has been given to Aykut Kocaman.

Even through with results in the end of the previous season, Kocaman did manage to get important points which led them to be staying at the Super League it needs to be noted that in overall he didnt get even close to level of Okan Buruk with who Basaksehirspor has won title. Therefore, it does look that at short notice without seeing much potential at improving with results and performance with Kocaman, it is very likely that administration are thinking to terminate contract with him as him staying in the club does look to be doing more harm then help as it does provide some poor game with coach stating himself that he cant find solution to this issue.

Therefore, Basaksehirspor are expecting to end contract with Aykut Kocaman and this page would follow all developments with this situation. 

Schedule:

UEFA Champions League, Group Stage, Group C, 1st week:

19:45 Besiktas - Borussia Dortmund

22:00 Sporting Lisbon - Ajax

In other news:

- PFDK referalls:

- Fatih Karagumruk has been referred due of behaviour of supporters.

- Konyaspor and Gaziantep been referred for not following guidelines.

- Trabzonspor and Alanyaspor has been referred for events on

 - UEFA has announced referee for Europa League game between Eintracht Frankfurt and Fenerbahce to be Maurizio Mariani.

- UEFA has announced referee for Europa League game between Galatasaray and Lazio to be Mateo Jug.

- Turkish referee Halis Ozkahya has been appointed to Conference League game between Rennes and Tottenham Hotspur.

-- Besiktas has signed shorts and arms sponsorship deal with Sompo Sigorta

- Besiktas has announced its bonus for win against Borussia Dortmund at Champions League to be 14 million TL

- Galatasaray are expecting to be starting with Marcao at starting 11 during Europa League game against Lazio.

 - Fenerbahce player Dimitris Pelkas and Ferdi Kadioglu expected to be at starting 11 during Europa League game against Eintracht Frankfurt.

- Fenerbahce player Marcel Tisserand will not be able to play for 2-3 weeks due of injury, while Irfan Can Kahveci will not play at least for week.

What happened in Turkish football today? 13/09/2021

 Trabzonspor does need to solve its defence.

Turkish Super League 4th week game between Trabzonspor and Galatasaray could be looked into two views where Trabzonspor showed strong comeback while losing 2:0 while opponent did lost that advantage in similar manner as previous week.

Trabzonspor it should be noted didnt have very good start of the game despite of showing good tempo game but its issue of defence which been visible during previous games has been clearly seen with 2 goals which been conceded from Galatasaray, especially during 1st one where wrong passes and lack of pressure to opponent did let them get such opportunity. However, positive note for them has been with staying on focus and continuing thinking to get win from this game which been seen from game. Even through after 2:2 Trabzonspor did reduce tempo, possibly with focus to get at least point, it has been side which provided much more pressure and could get win in the end of the night.

Trabzonspor once again provided strong attacking game but it is visible that it needs to solve its defence issue or otherwise it would need to score more goals then their would concede by each game.

Galatasaray needs to find reason why it lost tempo of the game during 2nd half for 2 weeks.

Galatasaray on their hand did lose 4 points during previous 2 games while winning game with 2:0 scoreline but ended with 2:2 which does provide some worries and physical issues at the side.

Galatasaray were slightly better side in the start of the game and with providing pressure in the front against Trabzonspor, with to some extend looking side which did play home not vice versa did deserved 2-goals due of Trabzonspor feeling under pressure. However, it did lose such dominance of the game during 2nd half which it did come with 2:1 scoreline and hence did concede goal from Nwakaeme. It needs to be focussed by head coach Fatih Terim why it did lose dominance which it showed in 1st half as it did issue with previous game. It is true that national team players did join side at short notice but still such game should provide some worry.

Even through Galatasaray are being 2-points behind league leaders bunch it needs to figure out this performance in last 2 weeks if it doesnt want to lose more points in upcoming weeks.

Sivasspor continue to be problematic opponent for Fenerbahce

Sivasspor continues to be problematic side for Fenerbahce as it did lose points once again to this side in recent games and especially Altay Bayindir needs to be self-critical with position which led to penalty kick.

Fenerbahce did provide strong well-focussed game but as it did meet with Sivasspor which provided probably its best game in this season did have issues to get through defensive game and also it needs to be admitted that side did use anti-football tactic during 2nd half which did led for Fenerbahce to lose tempo of the game, even through it did continue with providing pressure. Its been also dissapointing development with injuries of Irfan Can Kahveci and Marcel Tisserand which does make injured least up to 10 men which is worrying for upcoming weeks and Eintracht Frankfurt game at Europa League. There are some positive notes with side providing some fighting spirit but it could have get more dangerous opportunities during whole game.

Still, there is winning spirit in the side which with some injuries eventually recovering and physically side improving could be provided addtional bonus in upcoming weeks. 

Turkish Super League, 4th week:

Gaziantep 2:0 Antalyaspor

Alanyaspor 1:0 Giresunspor

In other news:

- UEFA has announced referee of Champions League game between Besiktas and Borussia Dortmund will be Antonio Mateu Lahoz.

- Trabzonspor player Anders Trondsen has become injured during Super League 4th week game against Galatasaray

- Basaksehirspor are interested to appoint Senol Gunes and Emre Belozoglu as club's head coach.

What happened in Turkish football today? 12/09/2021

 Both Trabzonspor and Galatasaray showed high tempo game.

Highly anticipated game between Trabzonspor and Galatasaray has been ended with 2:2 scoreline as Trabzonspor did get back from 2:0 loss as both sides did provide high tempo game for most amount of time which led for high quality game.

Even through Trabzonspor did concede 2 goals during 1st 33 minutes, it did start game in pretty good form with looking for high amount of opportunities and keeping game at high tempo but it was visible during this period that they do have some issues with defence which did provide some freedom at the front for Galatasaray. To some extend, both goals which did come from Galatasaray did come from mistakes of defence which been used effectively by Emre Kilinc who could be selected as player of the game if Trabzonspor didnt get comeback. However, what is been important from Trabzonspor is to able to be staying focussed, belief and fighting spirit which led them to provide some opportunities which did come with well-fought goal from Cornelius and also with Nwakaeme which continues to score each week.

Galatasaray on they part did have good start of the game and even through it did let Trabzonspor to get into some opportunities during 1st half, it would be satisfied with how it performed into defence without providing too much loss of control to Trabzonspor and did lose defensive issues which were present with opponent did use its opportunities with Emre Kilinc which among Halil Dervisoglu were best players on the field for Galatasaray but following 2nd half with Emre Kilinc coming out due of injury did lead for them to provide high control and tempo compare to 1st half. However, stating that it still continued with showing strong character and did look for opportunities but did lose tempo which possibly did come from tiredness. Still, it could be stated that during this season this been one of the few games which their showed good game.

Therefore 1st game between potential title contenders did fulfill its expectations and even through this scoreline will not make any side happy, it did provide some good signs for upcoming weeks. 

Fenerbahce lost its 1st points against Sivasspor but did provide strong fighting performance until end.

Turkish Super League 4th week game between Fenerbahce and Sivasspor has been ended 1:1 draw as both sides did provide high tempo and attacking game focussing into getting win as both sides had different but important reason to do so.

Fenerbahce meanwhile did lose its 1st points and goal during this season especially taking account that conceded which did come from controversial penalty decision which been decided by VAR. It needs to be noted that Fenerbahce has been better side during 1st half even through opponents were not far and did get deserved goal thanks to Osayi-Samuel after which it did more confidence and control. However, conceding in the end of the 2nd half especially in such manner did possibly effect to 2nd half even through it did provide strong fighting spirit and attacking performance. Stating that there were many stoppages due of injuries and VAR checking in 2nd half which negatively affected to tempo but still as been mentioned Fenerbahce. Therefore, Fenerbahce were not in level of 1st half but still showed strong willing game which should be seen as positive note for upcoming games.

Sivasspor which did have poor start of the season and also not great during this game did see this game as turning point which could easily described why they provided performance both physically and with tempo and this point would provide them needed confidence and morale.

Fenerbahce tends to have tough games against Sivasspor and this been one of them but as been noted providing strong performance and not giving up could provided lots of positive to them.

Besiktas got confident win and strong game against Yeni Malatyaspor.

Besiktas got confident win against Yeni Malatyaspor thanks to the 2 goals which been scored during first 10 minutes by Michy Batshiayi and Kevin Nkoudou as it did make task for Besiktas significantly easy.

Besiktas without doubt did dominate game from beginning to an end with being side which did provide strong attacking game and not letting opponents to provide any threat. Without doubt, Besiktas did make very strong and competitive squad which mainly focussed to Champions League and hence is being above from other opponents and this been visible during this game. It needs to be noted that with looking in this game's performance Miralem Pjanic has also shown strong adaptation to this team with providing strong game and even through he didnt score goal, he did provide great assists to  Batshuayi and also been pretty confident in the attack. Yeni Malatyaspor didnt provide strong game but there is position of penalty which could lead for side to get ahead but wasnt given by coach. Stating that, with how Besiktas even that penalty was given and converted, it would been difficult for them to win game.

Besiktas hence did show strong confident game and got great motivational boost prior to Borussia Dortmund game at Champions League.

Results:

Turkish Super League, 4th week:

Fenerbahce 1:1 Sivasspor

Rizespor 0:2 Hatayspor

Trabzonspor 2:2 Galatasaray

Goztepe 2:1 Basaksehirspor

Schedule:

Turkish Super League, 4th week:

20:00 Gaziantep - Antalyaspor

20:00 Alanyaspor - Giresunspor

In other news:

- Besiktas players Domagoj Vida will not play for 3 weeks due of injury while Alex Teixeira will not play during Champions League game against Borussia Dortmund also due of injury.

- Joachim Low has declined offer from TFF to become Turkish National Team head coach.