Fenerbahce gets crucial against Antwerp for knockout possibility and confidence.
Fenerbahce got very important win against Antwerp as it got point difference with Belgian side to 4 points with 2 games left but even more importantly got 1 point behind 2nd spot Olympiakos.
Even more importantly it did get this win with confident scoreline with getting all 3 goals in duration of 30 minutes with being scored from players which are not only didnt score for long time but didnt get much of the playing time. It needs to be noted that big clubs like Fenerbahce when providing poor performance tend to be having one point where it does provide strong game and gets confident scoreline and this been today as many people including in Turkey did see Antwerp as favourite for the game and therefore this been very important win for them both to keep their opportunities alive for knockout stages and also general getting strong motivation and confidence for upcoming games. What also been pleasant to see on their perspective is that Fenerbahce did control game for 90 minutes with providing attacking game on 1st half and with getting scoreline it seeked for showed control slower tempo game in 2nd half.
Antwerp which despite of 1 point did provide some good performance against Fenerbahce looked to be pretty ineffective and had issue to get into game which could be situation in the stadium and now did put its fight for 3rd spot into difficulty losing to direct opponent.
Fenerbahce did get without doubt very important win and would now focus build on that with using mentally this game as new beginning for sure.
Galatasaray gets important point for top spot in its group.
Galatasaray got 1:1 draw against Lokomotiv Moscow during Europa League 4th week game as side did come out for win while playing against last spot opponent but still its been good result as it stays in the top position in the group.
It needs to be mentioned that opponent did show some performance in recent weeks since appointment of its new coach last month Markus Gisdol as during 4 games he only lost to Galatasaray. As would been expected, Galatasaray would have some issues as both sides did provide strong confident performance as for two different reasons both side did play for win. Despite of Lokomotiv Moscow providing some pressure towards them side did look much more confident with providing strong attacking game and did find goal from Sofiane Feghouli but with opponent needing win to keep its chances arrive for knockout stages did provide good performance in 2nd half and did find goal goal with Komodo on 73rd minute. Therefore, game did end with 1:1 scoreline and this point is been both important for knockout spot at least and possibly for top spot which is being very crucial. This result would provide some hope to them for upcoming games.
Lokomotiv Moscow meanwhile continues to be showing good result since Gisdol been appointed and did provide much more organised game compare to previous one and would focus to fight for 2nd spot in the group in last 2 games.
Galatasaray did get important win without doubt and would continue its aim to end group stage and go bye in next round of knockout.
Besiktas reminds that Turkish clubs not in level to compete at Champions League.
Besiktas continues with showing dissapointing performance at Champions League as it lost with 4:0 scoreline to Sporting Lisbon and hence did lose any opportunity of getting to knockout stages in the tournament.
It needs to be mentioned that in overall Besiktas did provide very poor performance in this tournament but in this game players didnt show much effort on its field and as it conceded game looked like it did accept its fate letting Sporting Lisbon to get full control of the game and dominating it for 90 minutes. Without doubt Sporting Lisbon has been side which controlled fate of the game with rising and lowering tempo when it felt like it. This game once again did show level of Turkish football right now and also of Besiktas which does go through decline in this season and even with injuries did look like it did get maximum level of performance with its new signings. Sadly, Besiktas did remind to everyone in harsh manner that Turkish clubs are not in level to compete at Champions League at least now.
Now, Besiktas would come out to 2 formality games and likely to be focussed more to domestic league starting with Trabzonspor game.
Results:
UEFA Europa League, Group E, 4th week:
Galatasaray 1:1 Lokomotiv Moscow
Olympique Marseille 2:2 Lazio
UEFA Europa League, Group D, 4th week
Antwerp 0:3 Fenerbahce
Olympiakos 1:2 Eintracht Frankfurt
Schedule:
Turkish Super League, 12th week:
20:00 Gaziantep - Kasimpasa
20:00 Rizespor - Alanyaspor
In other news:
- PFDK decisions:
- Goztepe recieved 9,000 TL fine for team-wise anti-sportmanship behaviour.
- Konyaspor has recieved 132,000 TL fine for accepting unallowed supporters and events on field.
- TFF: Europa League game between Galatasaray-Lokomotiv Moscow is in jurisdiction of UEFA and TFF has no control of it. Therefore, we have no right to control and provide any fines regarding this game.
- Galatasaray: TFF is responsible to identify and organise stadium capacity limit of UEFA. With stating otherwise, federation is throwing ball to UEFA and takes away its own responsibility.
- Sivasspor player Faycal Fajr has been selected to Moroccan National Team for World Cup 2022 qualifiers.
- Chelsea are interested to transfer Fenerbahce player Atilla Szalai.
- Galatasaray are interested to transfer Fatih Karagumruk player Andrea Bertolacchi.
- AlAhli has requested Galatasaray player Mbiaye Diagne +3 million euro in return of Marega
- Trabzonspor are interested to transfer Hellas Verona player Mert Cetin.
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