What happened in Turkish football today? 12/05/2022

Sivasspor reaches to Turkish Cup final with getting draw against Alanyaspor

Sivasspor has reached to Turkish Cup final game with getting draw against Alanyaspor during semi-final 2nd leg game with 1:1 scoreline and getting an aggregate scoreline of 3:2.

It needs to be mentioned that Sivasspor didnt provide its best performance and has been way behind of providing pressure to Alanyaspor game comparing to 1st leg game and did more or less focus into defensive game with defending its leadership. As it is known, when advantage is being only with 1 goal this is being dangerous tactical game and it almost paid price for this as it conceded on 78th minute. However, this conceded goal did lead for Sivasspor to show some strong and detirmined reaction and provided much better attacking game with finding goal on 88th minute with Hakan Arslan which did bring them goal for final game where it would be meeting with Kayserispor.

Sivasspor are not having its best season without doubt but it does have quality to get Turkish Cup on 26th May even through it would be tough game against Kayserispor.

Alanyaspor didnt provide much pressure to Sivasspor despite being side which possessed ball.

Alanyaspor has been side which did control game to some extend against Sivasspor and has been better side between two but still it did look to be slightly passive as things could be different if it found goal earlier.

Alanyaspor was side which did possess ball and looked for some dangerouos opportunities as game has been progressed but it did look to be slow and did provide much pressure to Sivasspor goal. The side which needed to get from behind without doubt would need to be showing much more attacking game but still it did found goal which would bring them to extra-time and did continue showing high tempo after scoring but did concede from Sivasspor from corner. Therefore, Alanyaspor possibly could have found goal earlier and provide much more calmer pressure afterwards.

Alanyaspor is still being fighting for 4th spot for Conference League as it is being 3 points behind Basaksehirspor with 2 games left until end of the season.

Luis Campos will not work with Galatasaray next season.

Luis Campos who was providing assistance with transfers to Galatasaray has stated that he would not work with club in upcoming season and will not sign contract which would made him sports director.

Campos has stated that he did join to Galatasaray with strong aim for building strong and competitive side for upcoming season but due of upcoming Galatasaray CEO election and uncertainty regarding future of the club he doesnt consider to sing long-term contract with club. This decision meanwhile does show into what kind of difficult conditon is Galatasaray right now with future of the club is being unclear and still unclear who would win CEO election, what would be aims of new CEO and aslos fture of the Domenec Torrent. Galatasaray does look to be in slight mess and upcoming CEO would have issues to solve them it looks like.

Luis Campos more or less has shown that club is being in difficult condition right now with it being unclear how things would develop for them in future. 

In other news:

- PFDK decisions:

- Basaksehirspor, Hatayspor has recieved blockage of stands due of behaviour of fans.

- Besiktas has recieved 407,000 TL fine and blockage of stands due fo events on field, behaviour of fans and teammwise anti-sportmanship behaviour.

- Hatayspor has recieved 32,000 TL fine for events on field

- IzmirSportsClubsUnion has send request to TFF to lift relegation in this season.

-Basaksehirspor are interested to transfer Besiktas players Cyle Larin and Domagoj Vida.

- Olympiakos player Henry Onyekuru agent William D'avila has stated that player would like to return to Galatasaray during summer transfer window.

- Fenerbahce are interested to transfer Manchester United player Nemanja Matic.

- Fenerbahce considers to offers Nazim Sangare and Ozan Tufan to Antalyaspor in return of Bunyamin Balci.

- ClubBrugge are interested to transfer Fenerbahce player Ferdi Kadioglu.

- Besiktas considers to sign professional contract with academy player Semih Kilicsoy.

- Fenerbahce player Mbwanna Samatta, who is currently loaned to Antwerp, would like to join his club next season.

- Besiktas and Galatasaray are interested to transfer FCSB player Octavian Popescu

- Besiktas CEO Ahmet Nur Cebi: Our focus would now to balance losses and gains. We would focus into younger players especially at our academy.

- Galatasaray are interested to transfer Nice player Walter Benitez.

- Galatasaray are interested to transfer Kayserispor player Onur Bulut