Fenerbahce has high aims at Europa League despite Jesus stating otherwise.
Fenerbahce has got into last 16 of the Europa League following win against Dynamo Kyiv with 2:0 scoreline and also with help of the AEK Larnaca which draw against Rennes as Jorge Jesus continues to dominate tournament.
Jorge Jesus did start Europa League competition stating that tournament is not they priority and that Dynamo Kyiv, which did provide suprisingly poor performance which been affected by war without doubt and also Rennes but managed to compete group stage without losing game and at the top of the group with record number for club. Right now, Jesus states that winning title is not being their priority. His statement without doubt is being realistic as among couple of strong teams in competition itself, there is also coming of sides from Champions League which by themselves are in level to get to that competition final. Therefore he is being realistic, but it should be known that this is being statement not to raise expectation as he would do everything to win this competition as he never accepts loss.
Fenerbahce has shown great performance at the competition and likely to do so after New Year for sure.
Trabzonspor performance were unsatisfactorily but it is still in Europe after New Year.
We are being without doubt all proud, Turkish and Turkish football followers that all 4 teams would be seeing European competitions after new year, but we need to be honest that Trabzonspor has been most dissapointing.
Trabzonspor performance at Europa League has been unstable but mainly it did provide poor performance as it also did in the league compare to previous season. Even through it did look into good chances including against Ferencvaros on last week game, it mainly did look to be passive which led them to lose an important points. It is important for Trabzonspor to identify issues especially loss of tempo which been seen in the previous season if it wants to have successful Conference League, as it does mainly mediocre opponents but it would need to aware that all this sides would fight for wins and would provide issues to Trabzonspor if it wont show good game.
Therefore, Trabzonspor would need to go through revision and identify mistakes which they did during this Europa League campaign for sure.
Sivasspor showed great achivement with getting to last 16
Sivasspor which has been least followed by Turkish media, including by our accounts, actually needs to be most praised as it is being side which much lesser budget and strengh quality compare to Fenerbahce and Basaksehirspor.
Sivasspor also didnt have great start of the competition, but it has risen its level of performance when it matters and got an important points in 2nd half of the competition. Also, group to be highly competitive has led them to get 1st spot with few but crucial wins. It does need to be mentioned that also experience of competing in Europe for past 4 seasons also played an important role with this great achievement and good news for them is that they would start in last 16 which will give them enough time to get some good transfers in mid-season and work on improvement as team.
Sivasspor did provide great achievement without doubt regardless how much sports media including us tends to degraded.
Results:
Turkish Super League, 13th week:
Umraniyespor 3:1 Alanyaspor
Kasimpasa 1:1 Ankaragucu
Schedule:
Turkish Super League, 13th week:
14:30 Giresunspor - Istanbulspor
20:00 Galatasaray - Besiktas
In other news:
- Besiktas player Wout Weghorst is feeling pain at his elbow even through medical checkup didn't show something serious.
- Galatasaray administrators are considering to give 5 million TL bonus for Super League 13th week win against Besiktas.
- Besiktas are having negotiations with Qatar Airways to change its stadium name. Club aims to sign 5-years contract for 50 million euro/year.
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