What happened in Turkish football today? 09/08/2023

Galatasaray got a confident win against Olimpija Ljubjana.

Galatasaray has got a confident win against Olimpija Ljubjana at away game with providing pretty strong positive game and has improved its defensive game compare to Zalgiris and has also provided much more effective attacking game as it got 3:0 win.

There were some factors which did provide worries prior to Champions League 3rd qualifying round game against Olimpija Ljubjana but it did look like Galatasaray technical staff and players did show much more focus and attention to the game as it provided much more creative game with high number of passes and organised performance on the field as it provided strong attacking game. Side did give some opportunities during 1st half towards Olimpija which also included conceded goal which did come from foul but it didnt have any chances during 2nd half. Hence, it could be stated that Galatasaray did get an important advantage prior to 2nd half.

It would be expected for side attackers to be coming back to the field at Galasaray and hence side would be improving its performance during 2nd leg and even raise scoreline more for aggregate.

Fenerbahce will need to give extra effort against Maribor.

Fenerbahce would be coming out to Conference League game as it would be playing Slovenian side Maribor which even through as expected would be coming out as favourite but still much tougher opponent than Zimbru.

In fact, it could be stated that when looking into quality of Maribor, this two leg games would be better test for the sides as Slovenian side would be providing much more controllable and organised game. Positive things among scores against Zimbru has been that Fenerbahce did show pretty strong collective game and organisation which it would be expected to do so in upcoming games and hence would be expected to provide pressure towards Fenerbahce and hence side would be needed to show much more organised performance focussed into defence game more than on previous game.

Fenerbahce would be coming out as mentioned as favourites but it would need to give extra attention to game if it wants to go through.

Besiktas are favourites but it wont be easy tie.

Besiktas are going to continue its route to Conference League group stage as it going to play against Neftci Baku as Azeri club football even through being far from level of performance of Turkish side is showing some important development in recent years.

Besiktas did provide some positive views against KF Tirana and partly during 1st leg and hence even through it could be argued if side is being 100% ready right now it still does provide view that it could show an effective game especially in the attack as it has some important attackers especially Vincent Aboubakar. Neftci Baku could provid e some problematic moments for Besiktas but in generally Turkish side would be expecting to be one in control and creating games but it needs to be careful with counter-attacks.

It wont be an easy tie but in the end of the day Besiktas should be getting win on 1st leg and in tie at overall.

Schedule:

UEFA Europa League, 3rd qualifying round, 1st leg:

19:00 Qarabag-HJK (winner of this tie will be playing against losers of Champions League 3rd qualifying round between Galatasaray-Olimpija Ljubjana(agg: 3:0) at Europa League play-off round)

22:00 Olympiakos - Genk(loser of this tie will be playing against winner of Adana Demirspor - Osijek tie at Conference League play-off round)

UEFA Conference League, 3rd qualifying round, 1st leg:

20:00 Neftci Baku-Besiktas

21:00 Adana Demirspor - Osijek

21:00 Fenerbahce - Twente

21:00 Twente-Riga FC (winner of this tie will be playing against winner of Fenerbahce-Twente tie at Conference League at play-off round)

21:15 Aris-Dynamo Kyiv(winner of this tie would be playing with winner of Besiktas-Neftchi Baku at Conference League play-off round)

In other news:

- MustafaDemirel has been appointed as TFF Arbitration Committee CEO.

- Pendikspor has signed BocaJuniors player Oscar Romero.

- Sivasspor has extended contracts with its player Aaron Appindongoye and made transfer deal with Panathiakos player Achilles Poungouras.

- Metz has offered 3.5 million euro to Besiktas player Jackson Muleka.

- Igdir has signed Alanyaspor player Emircan Altintas.

- Basaksehirspor has extended contract with its player Batuhan Celik for 4-years.

- Besiktas has offered 3-4 million euro transfer fee for CSKA Moscow player Bakhtiyor Zaynutdinov.

- Trabzonspor are interested to transfer Braga player Tormena.

- Metz has offered loan deal to Besiktas for Jackson Muleka with transfer option of 4 million euro.

- DinamoZagreb has accepted 9 million euro offer from Fenerbahce for Dominik Livakovic.

- Hatayspor has signed Baran Saka for 4-years.

- Galatasaray has made transfer deal with Tete for 4+1 years.

- AdanaDemirspor has signed Auxerre player Mbiaye Niange for 4+1 years.