18 September 2023

What happened in Turkish football today? 17/09/2023





Trabzonspor got confident win against Besiktas as it wanted game much more

Trabzonspor got a confident win against Besiktas at the home ground at highly anticipated game and among winning with 3:0 scoreline Trabzonspor has been showing strong organising attacking game which could be not said for Besiktas.

Trabzonspor did have mixture of performance during this season but previous week win against Kasimpasa with 5:1 scoreline has provided some good signs and during 90 minutes Trabzonspor has shown that this result is not being surprising and that it is capable of showing positive attacking game. Stating that, it needs to be noted that Trabzonspor did provide slighly defensive focussed game on the start of the game as Besiktas did have some good chances but as opening goal came from Onuachu, being his 1st goal in 1st league game on 29th minute has affected into confidence of Trabzonspor and morale of opponent as Black Sea side has started showing much more dominating game which led for 2nd goal by Bakasetas after 12 minutes. Trabzonspor has been seen to be side which been looking to be looking for goals which has been especially present to see and did provide good defensive game as Besiktas has been able to provide shot on goal at 87th minute of the game.

Besiktas did have actually good start of the game and did send message that it came out for win as it provided significant amount of pressure to Trabzonspor goal but has been negatively affected from conceded goal as it did lose control of the game and has led them to mainly defend which it didnt show also very good stable performance as it led for Trabzonspor to create some more chances. It needs to be mentioned that Besiktas has been criticised before hand for not able to provide top level game for 90 minutes, and when we did see opponent which aimed to show top level game from start to an end has led Besiktas to have issues to get into game and provide too much pressure apart of first minutes of the game.

Trabzonspor did show that it has been entirely focussed to this in its training sessions as both tactically and physically it has been in great condition, aspect which could not be said for Besiktas. 

Fenerbahce got tough win against Antalyaspor.

Fenerbahce has managed to get well-fought win against Antalyaspor with 3:2 scoreline at the game which ended up being much more difficult than it would been expecting as it didnt have good start to the game with providing ineffective performance and conceded goal but as game developed it raised performance.

It needs to be mentioned that Fenerbahce didnt have very good start of the game as Antalyaspor did provide strong pressure and an attacking game which would been expected from Fenerbahce as it didnt control ball well and lacked passes. With such performance it did look like Fenerbahce would concede goal and it did, however towards end of the 1st half Fenerbahce did raise tempo and did find a goal thanks to Edin Dzeko. With entering to changing room with an equaliser without doubt did have positive impact to team as it started in much more organised and high tempo on 2nd half and did find to get to 2:1. Even through Antalyaspor has continued providing pressure, Fenerbahce still looked to be side on control and Szymanski did bring a winning goal, continuing to score on regular base and showing how important he is to this team.

It needs to be mentioned that Antalyaspor which has been showing pretty poor start of the season has providied without doubt its best performance during this season especially during 1st half with providing brave and attacking game which led for 2 goals coming from Buksa. Despite of losing game, this performance would certainly provide motivational boost for upcoming games.

Fenerbahce meanwhile continues to be only side to win all games in the Super League and regains its top spot and without doubt would be looking forward for Nordjaelland game at Conference League.

Galatasaray got confident win but it has some serious defensive issues.

Galatasaray has got pretty confident win against Samsunspor at the home ground with 4:2 scoreline but it needs to be mentioned that it did have little scare in the start of the 2nd half which could cost them 2 points.

It needs to be mentioned that even through Galatasaray did provide very strong performance during 1st half with great performance of Kerem Akturkoglu who did score 2 goals and provide one assist to Abdulkerim Bardakci, it is seriously failing to control game after getting ahead, an area which is absent from last season. It needs to be mentioned that when looking into field it does have serious performance gap at defence and attack as attacking there is no issue as it has players who can convert chances especially Mauro Icardi and Hakim Ziyech but defensively it did allow lots of chances of opponent, as Samsunspor did score 2 goals during 2nd half and could have equalised and also had other chances but did lack last touches. It does look this defensive issue would need to be solved as those defensive mistakes will not be easily forgiven at Champions League.

Galatasaray did get confident win in the end of the day and gained motivation and confidence before Copenhagen game at Champions League but it needs to improve its defensive performance.

Results:

Turkish Super League, 5th week:

Fenerbahce 3:2 Antalyaspor

Istanbulspor 0:2 Basaksehirspor

Alanyaspor 3:3 Kasimpasa

Trabzonspor 3:0 Besiktas

Schedule:

Turkish Super League, 5th week:

20:00 Fatih Karagumruk - Hatayspor

20:00 Sivasspor-Ankaragucu 

In other news:

- TFF has terminated contract with Turkish National Team head coach Stefan Kuntz.

- TFF are interested to appoint Vincenzo Montella as Turkish National Team head coach.

-  Galatasaray will have administrative meeting on 7th October, if majority of attended members is not gathered meeting will move to 14th October.


No comments:

Post a Comment