14 October 2023

What happened in Turkish football today? 13/10/2023



Turkey showed strong attitude against Croatia.

Turkish National Team has got crucial win against group favourites Croatia in Osijek with 1:0 scoreline win thanks to the goal from Baris Alper Yilmaz on 30th minute and has made very important step for getting Euro 2032 spot.

It is important here to state that it is unlikely that there has been specific tactical and physical impact towards player prior to this game and hence this win did come purely from emotionality as could be seen both with how team performed and also reactions to positions including penalty decision on 88th minute both before and after VAR decision. It needs to be mentioned that Dominik Livakovic who is reportedly being criticised in Croatia due of conceding simple goal actually has been main reason  why game ended with 1:0 scoreline as Turkey did have high number of the chances and dominating game. It also needs to be mentioned that Croatia didnt show its best game but this no doubt needs to be reduced effort and performance of Turkey during 90 minutes.

Meanwhile, this blog would also give an unpopular point that even through Turkey did improve with its performance after Stefan Kuntz, his effort should not be reduced as even if we talk about possibility of Turkey ending at top spot is being played huge role by Kuntz for sure.

UEFA has announced provisional list of stadiums for Euro 2032.

UEFA has announced list of stadiums both from Italy and Turkey for Euro 2032 as 10 stadiums has been presented by each country and within 3-years number of stadiums would be reduced to 5 by each country.

It has been noticed that even through Turkey has been stating that  it has solved stadium issue and has high level stadiums at almost each city, it has been noticed that 3 stadiums has been selected from Istanbul while from Italy side each stadium has been in different cities. Stating that it could be understood as historically football has been developed across Italy while in Turkey, as case with many things, it was centered in Istanbul and also even through all stadiums are top level, Istanbul stadiums are being more compatible and naturally has higher capacity.

It also needs to be reminded that with reduction of stadiums to 5 it could easily be expected that Istanbul would host only 1 stadium, likely Ataturk Olympic Stadium.

Basaksehirspor extends contract with team until 2027

Basaksehirspor has extended contract with its 18-year old  player Efe Arda Koyuncu until 2027 hence showing strong trust towards player and seeing high potential of the player in the team.

Arda Koyuncu, mainly due of Super League clubs not trusting young players, didnt recieve lots of playing time during this season but it needs to be stated that club does believe that he could develop into good player and hence has extended contract with him until 2027 as it is going to build strong side. It also important for such team to focus into younger player as it actually being good place for them even through their didnt invest much previously buying mainly old and experienced players.

It would be expected for Arda Koyuncu to get some playing time at the Turkish Cup when team would start its journey there.

In other news:

- FatihKaragumruk will play friendly game against Kocaelispor on 14th October.

- Antalyaspor will play friendly game against Hatayspor on 14th October.
- TurkishNationalTeam player Dogan Alemdar has joined national team under-21 squad.
- Fenerbahce player Cengiz Under has resumed training session with his new club.
- Basaksehirspor has signed professional contracts with its academy players Onur Inan, Burak Sefa Kavraz and Hamza Gureler.
- Besiktas are interested to appoint Igor Tudor as club's head coach.
- Besiktas player Daniel Amartey has resumed training sessions after recovering from injury.
- ManchesterUnited considering to offer 25 million euro to Fenerbahce player Sebastian Szymanski during mid-season transfer window.

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