What happened in Turkish football today? 02/10/2023

Fenerbahce is now not only winning game but dominates them.

Fenerbahce continues its wiining run with getting a confident win against Rizespor with 5:0 scoreline and has now start only getting wins through quality as it was case on first weeks but also with showing an effective game.

Without doubt, Fenerbahce has shown its best performance during not only this season but also in recent years as it has shown strong confident performance against Rizespor which it needs to be stated did come to game while playing at 4th spot and being on good form. Without doubt an early goal from Sebastian Szyamanski which did come on 2nd minute has made things much easier as it continued to be showing an attacking strong game. Meanwhile, it also needs to stay that both Fenerbahce and Galatasaray providing such an outstanding performance, it has been used as an some kind of excuse and justification for poor results for opponent. Fenerbahce didnt only win but also dominated whole game as been noted and it would be very difficult opponent to beat without doubt.

Fenerbahce hence has won 14th game out of 14 in all competitions this season and it does look Spartak Trnava will have very tough moments in 5th October.

Besiktas is showing poor game even after it has won it.

Besiktas did get without doubt an important win against Konyaspor at away game in sense of confidence and fight for top spot in the league but it did show very poor game and needs to be thankful for Konyaspor poor game and no response at field.

Even through there is justified belief that winning team should not be criticised, with case of Besiktas it is being serious issue as it did lose points in unexpected games normally and even when it did win such as against Konyaspor it did show low tempo performance and also forward seeking and fails to get return from new transfers. It also needs to be mentioned that Besiktas CEO Ahmet Nur Cebi statement that team is being number 1 candidate for title could harm him back as there wasnt any improvement and proof of this to happen. It still pretty early stages so Besiktas can recover but it needs to be soon as it does look to be season where its other Istanbul rivarlies and its not even clear that winning run until end of the season can be enough for them even.

Besiktas would now meet with Lugano at Conference League and with how side performs right now, it is hard to state that there are coming as favourites.

Galatasaray are not favourites against Manchester United as some believe.

Galatasaray would be playing against struggling Manchester United at home but Turkish side needs to remember that regardless of condition of the opponent it is still being top clubs in Europe.

There seems to be long view in Turkey that Galatasaray does have really good chances that it can beat Manchester United due of poor performance but it has been known that top clubs in Europe has shown strong reaction and performances against Turkish clubs in this competition while struggling. It is one thing to make clear, Galatasaray can beat Manchester United with right performance, but view which is given by Turkish media is being wrong and as always might wrongfully rise hope of supporters and followers.Fact that game for Erik ten Hag could be seen as decider for his future could also be disadvantage for Istanbul giant as team would likely give more concentration and effective game. 

Galatasaray does have chances to get win and it does Manchester United as ideal way it wishes for but it would need to give extra effort as game in league so far could not be enough.

Results:

Turkish Super League, 7th week:

Kayserispor 0:0 Basaksehirspor

Schedule:

UEFA Champions League, Group A, 2nd week:

22:00 Manchester United - Galatasaray

22:00 Copenhagen- Bayern Munich

In other news:

- Hatayspor player  DeleBashiru has been called to Nigerian National Team 

- Fenerbahce has extended contract with its player Miguel Crespo until 2025

- Ankaragucu has extended contract with its player Bahadir Han Gundoren until 2025

- Ankaragucu has terminated contract with its head coach Tolunay Kafkas.

- Trabzonspor will have extension negotiations with its player Anastios Bakasetas.

- Ankaragucu are interested to appoint Taner Taskin as club's head coach.