What happened in Turkish football today? 22/05/2024

Trabzonspor comes to Turkish Cup final at better form.

Turkish Cup final would be played against both sides who had dissapointing season when looking at the overall performance and will be looking this game as an opportunity to save their poor season without doubt.

Trabzonspor it needs to be mentioned does come out to the game at better mood as it has secured 3rd spot on previous week following win against Basaksehirspor and generally providing much more organised game compare to Besiktas. As been noted several times during this season, Trabzonspor does provide either good or poor performance so it would be difficult to predict how their would play however when playing Turkish Cup final, it would be expected for them to show strong confident performance as this is being most important game during this season. It would be expected for them to show good organised game with confident attacking game.

Trabzonspor did secure European football but win in this game would mean that it would play one less qualifying stage for Europa League.

Besiktas are being favourites for Turkish Cup final.

Besiktas on their part did ineffective ending of the season and has shown generally unstable performance but this game doesnt only mean to have faster route but also have that possibility as its European spot is still in risk at last week of the season.

Besiktas has been stated several times during this season, that they main focus would be winning Turkish Cup and therefore this game it would be expected to show its best performance of whole season but it is still unclear how that would effect into field. Besiktas doesnt have good continuity and did have poor performance in recent weeks and hence it is unclear how this would affect team performance as it would play against Trabzonspor. Still, players would come out to game with extra motivation and hence this could lead to strong positive attacking game on field.

Besiktas would need to give their best performance to win Turkish Cup and it would be interesting to see how it would perform on day.

Samsunspor ended contract with Markus Gisdol

Samsunspor has ended contract with its head coach Markus Gisdol in surprising matter despite of coach securing team for staying at the league as there didnt agree with conditions at the contract.

Markus Gisdol who is being used to save teams during seasons has joined team with such focus and did once again has achieved that and there has been big expectations that team would continue contract with him but it was reported that probably due of economical reasons and plans for next season there wasnt an agreement for extension. Gisdol did show good adaptation to team and it could be difficult to find replacement for him in summer.

Markus Gisdol as been noted did show great performance at the team and it could be tough to find good replacement for him.

Schedule:

Turkish Cup, Final:

20:45 Besiktas - Trabzonspor

In other news:

- UEFA has announced that 2026 Europa League will take place at Tupras Stadium while 2027 Conference League will also played in Istanbul with stadium to be announced later.

- TFF has announced referee of Turkish Cup final between Besiktas and Trabzonspor as Ali Sansalan.

- Goztepe has extended contract with its player Anthony Dennis until 2027.

- AdanaDemirspor has ended contract with its player Mario Balotelli.

- Fenerbahce CEO candidate Aziz Yildirim: Besiktas announcement that it has made deal with Jose Mourinho dont represent truth. He will not agree for 7 million euro. If we win title, I will not run for election.

- Liverpool are interested to transfer Benfica player Orkun Kokcu.

- Fenerbahce considers to extend contract with its player Mert Hakan Yandas.

- Galatasaray are interested to sign Yusuf Erdogan.

- AtleticoMadrid considers to sell its player Caglar Soyuncu during summer transfer window.

- Galatasaray and Fenerbahce are interested to transfer Union Berlin academy player Baris Kalayci.