What happened in Turkish football today? 13/02/2020

Antalyaspor got to semi-final at cup thanks to away goal

Antalyaspor has qualified to Turkish Cup semi-final stage thanks to Dogukan Sirik which has helped to get an away goal rule from current league leaders and this result could be seen as slight surprise due of not very good season which Antalyaspor is having.

Stating that when looking with recent results of two teams, Antalyaspor in fact did come out in better form for this game and has been highly motivated to the game even through both games has ended with draw. It needs to be noted that Antalyaspor didnt come out in perfect condition as their plane has been cancelled yesterday which led them to travel to Sivas and there is been talks that game could be postponed, even through due of snow being stopped snowing it took place.  With all this circumstances and also getting with goal behind from Yusuf Oztekin goal during 1st half, it was important character shown by Antalyaspor to get back with providing strong confident performance able to raise and provide good defensive game during 2nd half.

On other hand, Sivasspor does seem to provide decline of performance with getting this draw among losing points and does seem to get under pressure as league is getting closer to the end. Even through their did show some strong performance on 1st half it didnt manage to carry on strong performance during 2nd half when their had also conceded goal on 49th minute and side does need to show improvement especially when it going to play very important and crucial for them against Trabzonspor this weekend.

Antalyaspor has managed to get to semi-final thanks to away goal and would now meet with Alanyaspor at Meditterean Sea derby.

Trabzonspor didnt have issues with Erzurumspor.

With winning its 1st leg game against Erzurumspor with 5:0 scoreline, Trabzonspor this time with younger squad which heavily consisted of academy players has got this time 4:1 win and has got into semi-final stage with 9:1 aggregate scoreline.

Without doubt Trabzonspor head coach would be feeling very satisfied with such performance from this alternative squad as even through it did get confident win during 1st leg and did come out to more or less formality against 1 division lower side, did provide strong attacking focussed game with finding 4 goals. Guilherme who meanwhile did get transferred to strengthen side attacking performance which would be crucial for fighting at title race in both competitions did find 2 goals which does provide view that he is highly motivated and concentrated to play his role in such crucial role as we are entering to this season. It needs to be noted that Huseyin Cimsir in such short period did manage to create strong attacking side which frequently is looking for high number of chances as it did during this game. Trabzonspor got into mood of getting trouble, but in Turkish Cup it would have difficult games with Fenerbahce.

Erzurumspor who did provide so far good performance as it got to quarter-final stage with beating Besiktas in previous stage didnt manage to provide anything. Still it should be satisfied with cup
performance in overall and now would focus to get back to Super League next season.

Trabzonspor had an easy and confident tie against Erzurumspor and most important has kept their motivation at high note with this win.

Galatasaray tried to show comeback but 1st leg result led them to be relegated

Galatasaray has been eliminated from Turkish Cup quarter-final stage against Alanyaspor despite of winning game with 3:1 scoreline but 1st leg result of 2:0 scoreline has led opponents to get into semi-final stage.

Galatasaray without doubt did pay price for coming out with weaker squad during 1st leg game where it has lost to 2:0 but it needs to be given praise for side to provide high level performance making it clear that their have all aims as side to provide fighting performance for turning around this tie, but conceded goal from Bammou which made scoreline to 1:1 did mean that Galatasaray would needed to find 3 goals within 60 minutes,which would been difficult task as Alanyaspor as side is being in very good form right now with being among title contenders during this season. Alanyaspor did provide right tactic for game since it was aware that their opponents would provide strong attacking game and did respond in such manner making sure that Galatasaray didnt get much position and even through it did concede 2 goals and had nervous ending of the game, it did get what it was seeking for with patient football.

Galatasaray hence did provide strong performance with comeback but 1st leg poor performance for sure costed them ticket to semi-final of Turkish Cup for sure.

Results:
Turkish Cup, quarter-final, 2nd leg:
Erzurumspor 1:4 Trabzonspor (agg: 1:9)
Sivasspor 1:1 Antalyaspor (agg: 1:1 (Antalyaspor qualifies due of away goal rule)

Schedule:
Turkish Super League, 22nd week:
20:00 Basaksehirspor - Besiktas

In other news:

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- Trabzonspor has recieved 24,000 TL fine for behaviour of fans.
- Trabzonspor player Alexander Sorloth has recieved 2-game ban and 8,500 TL fine for breaking rule.

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TFF has announced that during Super League 19th week games between Goztepe-Besiktas, Genclerbirligi-Gaziantep and 12th week game between Konyaspor-Besiktas there wasnt rule mistake.

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Gaziantep would go to TFF arbitration committee to complain for TFF not accepting rule mistake during Super League 20th week game against Genclerbirligi.

-Besiktas administrator Kemal Erdogan has stated that club would go to IFAB to complain about TFF not accepting rule mistake during Goztepe game on Super League 20th week game,

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Galatasaray player Radamel Falcao has resumed training session following recovery from injury.

- Fenerbahce player Garry Rodrigues will not be able to play for 2-3 weeks due of injury.
- Goztepe has started negotiations for extensions of contract with Serdar Gurler.

- Trabzonspor considers to extend contract with its player Jose Sosa for 2 years with 2 million euro salary. It has also started negotiations with Filip Novak

What happened in Turkish football today? 12/02/2020

Away goal by Bammou has helped Alanyaspor to get to semi-final.

Alanyaspor has qualified to Turkish Cup semi-final despite of losing to Galatasaray with 3:1 scoreline but goal from Bammou on 32nd minute has become crucial goal as it helped them to get through with away goal rule with 3:3 aggregate scoreline.

It needs to be admitted that compare to 1st leg Galatasaray did show much more focus to the game and did provide strong attacking game with creating chances until last minute and giving it all. In fact with 1st leg not very strong squad which Galatasaray came out it gave view that it didnt give high improtance to competition but with way it has performed in this game provided different view. Stating that among finding either 2+ goals in this fixture it did have difficult tasl of not conceding against team which provides very strong attacking perfomrance scoreline in all games recent week and being among sides running for title. Specific notice should be given to Adem Buyuk without doubt who has found 2 goals and carries on providing strong performance showing even better performance which would been make him provide some pressure without doubt to Falcao and Terim possibly making difficult choice between two players. Galatasaray needs to be praised for giving their all to get to semi-final but conceded goal and more important 1st leg made them pay in this tie.

Alanyaspor with providing high level performance in recent weeks did come out to game with favourites to get into semi-final even through expectation for them to win game have been low and this has been played crucial role in this tie. With showing right reaction at finding goal after conceding on 1st half and hence getting away goal advantage has led for opponent to find 3 goals and even through their did have difficult period after score became 3:1 on 85th minute it still managed to do so. It was crucial for them to score goal and their did just that so it was mission accomplished for them.

Alanyaspor did manage to convert their good performance in league to Turkish Cup too and can set difficut but technically possible aim with historical double this season while Galatasaray would be satisfied for effort given today.

Fenerbahce showed calm performance against Kirklarelispor

After securing its semi-final ticket to the Turkish Cup from 1st leg game, to some extend 2nd leg game for Fenerbahce against Kirkalerispor as been noted before hand has been formality game for them as it got to next stage with 4:0 aggregate scoreline.

It needs to be noted that game to some extend has been played in such manner with Fenerbahce controlling game with not raising tempo into very high pace with Kirkalerispor providing much more better performance especially taking account that side is 2 divisions below them. Kirkalerispor for sure, regardless how tournaments ends and not referring to Fenerbahce results, did provide most memorable performance in competition and did mark their mark without doubt. Meanwhile, without doubt main focus for Fenerbahce has been newly-signed Simone Fallette who started game and Hasan Ali Kaldirim who did come out from injury with both players providing strong and confident performance even through its hard to measure both players in such game.

Fenerbahce now would be focussing to Super League as it would be playing against Ankaragucu where it would end its loss period in the league.

Sivasspor and Antalyaspor would start from scratch in 2nd leg. 

Without doubt one of the awaited and unpredictable tie during this Turkish Cup quarter-final has ended up being Sivasspor and Antalyaspor as both sides would be playing from scratch due of 0:0 result from 1st leg.

It needs to be noted that Sivasspor who has been seen as main title contender when we entered to new year break, did lose some points in recent performance and seems not to provide same level performance mainly due of injuries. Therefore, this game against Antalyaspor it could be treating as turning point and see it as opportunity to regain motivation for Trabzonspor game this week. Antalyaspor which doesnt provide strong performance in recent weeks meanwhile would also take this game seriously and provide high level performance. It needs to be noted that taking account Sivas is having very cold winter, weather could also play role and there is even possibility for game to be postponed even through it would become clear tomorrow.

It would be intereresting game with both sides would give them all for sure both due of 1st leg result and to gain motivation for rest of season.

Results:
Turkish Cup, quarter-final, 2nd leg:
Galatasaray 3:1 Alanyaspor (agg: 3:3(Alanyaspor gets through with away goal rule))

Schedule:
Turkish Cup, quarter-final, 2nd leg:
17:00 Erzurumspor - Trabzonspor(agg: 0:5)
19:15 Sivasspor - Antalyaspor (agg: 0:0)

In other news:

- Galatasaray administrator Abdurrahim Albayrak: Apart of January salar, we have paid all of salaries on time. We are having 1 million euro gain in recent transfer periods. From now on, we would not make world-class player transfers and focus towards younger players.

- Fenerbahce supporters had organised protest at TFF headquarters calling for TFF CEO Nihat Ozdemir resignation and to be more careful with referee decisions.

- Konyaspor has appointed Bulent Korkmaz for 1.5 years

- CentralRefereeCommittee has listened for 1st time recording of VAR conversations during Super League 21st week between Fenerbahce and Alanyaspor

- Trabzonspor player Abdulkadir Omur expects to recover fully from injury in start of March.

- Besiktas considers to end contract with Lorius Karius, Elneny, Rebocho and Diaby

- Besiktas player Atiba Hutchinson has stated that he can see him playing for another year

- Fenerbahce are interested to transf Alanyaspor player Fabrice Nsakala

- MirceaLucescu has requested to give him 5-6 months at Besiktas sports director role to test his capabilities and club's situation.

- Everton, Souhtampton and Sunderland are interested to transfer Fenerbahce player Ozan Tufan

What happened in Turkish football today? 11/02/2020

Fenerbahce got calm result against surpise of competition Kirklarispor 

Fenerbahce has managed to get win against Kirklarelispor with 1:0 scoreline thanks to Mevlut Erdinc goal at 51st minute with providing confident game but in same time showing minimal effort game due of 3:0 win from 1st leg against 2nd division side.

It needs to be stated that even through Fenerbahce did come out to this tie as strong favourite and has got into semi-final without much issues against Kirklarispor, it needs to be noted that their opponents did provide strong performance in this year competition and has become main surprise of tournament regardless who wins this competition. Since Fenerbahce did come out to game which was more or less secured, it hard to provide strong analysis but one of the main positive aspect of Fenerbahce to provide game with good possession and looking confident in this game. Main focus of this game for sure has been Simone Falette who did provide some confident performance looking to be highly-concentrated to the game and looking to be physically ready and confident even through it is hard to measure him with such opponent but as been noted he did look confident during whole game. Even through Fenerbahce as other clubs focuses now to Super League title as priority, but getting to semi-final where it is likely to meet with Trabzonspor would provide strong confident with both tournaments.

Kirklarispor as been noted above has provided great performance during this Turkish Cup with getting to quarter-final beating Super League sides including Basaksehirspor so its hard to analyse team with result from Fenerbahce. Meanwhile, it needs to be noted Kirklarispor has provided much better controllable performance looking more confident even through Fenerbahce did allow them.

Fenerbahce right now has got pretty comfortable result from Kirklarispor tie getting to semi-final with 4:0 aggregate scoreline, and right now side would focus into crucial games in Super League with Ankaragucu next week.

Galatasaray would be playing important test against Alanyaspor.

Galatasaray would come out to Turkish Cup quarter-final 2nd leg game after losing to Alanyaspor with 2:0 scoreline hence losing their 1st game on 2020 against strong and form opponent with risk of being relegated from competition.

In fact, as it would be expected for Galatasaray to come to the game with its strong squad, this would be their hardest so far during 2020 as even through it did win games back to back in the league, it did play against opponents who are not in good level of performance Therefore, this game would provide clear view how team would be ready in crises situation since as been noted it is on edge of being relegated and also if its ready to tough games in league starting with Fenerbahce on 23rd week.It needs to be noted that Galatasaray are showing much better performance compare to 1st half season and are at good confidence as team but this game would show how it can perform at difficult conditions.

Therefore, among being game to safe its Turkish Cup campaign this would be crucial test for upcoming games in league.

Alanyaspor needs to show calm and organised performance.

With winning 2:0 1st leg of Turkish Cup quarter-final, Alanyaspor for sure has founded them at very good condition for 2nd leg and also providing high level performance in recent weeks and being among title contenders would make them come out confidently

Having such crucial advantage against top side, Alanyaspor best tactic for game should be staying calm and providing organised performance especially on defence as Galatasaray would be expect to provide strong attacking game with coming very likely with much stronger squad compare to 1st leg. With showing good performance against Fenerbahce with strong pressure from opponent supporters, it would need to provide similar mindset for Galatasaray. With many Turkish pundits, and also this page, even through dislike defensive game which frequently shown by mediocre site, tactically this could be best way for Alanyaspor to get win taking account that their are capable as team to this performance.

Therefore, Alanyaspor mainly needs to show calm and organised performance against Galatasaray to get to semi-final.

Results:
Turkish Cup, quarter-final, 2nd leg:
Fenerbahce 1:0 Kirklarelispor (agg: 4:0)

Schedule:
Turkish Cup, quarter-final, 2nd leg:
20:30 Galatasaray - Alanyaspor (agg: 0:2)

In other news:

- PFDK decisions:

- Alanyaspor, Galatasaray has recieved 9,000 TL fine for teamwise anti-sportmanship behaviour
- Sivasspor player Isaac Cofie has recieved 2-game ban for serious foul.
- Fenerbahce has recieved 2,500 TL fine for behaviour of fans(2nd time)

- PFDK referalls:
- Yeni Malatyaspor, Trabzonspor has been referred for events on field.
- Ankaragucu goalkeeper trainer Taner Kayakiran and Tamer Acar has been referred for not following guidelines.
- Genclerbirligi has been referred for 8 players recieving yellow cards.
-Trabzonspor player Alexander Sorloth has been referred for breaking rule.
-Fenerbahce administrator Semih Ozsoy has been referred for anti-sportmanship statements.
-Sivasspor has been referred for behaviour of fans.
-Galatasaray has been referred for not following guidelines

- ClubsUnion CEO Mehmet Sepil:I have been informed from Fenerbahce CEO Ali Koc that they would not attend meeting.We have discussed about referees with Central Referee Committe and provided our complaints about player licence.We requested also for harsh measurements against racism

- Trabzonspor players Erce Kardesler, Caleb Ekuban and Yusuf Sari have become injured.

- Konyaspor has made deal to appoint Bulent Korkmaz as club's head coach for 1.5 years

- Court has declined case against Galatasaray current administration.

- Antalyaspor player Lukas Podolski is not expected to start against Sivasspor during Turkish Cup quarter-final 2nd leg game.

- YeniMalatyaspor CEO Adil Gevrek: Clubs can have intense tension on field but it should be staying on field. We are trying our best to keep good relationship with Trabzonspor. Guilherme transfer didnt been done ethetically, we didnt get paid for fee.

- Atalanta, Udinese and Fiorentina are interested to transfer Galatasaray player Marcao.

- Galatasaray are interested to transfer Milan player Giacomo Bonaventura

- HerthaBerlin are interested to transfer Fenerbahce player Altay Bayindir.

What happened in Turkish football today? 10/02/2020

Galatasaray are at huge confidence right now.

Galatasaray has got pretty and in same time expected win against Kasimpasa with 3:0 scoreline finding all goals during 1st half and has marked itself as one of the main candidates for league title with 3 points behind leaders.

With league being close to each other on the top and all sides above Galatasaray playing against each other in this period has meant that side could get huge advantage with Kasimpasa win top top 5 sides all playing draw. With Kasimpasa being in very poor condition and also great form of Galatasaray, it did provide very confident game with providing organised teamwork while Kasimpasa did quiet possible. Without doubt one of the main players for this game has been Adem Buyuk who have scored 2 goals during game and has also created high amount of chances with game being developed and showed himself as strong alternative to Falcao and making clear that he could also find goals with his high level performance. Therefore, Galatasaray is being at high mood and confidence right now degreasing point difference from 10 points to 3 points in last 5 games.

Therefore, Galatasaray is providing high level performance but it needs to remember that games main opponent for title are coming up now.

Fenerbahce will have calm game against Kirklarispor. 

Fenerbahce would be coming out to Turkish Cup quarter-final 2nd leg against Kirklarelispor at home with 3:0 scoreline advantage and likely to give chance to players which hardly recieve playing time in this season.

With club being pretty unsatisfied following Super League game against Alanyaspor due of referee decisions, it does have chance to regain motivation and positive focus against Kirklarelispor which it has won with 3:0 scoreline with providing calm game but still being bit careful for not getting unwanted stress. With all respect to Kirklarelispor, who has marked huge success with getting so far in the tournament, it would be aiming to carry on this level of performance in this game. As been stated, it would be expected for them to come out with pretty alternative squad to the game and would provide good opportunity for Ersun Yanal to view his players.

Fenerbahce are very close for semi-final stage and likely to provide calm performance without much stress.

Kirkalerispor is aware that it will not get surprised result but would aim to show good game.

Kirklarispor without doubt would not be coming to Fenerbahce with possible expectations to provide huge suprise, but would be aiming to provide some good football making clear that their didnt reach to quarter-final by chance.

It would be difficult for Kirklarelispor to provide high level performance not only due of level of teams but also circumstances it would arrive to Istanbul due of delays at Trabzon due of heavy snow. With this game not being in level which could be seen as opportunity for comeback and surely is formality fixture, TFF will be lacking to postpone so unless team will not arrive it would be taking place. As been noted above, main role of Kirklarelispor is to show high level performance and provide some good game with individually some players could even get some interests from top clubs.

Whatever happens during game, Kirklarelispor has shown great performance in Turkish Cup at overall and collectively should feel proud.

Schedule:
Turkish Cup, Quarter-final, 2nd leg:
20:30 Fenerbahce - Kirkalerilispor (agg: 3:0)

In other news:

- TFF has announced referees for Turkish Cup quarter-final 2nd leg games on 12th and 13th February:
12/02
20:30 Galatasaray- Alanyaspor: Yasar Kemal Ugurlu
13/02
17:00 Erzurumspor - Trabzonspor: Erkan Ozdemar
19:15 Sivasspor- Antalyaspor: Firat Aydinus

- Galatasaray player Marcelo Saracchi doesnt have any serious injury following MR checkup.

- Fenerbahce associations around world has called for TFF CEO Nihat Ozdemir to resign from his post, stating that his recent decisions regarding transfers and referee decisions provides clear action against club.

- Sivas lawyers union CEO Haci Yilmaz states that club would open criminal case against Halis Ozkahya

- IFAB has informed to TFF that their was rule mistake during Super League 19th week game between Goztepe vs Besiktas and game should be played again.

- Konyaspor has made deal with Unal Karaman for club's head coach position.

- Genclerbirligi has announced that its player Fabricio Baiano has recieved some racist and threatening comments on social media and request for Turkish court to act on this.

- Ankaragucu CEO Fatih Mert: With Fenerbahce making high amount of statements regarding referees I hope it wont affect our game against them. Our main aim right now is to keep team at Super League.

What happened in Turkish football today? 09/02/2020

Galatasaray got confident win against Kasimpasa

Galatasaray has got very confident win against Kasimpasa during Super League 21st week with 3:0 scoreline with finding all goals during 1st half with opponents not being able to show any resistance.

With Galatasaray being among most in-form sites in the team in recent weeks while Kasimpasa on other hand being in very bad form has led for Galatasaray to provide dominant confident with game being played on one-side. Even through this game is difficult to provide strong analysis, joining this level of game with recent weeks it needs to be noted that side is being in very strong form providing strong performance with Adem Buyuk being main star of the team in this game scoring penalty and also 3rd goal and has provided high seekness to find even more goals in 2nd half also which does show that side did get strong attacker in period when Falcao and Andone are being injured for site. With Galatasaray winning recent weeks and Sivasspor losing points has led for point difference with them from 10 points to 3. Galatasaray without doubt are being right now one of the in-form site and has found them strong to title race.

Kasimpasa meanwhile didnt provide any high level performance both in defence and forward and with conceding goal on 7th minute possible loss all self-belief and it does look like side would be having difficult game in upcoming games.

Galatasaray carries on providing high level confident performance with winning last 5 games and for sure finding themselves among main title contenders but it needs to be remembered that tough games for them werent started yet in 2nd half of season.

Fenerbahce is strongly unhappy with referee performance.

Turkish Super League 21st week game between Fenerbahce and Alanyaspor which been crucial for title race for both sides, sadly has been mainly discussed with poor performance of referee which did make some unclear decisions.

Prior to focus into referees, it needs to be noted that both teams without doubt did come out for win as positions of the side are pretty close and as our blog states every loss of points in such tight race could have some negative consequences. Fenerbahce it needs to be noted didnt provide perfect game without being able to provide very strong creativity with its performance on the attack even through effort given by players has been very high from start to an end. Its been observed that comparing to previous games that Vedat Muriqi does have issue with getting into chances and converting chances which certainly outcomes from recent games. Now coming to the referee decisions it needs to be noted that even through 3 penalties, which he has given could be argued to be true, it is clear that he did miss clear penalty decision of hand ball in last minutes which led to direct outcome and led for strong protest from Fenerbahce from players and coaches.

Meanwhile, referee performances during this week and general unhappiness towards TFF does raise serious issues and would provide very high tensions for upcoming weeks leading for some nervous weeks both in field and outside it.

Trabzonspor as club highly focussed for title.

Trabzonspor carries on providing strong performance in 2020 with providing confident performances this time winning 3:0 Genclerbirligi even through it needs to be noted that side did have some difficulties until finding 1st goal.

Coming to creativity, especially of Alexander Sorloth, has been degrease of high level performance in attack which could be due of reasons for recent years it didnt win at Genclerbirligi. Despite of that, Trabzonspor did been focussed into foremost not concede goal and even through not being very effective in attack has been focussed and tend to dominate after penalty game which also effected into concentration and willingness from Genclerbirligi.  This game did provide that even through when Trabzonspor is not providing strong performance it is clear that everyone who is connected to side is highly focussed to get league title this season and with their performance both in this game and in recent weeks does put them as favourite both to league and against Sivasspor in next week. It does look in general other teams would have trouble to beat this site in upcoming weeks.

Trabzonspor is currently is having high aims  and its one of the hardest teams to win for their opponents but next week game against leaders will be tough and crucial game for them.

Results:
Turkish Super League, 21st week:
Kayserispor 2:2 Antalyaspor
Sivasspor 1:1 Basaksehirspor
Kasimpasa 0:3 Galatasaray

In other news:

- SuatArslanboga has been appointed as referee of Turkish Cup quarter-final 2nd leg between Fenerbahce and Kirklarelispor.

- SuperLeague 21st week game between Goztepe and Rizespor, schedule on 10th February, has been postponed for future date due of Rizespor not being able to arrive to Izmir due of extreme weather conditions

- Goztepe CEO Mehmet Sepil: We cant do anything about postponed game against Rizespor. We would like to play on 10th but we can do anything. It wasnt easy for them to arrive here.

- Konyaspor has terminated contract with its head coach Aykut Kocaman

- Galatasaray are interested to transfer Atletico Nacional player Andreas Reyas

- Konyaspor are interested to appoint Tolunay Kafkas and Aykut Kocaman as club's head coach

- Galatasaray considers to extent contract with its player Mariano

What happened in Turkish football today? 08/02/2020

Fenerbance had high possession but needs to show much more creative game in front.

Turkish Super League 21st week game between Fenerbahce and Alanyaspor has been ended with 1:1 scoreline which was expected to be played with high tension due of importance of game, but referee performance without doubt has raised even more during game.

It needs to be noted that with both sides has come out to the game with strong aim to win game which their needed to do as both sides are fighting for league title where each win would provide important step for league title in the end of the season. In fact, both teams when coming to team has been aimed to show high level performance but with poor performance of referees did provide some poor decisions during whole game both with given and ungiven penalties. Fenerbahce once again did provide attacking focussing game, but it was observed once again from last week also Vedat Muriqi doesnt provide same performance in the front. Coming back with penalties it has been observed that scoreline has been decided from penalty kicks. Meanwhile, referee decisions sadly has provided strong motivation and adrenaline but it has provided negative impact as it was aimed to find early goal. It is true that Fenerbahce is still at title race pot, but losing points from direct opponents back-to-back could be points which team would seek for at the end of the season.

Alanyaspor on their hand did provide main focus into defence performance especially in 2nd half compare to previous game and has prevented in all ways to prevent Fenerbahce to provide creative game and got important point for title race.

Fenerbahce did once again show possession football and does have team which are fighting in attack but it needs to show creative game in attack if it wants to find creative performance.

Trabzonspor has got important win against Genclerbirligi despite of poor performance.

Trabzonspor has got crucial and difficult win against Genclebirligi with 2:0 scoreline even through it did find 1st goal from penalty goal and it needs to be noted that Trabzonspor did have some difficult moment.

During last 6 seasons, Trabzonspor didnt manage to win against Genclerbirligi in Ankara and it became clear why their had struggled as Genclerbirligi did provide good strong and organised performance. Stating that it needs to be admitted that Trabzonspor didnt provide strong and fast-paced game which it did show in recent weeks with Huseyin Cimsir so therefore it is hard to state it has shown with Alexander Sorloth not managing to provide very good and high amount of chances during today's game. With scoring goal on 79th minute from debatable penalty position and Jose Sosa has got scoreline and that goal without doubt did affect with team performance as it has scored another goal after 5 minutes with Nwakaeme goal. This win without doubt did become after all and would provide strong focus to the team especially prior to Sivasspor game.

Genclerbirligi it needs to be provided pretty good performance against Trabzonspor before conceding and did provide some good chances with providing confident performance and this performance could provide some confidence for upcoming weeks.

Trabzonspor did manage to get win with showing not very good game but penalty kick goal without doub became turning point of the game.

Sergen Yalcin continues providing positive effect to Besiktas

Besiktas carries on providing good performance with its new head coach Sergen Yalcin against Gaziantep with keeping side at the title race with Boateng scoring his debut goal at new club.

Following sacking of Avci, Besiktas is getting into new beginning and so far it is showing improvement with team going intor ight  direction, especially with its performance today on 2nd half providing much more effective performance during 2nd half. It is clear that Besiktas is going into transition period and it would be crucial for them to get into that in fast manner with getting least amount of transition. Without doubt, for Besiktas it was important to get good result and performance at his 1st game, and even through he did manage to do so during 1st half but it has provided strong dominant game during 2nd half with providing strong effective game which fans were seeking for recent seasons and for sure provided strong image for upcoming games both with results and scoreline. It has been also important for Jerome Boateng to find his 1st goal in his new club in his 1st team and does seem to be adapted team in such short period.

Gaziantep did provide good performance during 1st half possible aiming for surprising result but its been specifically poor in 2nd half not being able to show any reaction towards such strong game from Besiktas

Besiktas did show good start with Sergen Yalcin but he would be having his biggest test so far without doubt against Basaksehirspor next week without doubt.

Results:
Turkish Super League, 21st week:
Konyaspor 0:0 Denizlispor
Genclerbirligi 0:2 Trabzonspor
Besiktas 3:0 Gaziantep
Fenerbahce 1:1 Alanyaspor

Schedule:
Turkish Super League, 21st week:
13:30 Kayserispor - Antalyaspor
16:00 Sivasspor - Basaksehirspor
19:00 Kasimpasa- Galatasaray

In other news:

- Fenerbahce has announced its debt to be 2,190,000,000 TL

- Fenerbahce CEO Ali Koc: We are biggest candidates for league titles. There are 14 games left and we are focussed into them. I would like to discuss current issues with Trabzonspor CEO Ahmet Agaoglu in TV.

- Rizespor has extended contract with its player Dario Meljnak until 2022 years

- YasinSulun has been brought back as Besiktas academy reprsentative.

- Sivasspor administration has raised bonus for win against Basaksehirspor during Super League from 15,000 to 30,000 TL.

- LeicesterCity are interested to transfer Fenerbahce player Ozan Tufan

What happened in Turkish football today? 07/02/2020

Sivasspor need to get into winning ways again. 

Even through this is being 2 leg game and 0:0 could be seen as good outcome when playing away with 10 men for 2nd half, it needs to be noted that Sivasspor carries on showing decline of performance when meeting with struggling Antalyaspor.

One of the main questions during this season has been if Sivasspor which are leaders in the league would be able to take into pressure of fighting for league title and during recent weeks as it lost 4 points in last 2 games, their are question if it carry on like that. This pressure hence very likely has affected to their quarter-final game against Antalyaspor where it provided defensive performance prior to Issac Cofie and didnt manage to get into high amount of chances. Even through not conceding goal away does look advantage for team, in same it could be going for away goal which could provided them some calmer game. What it does seem that Sivasspor needs to show much more effective game right now and focus into winning games as it would be meeting with Basaksehirspor in league and 2nd leg game against Antalyaspor next week.

Sivasspor is in decline right now but it does have time and small advantage to keep its top form in both competitions as long as it start winning again.

Antalyaspor showed controllable game.

Antalyaspor on other hand despite of not getting strong advantage for winning game especially in 2nd half, still didnt lose game as it was showing poor performance this season so draw with league leaders could provide some confidence.

Antalyaspor it needs to be admitted did approach in right manner with showing mainly patient game against still highly concentrated Sivasspor focussing into more defensive game which possibly them not to get advantage of extra men in 2nd half. It could be argued hence that Antalyaspor didnt use its opportunity but as been noted 0:0 could be seen as good outcome for both sides in 2 leg feature, and even through it would be much difficult to play away goal, it does have small advantage when scoring one goal with Sivasspor needing to be scoring 2 goals in that scenario. Therefore, Antalyaspor would need to be showing much more brave football which could be solved from players being more confident which can happen with Tuna providing self-confidence to players.

Therefore, Antalyaspor did provide as opponent defensive focussed game but all jobs left for 2nd leg for sure with this outcome.

Alanyaspor expects to provide difficult time to Fenerbahce.

One of the main games during this week would be between Fenerbahce and Alanyaspor as both sides are providing intense title race among many clubs and would be aiming to get advantage over their direct opponents.

It needs to be admitted that even through are coming out in similar form and position, it could be noted that Alanyaspor does have slight advantage as it won with confident performance Galatasaray in Turkish Cup while Fenerbahce did play game which it was expected to win for sure and plus did lose last league game against other direct opponent. Stating that, Fenerbahce does provide strong performance at its home ground and generally showing improvement with its performance in recent weeks and if it aims to provide similar performance it did against Basaksehirspor it would have advantage. It needs to be noted that Alanyaspor does have weak results in away games against top 4 clubs which also could provide issues, but again it does have its best season which means this negative statistics could be broken as team showing good performance. Staying with Alanyaspor performance which it shows, even if it losses, could provide how much its contender for title.

Fenerbahce are favourites but only slightly and it would be exciting game for sure as winner would be able to make their title race bit stronger.

Results:

Turkish Super League, 21st week:

Yeni Malatyaspor 0:1 Ankaragucu

Schedule:

Turkish Super League, 21st week:

14:00 Konyaspor - Denizlispor

17:00 Genclerbirligi - Trabzonspor

17:00 Besiktas - Gaziantep

20:00 Fenerbahce - Alanyaspor

In other news:

- PFDK referalls:

- Alanyaspor and Galatasaray has been referred for teamwise seeing 6 yellow cards.
- Fenerbahce has recieved for behavior of fans.
- Antalyaspor, Besiktas, Rizespor, Sivasspor, Galatasaray, Gaziantep, Goztepe, Kayserispor, Konyaspor, Basaksehirspor,Ankaragucu, Trabzonspor and Denizlispor has been referred for not following guideliness regarding agents.
-Sivasspor player Isaac Cofie has been referred for breaking rules.

- TurkishCup quarter-final 2nd leg games to be played on 13th February has been changed, with new times being:
17:00 Erzurumspor-Trabzonspor
19:15: Sivasspor- Antalyaspor

- Antalyaspor has changed its name to Fraport TAV Antalyaspor due of sponsorship deal

- Fenerbahce will have administrative board meeting on 8th February.

- Sivasspor player Petar Skuletic has become injured following Turkish Cup quarter-final game against Antalyaspor.

- Besiktas are interested to transfer Kocaelispor players Gokdeniz Bayraktar and Alp Salman

- Besiktas are interested to transfer Basaksehirspor player Volkan Babacan and Rizespor player Gokhan Akkan