What happened in Turkish football today? 28/09/2023

Fenerbahce got confident win against Basaksehirspor

Fenerbahce continues its winning run since start of the season with a confident win against Basaksehirspor at the game where it was coming out as favourite but it ended being much easier than expected as it got 3:0 leadership within 20 minutes.

Fenerbahce has starteg game at high tempo with looking into chances back-to-back and providing pressure to opponent defence which has led them to find 3 highly organised game within 20 minutes. Probably most important one in sense of event has been 1st goal of Djiku who as defender has provided guality shot on attackers level. It also needs to be stated that among all teams which did play in this postponed games has been Fenerbahce which could be described due of this winning run which keeps motivation and confidence towards players regardless how many games are being played. Meanwhile, Sebastian Szymanski who without doubt is being one of the main players in the team so far during this season has also rightfully become player of the game with finding 2 goals and also in general providing strong and confident performance in whole feed.

With Fenerbahce without doubt providing strong performance, it needs to be mentioned that one of the reason fro such outcome has been inactive performance of Basaksehirspor who did look slow and couldnt provide much pressure to Fenerbahce and didnt get hardly into any chances.

Fenerbahce are continuing its winning run and such confident win with good performance would provide even more confidence and motivation for a team in upcoming games for sure.

Besiktas performance got to its new low at game against Adana Demirspor.

Besiktas continues its decline of performance which it has shown in last few weeks this time losing to Adana Demirspor with 4:2 socreline during which time it was even losing with 4:0 scoreline and thats taking account of high number of absences of opponent.

Prior to game, it has been seen that Besiktas has been lucky to play against opponent where lots of players will not be able to play either due of injury or not being legitimate as this game has been postponed and didnt include some new transfers. However, Besiktas didnt show any strong performance with lacking tempo, lack of organising defensive game and in general didnt come to the game. This decline meanwhile has been observed at the team for some weeks as it did lose to Trabzonspor with 3:0 scoreline and has been very lucky to draw against Club Brugge. It needs to be stated that this game against Adana Demirspor wasnt one-off and performance does get worser and worser to which Senol Gunes does need to find solution.

Among top 4 clubs, Besiktas are showing most effective performance and things are getting worser for them in such early stages of the season.

Turkish National Team appoints Vincenzo Montella for 3-years

Turkish National Team has appointed Vincenzo Montella as its new head coach with a contract of 3-years as Italian coach did have very good results with Adana Demirspor and in fact does play an important role at current condition of his old club.

With being head coach of Adana Demirspor for 2-years he did manage to get good results and is familiar with Super League level of performance of the players so hence despite being a foreign coach he is familiar with Turkish football familiarity. It was also important to see that he was going frequently to the games in this league during past week taking look and notes for sure of possible players to be selected in few weeks time for Euro 2024 qualifiers. Prior to Stefan Kuntz resignation, our blog readers would be noticing that this blog did state that issue doesnt seem to be with coaches as similar issue does arise with previous coaches. Sadly, we could experience same fate as poor results would lead for Montella strong criticism from Turkish media.

Still,Montella does seem to be best candidate especially among foreign candidates and has all reasons to get some good results in upcoming period.

Results:

Turkish Super League, 3rd week:

Fenerbahce 4:0 Basaksehirspor(Game has been postponed due of Conference League play-off 2nd leg game between Fenerbahce and Twente)

Turkish Cup, 1st round:

Arguvan 2:1 Elazigspor

Adana 2:1 Osmaniyespor

Turkish Super League, 7th week:

20:00 Samsunspor-Gaziantep

In other news:

PFDK decisions:

- Ankaragucu recieves 240,000 TL fine for accepting unallowed fans.

- Konyaspor,  Basaksehirspor, Pendikspor recieve 112,000 TL fine for behaviour of fans.

- Rizespor, Hatayspor, Adana Demirspor for team-wise antisportmanship behaviour.

Hatayspor, Galatasaray, Pendikspor, Fenerbahce recieved blockage of stands for behaviour of fans.

- Adana Demirspor player Kevin Rodriguez recieves 2-game ban for serious foul.

- Alanyaspor head coach Omer Erdogan recieves 10game ban and 39,000 TL fine for anti-sportmanship behaviour.

- Fenerbahce recieves 307,000 TL fine for behaviour of fans, teamwise anti-sportmanship behaviour and statements regarding referee.

- Fenerbahce amdnunistrator Selahatin Baki recieves 200,000 TL fine for comments regarding referee.

- PFDK referalls:

- Istanbulspor has been referred for accepting unallowed supporters.

- AdanaDemirspor has been referred for not following guidelines.

- Besiktas has been referred for behaviour of fans and events on field.

- Besiktas has signed stadium sponsorship deal with Tupras 

- TurkishNationalTeam are interested to appoint Besiktas assistant coach Burak Yilmaz to same position.

- SergenYalcin has requested 45 million TL salary from Samsunspor.

What happened in Turkish football today? 27/09/2023

 

Adana Demirspor has outplayed Besiktas during whole game despite of significant absences.

Adana Demirspor which did come out with number of absences both due of injuries and also not being able to play players which were transferred after original date of this fixture has provided strong performance against Besiktas with winning game with 4:2 scoreline, while  winning at one point with 4:0 scoreline.

It needs to be stated in overall that Besiktas continues to show decline of its performance by each game and did show signs of decline as it didnt play a game which it has shown top and dominant game for 90 minutes. Starting from the game Adana Demirspor did look much more organised and attacking game while Besiktas defence especially made very simple mistakes as all of the goals which opponent scored did come from Besiktas losing concentration and among that it has also had numerous chances. Besiktas didnt provide much organising game and 2 goals which did come from them has been scored after 4:0 as Adana Demirspor did reduce tempo and also has shown sign of tiredness as this side didnt play in ideal starting 11. Meanwhile, Senol Gunes has also changed goalkeeper during half time as Mert Gunok did concede 2 goals but that wasnt an issue as same amount of goals has been conceded from Ersin Destanoglu during 2nd half.

Adana Demirspor has shown an outstanding game despite of having more than 7 absences from usual starting 11 and players which did come out has provided an optimistic game which without doubt would make Patrick Kluivert very happy and look forward for upcoming games.

Besiktas are continuing to be in decline with dropping into quality of performance by each week which without doubt does provide some serious worries to fans and head coach Senol Gunes who does need to find solution for this poor performance.

Icardi goalless saved him for criticism of penalty position.

Galatasaray has got a win against struggling Istanbulspor with minumum scoreline of 1:0 with goal from Mauro Icardi at the postponed Super League 3rd week game as most discussed moment of the game has been Kerem Akturkoglu and Mauro Icardi passing ball to each other during penalty position.

It needs to be mentioned that Galatasaray apart of 1st minutes of the game where it has created chances back-to-back to opponent goal didnt provide strong and dominating game with low tempo with playing in a manner that it would have won game. With taking opponent too lightly, as it only has 1 points after 4 weeks game could also cost heavily as Istanbulspor did create some good chances in the attack and didnt find that crucial goal to equalise due of lacking having quality attacker which is being main reason for lacking to find goals. Coming to the penalty position, taking account that game has been played at 0:0 scoreline this action has been unneccessarily and to some extend didnt give anything back as ball went out. After few minutes, Mauro Icardi did save himself by scoring as game would be remembered and highly criticised for that penalty position.

Galatasaray continues its winning run with this win but this game didnt let side to show its best performance at all.

Fenerbahce are being clear favourites agaisnt Basaksehispor

Fenerbahce would be aiming to carry on providing winning run of whole season to 13 games as it would be playing against Basaksehirspor which are struggling and didnt provide much good performance against Galatasaray during previous game.

In fact, it could be stated that Basaksehirspor would be playing against another of the top side from Super League as both Galatasaray and Fenerbahce so far during this season are showing best game in this league and hence Basaksehirspor would once again come into tough test with newly coach Cagdas Atan.Fenerbahce might be losing a bit of tempo in recent weeks but its strong side that team has been highly focussed in this period and keep providing strong attacking game looking for chances and having quality legs in attack who can convert chances. Therefore, Fenerbahce might be having some tough as it would be playing side which is very eager to win and get motivational boost with win against big club and have some good players, but Fenerbahce for sure are being favourites.

Therefore, Fenerbahce would be aiming to carry on its winning run and it does have capacity to do so against Basaksehirspor.

Results:

Turkish Super League, 3rd week:

Adana Demirspor 4:2 Besiktas (Game has been postponed due of both Adana Demirspor and Besiktas player Conference League 2nd leg game)

Turkish Cup, 1st round:

12 Bingol 1:2 23 Elazig

Bayburt 2:2 (pen: 3:4) Eynesil

Carsambaspor 1:7 Tokat

Erbaaspor 3:0 Fatsa Belediyespor

Kars 36spor P-P Dogubayazit

Mardin BB 4:1 Batman Petrolspor

Pazarspor 2:0 Gumushanespor

Sebat Genclikspor 4:0 Kelkit

Siirt Ozel 1:2 Sirnak

Sivas Belediyespor 2:0 Yeni Amasyaspor

1922 Konyaspor 1:1(pen:3:4) Talasgucu 

Anadolu Universitesi 1:2 Sincan

Burdur Mehmet 2:1 Tarsus

Hacettepe 1945 3:0 Kirikkale Buyuk Anadolu

Kumluca 0:2 Silifke

Bigaspor 0:0 (pen:4:1) Bilecik 1969

Bulvarspor 3:4 Karabuk Idmanyurdu

Bursa 2:0 Inegol Kafkas

Golcuktepe 3:0 Bartinspor

Sapanca Genclikspor 1:1 (pen: 4:3) Darica Genclerbirligi

Silivrispor 2:0 Ergene Velimese 

Sultanbeyli 1:3 Kucukcekmece

Turgutluspor1:3 Aliaga

Karsiyaka 2:0 Bergama Belediyespor

Schedule:

Turkish Super League, 3rd week:

20:00 Fenerbahce-Basaksehirspor(Game has been postponed due of Conference League play-off round 2nd leg game between Twente-Fenerbahce)

Turkish Cup, 1st round:

13:00 Arguvan-Elazigspor

15:30 Adana-Osmaniyespor

In other news:

- TurkishNationalTeam has appointed Vincenzo Montella for 3-years as team's head coach.

- TurkishNationalTeam are interested to appoint Mehmet Topal as team's assistant coach.

- Samsunspor has terminated contract with its head coach Huseyin Eroglu.

- TFF has announced that it has terminated contract with company which is responsible for field condition at Ataturk Olympic Stadium

- AdanaDemirspor has made statement that its player Younes Belhanda who felt unwell at halftime during Besiktas game is being in good condition right now and for precaution will spend night at hospital.

- Trabzonspor has taken out article which states that club could be sold to foreigner at club charter.

- Fenerbahce are interested to transfer Arsenal player Jorginho.

- Samsunspor CEO Yuksek Yildirim has stated that club are having negotiations with Sergen Yalcin for head coach position.

What happened in Turkish football today? 26/09/2023

Galatasaray got win against struggling Istanbulspor with minumum score.

Galatasaray has managed to get win against struggling Istanbulspor with minumum scoreline as it has played with low tempo performance and despite of staying on risky score it did get manage to get 3 points without much effort.

With taking account of quality of Istanbulspor, with all respect towards them, Galatasaray did come out as strong favourites and it make it clear to be one from first minutes of the game as it did get early chances with an aim to score an early goal but without achieving that it did reduce tempo possibly due of having high number of tough games and hence to show economical performance. Meanwhile, one of the main positions has been penalty organised by Kerem Akturkoglu and Mauro Icardi which has been played with Akturkoglu passing to Icardi but due of latter not shooting on the target. Stating that Icardi did score a goal few minutes afterwards and not only getting 3 points for his club but likely prevented high number of criticism from media and supporters after game. Galatasaray playing ecomomical afterwards it needs to be mentioned has been risky game however as Istanbulspor did get some chances but didnt convert it.

Istanbulspor also taking account its calibre didnt necessary provide poor performance as it did show some good defensive game for most amount of the game and did create some chances but team does have serious of an attacker which could convert chances into goal unfortunately for them.

Galatasaray continous its winning run as it has won 5 games back-to-back and now would be looking forward for Ankaragucu game.

Trabzonspor loses to Hatayspor with conceding 3 goals in last 20 minutes.

Hatayspor has shown an incredible comeback during Super League game agaisnt Trabzonspor as it got back from 2:0 losing to winning game with 3:2 scoreline with finding all goals during last 20 minutes of the goal while Trabzonspor quite rightly recieved lots of criticism.

Trabzonspor it needs to be mentioned did fail to get high tempo performance for 90 minutes even when it did get ahead of game with 2:0 scoreline as it did also happen that Hatayspor also didnt provide very effective game during most amount of the time and it did make things easier. Most important factor for Trabzonspor has been to reduce its defensive organising game in last 20 minutes which to some extend did come out for detirmation which Hatayspor players showed without doubt and also wrong substitutes which Nenad Bjelica has shown and hence didnt provide rightfully game which team needed to show while winning with 2:0 scoreline and hence Bjelica wrong decisions did play a huge rule with this loss to Hatayspor.

Such a dramatic loss would have negative impact towards Trabzonspor without doubt and it would be interesting to see how team would respond for next week game.

Besiktas will aim to improve its performance against tough Adana Demirspor.

Besiktas would be aiming to carry positive impact it did get from Kayserispor at the game against Adana Demirspor and would be also aiming to improve its performance level but it would be tough as it would play against one of the strongest side in this league.

Despite of getting win against Kayserispor in last week, it could be stated that Besiktas has been pretty far from strong and dominant performance in that game and it would be playing against Adana Demirspor which as remember did have pretty dramatic game last week and this coul be having into how side would be performing in this game. Adana Demirspor does have goalkeeper issue as this game would has been postponed of 3rd week due of Besiktas playing at Conference League qualifying game and 2 goalkeepers which would normally replace both red-carded and injured goalkeepers are not legitimate to play.

Besiktas would be aiming to carry on momentum it gained from Kayserispor game but it would be tough game against Adana Demirspor for sure.

Results:

Turkish Super League, 3rd week:

Istanbulspor 0:1 Galatasaray (Game has been postponed due of Champions League play-off round 2nd leg game between Galatasaray-Molde)

Turkish Cup, 1st round:

Edirnespor 1:2 Corluspor

Musspor 4:0 Agri 1970

Catalca 0:1 Tepecik

Balikesirspor 0:1 Burhaniye

Bornova 4:0 Akhisarspor

Schedule:

Turkish Super League, 3rd week:

 20:00 Adana Demirspor-Besiktas (Game has been postponed due of both sides playing Conference League 2nd round games)

Turkish Cup, 1st round:

14:00 12 Bingol - Elazig Karakocan

14:00 Bayburt-Eynesil

14:00 Carsambaspor-Tokat

14:00 Erbaaspor - Fatsa Belediyespor

14:00 Kars 36spor-Dogubayazit

14:00 Mardin Buyuksehirspor - Batman Petrolspor

14:00 Pazarspor-Gumushanespor

14:00 Sebat Gencikspor-Kelkit

14:00 Siirt Ozel-Sirnak

14:00 Sivas Belediyespor-Yeni Amasyaspor

14:30 1922 Konyaspor - Talasgucu 

14:30 Anadolu Universitesi- Sincan

14:30 Burdur Mehmet-Tarsus

14:30 Hacattepe 19450 Kirikkale Buyuk Anadolu

14:30 Kumluca-Silifke

15:00 Bigaspor-Bilecik 1969

15:00 Bulvarspor- Karabuk Idmanyurdu

15:00 Bursa-Inegol Kafkas

15:00 Golcukspor -Bartinspor

15:00 Sapanca Genclikspor-Darica Genclerbirligi

15:00 Silivrispor-Ergene Velimese

15:00 Sultanbeyli-Kucukcekme

15:00 Turgutluspor-Aliaga

17:30 Karsiyaka-Bergama Belediyespor

In other news:

- PFDK referalls:

- Pendikspor has been referred for events on field and behaviour of fans.

- Fatih Karagumruk, Hatayspor workers Mehmet Guzel, Ferhat Boz and Cansel Kemiksiz for not following guidelines.

- Rizespor for 6 players getting yellow cards.

- Basaksehirspor Konyaspor for events on field.

- Galatasaray for behaviour of fans.

- Ankaragucu for accepting unallowed fans.

- AdanaDemirspor for 3-players getting red cards

- AdanaDemirspor player Kevin Rodrigues for breaking rules.

-Alanyaspor head coach Omer Erdogan for anti-sportmanship behaviour.

-Fenerbahce for 6 players getting yellow cards, behaviour of fans.

- Fenerbahce andits administrator Selahatin Baki for statements regarding referee.

- TFF CEO Mehmet Buyukeksi has made some statements:

- There would be media campaign to reduce hooliganism at stadiums.

- Super League will have new logo and anthem

- Semi-offside rule will be introduce in 1st January

- Super Cup will take place on 30th December.

- TurkishCup 2nd round draw will be taken place on 29th September.

- Fenerbahce player Dusan Tasic has been selected to Serbian National Team for Euro 2024 qualifiers.

Ankaragucu player Stelios Kitsiou will not play for 3-4 weeks due of injury.

- ShakhtarDonetsk has send complaint to FIFA regarding transfer of Galatasaray player Tete.

- AdanaDemirspor has terminated contract with its player Goran Karacic

- RealMadrid player Arda Guler has become injured for 3-weeks.

- Besiktas player Gedson Fernandes has resumed training sessions after recovering from injury.

- Besiktas has launched Besiktas Token.

- Antalyaspor head coach Nuri Sahin would accept assistant coach role at Turkish National Team if he it would be allowed to stay at his club.

- Samsunspor are interested to appoint Sergen Yalcin and Aykut Kocaman as club's head coach.

What happened in Turkish football today? 25/09/2023

 Hatayspor has shown best comeback performance of this season so far.

Hatayspor has shown an incredible comeback as it was losing 2:0 at home ground after one of the main clubs in Turkey Trabzonspor with 2:0 scoreline, but has found 3 goals after 70th minute while this has been very dissapointing and dramatic loss to Trabzonspor.

It needs to be mentioned that Trabzonspor despite of not having enough tempo of the game, it did look like that it was aiming to get a win as it did provide organising performance but did lack some creativity but it needs to be mentioned that game has been played in between without much effective performance in 1st half. It needs to be stated that Edin Visca goal on 44th minute did change game as we saw totally different game from both sides as to all fairness Trabzonspor did raise its performance also as it did found 2nd goal. But it needs to be mentioned that after conceding goal and especially during last 20 minutes, Trabzonspor did lose control of the game entirely as defensive game has been dissapeared and Hatayspor has provided strong attacking game and every goal has raised that tempo and did find 3 outstanding goals and this result did identify some important issues which needs to be worked on this training session.

As much as Trabzonspor does recieve deserve criticism with performance towards end of the game, it also should be praised possibly even more this fighting spirit which Hatayspor has shown. With finding 3 goals it has provided strong attacking game with finding 3 high-class goals and had shown most memorable comeback performance of this season so far.

Trabzonspor it needs to be stated did come to this game with good form and motivation with impressive last 2 weeks wins including against Besiktas, but it has pretty opposite tonight and once again showed itself to be team with unstable performance.

Fenerbahce continues its winning run as it beats Alanyaspor.

Fenerbahce has got another win during this season this time beating Alanyaspor at tough away game with minumum scoreline of 1:0 as it continuing its 100% winning run this season thanks to goal from Irfan Can Kahveci.

Regardless into condition of Alanyaspor, it needs to be mentioned that an away game against them has been difficult to all clubs in this league including top 4 clubs as they tend to show organised patient defensive game. It needs to be mentioned that even through tempo of the game didnt been rise at the level which Fenerbahce players and fans would be hoping too and also didnt get much chances, it needs to be stated that it has been side which did control game and didnt provide much chances to Alanyaspor as another factor which has been improved at Istanbul giant is strong defence. It has also been without doubt important for Irfan Can Kahveci to find goal and supporters showing strong support towards him after it, as we see both big transformation from him and also from supporters towards him during this season.

Fenerbahce hence continues its unbeatable run during this season and club is currently focussed to carry this impressive run at least until national team break.

Besiktas gets very important win against Kayserispor.

Besiktas did get an important win against Kayserispor both in sense of getting through poor results and performance in last 2 games and also send strong message at race for top spot which it did get bit further away.

Negative aspect which could be stated towards Besiktas however is that prior to conceding goal, it did continue showing an ineffective performance and to some extend needed a goal to be conceded to wake up. Still, to some extend winning in such manner could be also important for them as team was under pressure and this has been reduced with winning against side which didnt lose game prior to this fixture and now it could be focussed to improve its performance especially taking account that it needs to do so against Adana Demirspor as it would be playing against side which tends to show strong positive performance.

Besiktas hence did get a crucial important win but it needs to carry on such manner without doubt so it wouldnt lose more points in early stages of the season.

Results:

Turkish Super League, 6th week:

Hatayspor 3:2 Trabzonspor

Schedule:

Turkish Super League, 3rd week:

20:00 Istanbulspor - Galatasaray(Game has been postponed due of Champions League play-off 2nd leg game between Galatasaray and Molde)

Turkish Cup, 1st round:

14:00 Edirnespor- Corluspor

14:00 Mussaspor - Agri 1970

15:00 Catalca-Tepecik

17:30 Balikesirspor-Burhaniye

17:30 Bornova-Akhisarspor

In other news:

- TFF has announced referees for Super League 3rd week postponed games:

- 26.09, 20:00: Istanbulspor-Galatasaray: Abdulkadir Bitegen

- 27.09, 20:00: Adana Demirspor-Besiktas: Umut Ozturk

- 28.09, 20:00: Fenerbahce-Basaksehirspor: Zorbay Kucuk.

- Euro2024qualifier between Turkey and Latvia venue has been changed from Adana to Konya.

- Besiktas has made sponsorship deal for its stadium with Tupras for 8.5 million euro for 3-years.

- Trabzonspor CEO Ertugrul Dogan has stated that here is no debt left towards players at squad.

- Fenerbahce player Dominik Livakovic has been selected to Croatian National Team squad for Euro 2024 qualifiers

What happened in Turkish football today? 24/09/2023

Fenerbahce continues its 100% winning run with minumum win against Alanyaspor

Fenerbahce continues its 100% winning run during this season as it has won Alanyaspor with minumum scoreline at the difficult away game as it was expected and has regained top spot at the table thanks to goal from Irfan Can Kahveci in the end of the 1st half.

Quality of game in some performances for Fenerbahce could be discussed and criticed but one thing is for certain that Istanbul giant are getting into habit and both tactically are playing all each games for a win. It needs to be mentioned that Fenerbahce did have some issues with getting full control of the game especially in the attack but still has prevented Alanyaspor to create high number of the chances. Still, even through tempo of the game could be criticised Fenerbahce has been side to keep ball on its feet and has shown patient football as did Nordsjaelland and using its quality players did find a winning goal on 43rd minute with good organising game and has also created some other chances to get another goal. It also needs to be stated that rotation which Ismail Kartal went through during game against Nordsjaelland did pay an important positive impact in this game as all attackers did looked to be fresh and willing to create chances.

Alanyaspor as been expected did provide some organising game to prevent Fenerbahce to provide comfortable game and get dominant character but it needs to be stated that Alanyaspor does have some issues in attack as it didnt provide too much danger to Dominik Livakovic for most amount of time.

Fenerbahce hence has managed to get 5 out of 5 in the start of the league for 3rd time in its history and doesnt give any chance that it would lose point anytime soon.

Besiktas did get very crucial win against Kayserispor

Besiktas has got an important win against Kayserispor with 2:1 scoreline as conceded goal on start of the 1st half has been a waking up call as it didnt show very dominant and strong goal but afterwards did show game which has been expected from them.

Besiktas did come out to the game with lots fo being under pressure without doubt, as it didnt get score and performance which has been expected from them against Trabzonspor and Club Brugge, which without dout would have provided lots of pressure and it has been felt in 1st half where Besiktas did show an attacking game but did lack certainty of performance and also tempo and it did look like another game which could end up with some issues for Besiktas. In fact, start of the 2nd half hasnt been ideal at  all as Carlos Mane did score a goal from corner where Besiktas defenders did forget about him and he did score simple goal. Stating that, as game has shown that conceded goal has been positive impact to team as it became waking up call for them as they did find 2 goals within 20 minutes after conceding with Aboubakar and Oxlade-Chamberlain,with latter scoring his 1st goal and after that Besiktas did get control of game and did create some more chances.

Kayserispor in fact didnt come out to the game in better form than Besiktas but didnt show it at the field as it tends to be for mediocre side it did focus into defence and counter-attacks. It did score good organising goal from corner but apart that it didnt provide much pressure to Besiktas.

Besiktas hence did win an important game and this result has reduced possibility of having some internal stress and pressure as such win would have positive impact to confidence and motivation, but team still needs to improve a lot.

Galatasaray does have quality advantage compare to almost all teams in league

Galatasaray continues its undefeated run at the Super League as it has beaten this Basaksehirspor with 2:1 scoreline but sign of tiredness has been visible at the team from Copenhagen as it lacked high tempo.

It needs to be mentioned that Galatasaray has an important quality factor as an advantage at Super League, in similar way as does Fenerbahce which helps team to win team withngout actually showing high dominance at the game. Basaksehirspor to some extend has been suitable opponent as it didnt have very good start to the season and even through with new coach Cagdas Atan it did start getting results, it is not showing performance which would been expected from them so Galatasaray with adding quality of the squad did use that advantage. It was important without doubt for Hakim Ziyech to find an opening as he would be expected to be key player in this season at attack among Mauro Icardi. Only negative for Galatasaray has been without doubt been injury of Kazimcan Karatas who is recovery expected to take 2-3 weeks.

Galatasaray possibly are not showing high performance but it does get points which helps team to continue early race for leadership with Fenerbahce.

Results:

Turkish Super League, 6th week:

Ankaragucu 1:1 Konyaspor 

Besiktas 2:1 Kayserispor

Alanyaspor 0:1 Fenerbahce

Kasimpasa 2:1 Adana Demirspor

Schedule:

Turkish Super League, 6th week:

20:00 Hatayspor- Trabzonspor

In other news:

- Fenerbahce administrator Selahattin Baki: Getting 12 out of 12 wins in start of season is very impressive achievement. We are focussing to talk about football while other administrators focus to referees in first 5 weeks. Saying that, it took time to count our goal.

- Besiktas has announced that due of change of weather and some areas at the field were observed some grass sicknesses. This has affected for football field to be negatively affected.

- Galatasaray has announced that recovery of Kazimcan Karatas has begun.

- Konyaspor player Sokol Cikalleshi will not play for 2-3 weeks due of injury

- Besiktas player Gedson Fernandes will not be able to play for 2-3 weeks due of injury.

- Fenerbahce player Omar Fayed who has been loaned to Novi Pazar still didnt travel to Serbia due of visa issues.

- Fenerbahce has made extension deal with its player Miguel Crespo for 3-years with 2 million euro+500,000 euro bonuses salary and 15 million euro release clause.

- Trabzonspor head coach Nenad Bjelica has stated that team player Nicolas Pepe will resume training sessions next week.

What happened in Turkish footballl today? 23/09/2023

 

Galatasaray has shown strong reaction with win against Basaksehirspor

Galatasaray has got an important win against Basaksehirspor which is being one of the most difficult away games for all big 4 clubs as it has shown pretty strong organised game despite of lacking high tempo performance on the field.

With having difficult game on mid-week against Copenhagen which also for them has been ended with suprising result it has been interesting how would side respond both mentally and physically, and it would be needed to say that it has done in right manner. It could be argued for sure that Galatasaray didnt provide fully dominating game and small signs of tiredness has been shown but this didnt prevent them to show strong and controllable game and in some moments Istanbul giant did get control of the game. Meanwhile, it was important for Hakim Ziyech to find his first goal of the season where he did show his class and this would provide morale and confidence for upcoming weeks as it has high aims for this season. Only issue which could be mentioned that at conceded goal there was loss of concentration including from Fernando Muslera as Galatasaray ex-player Leo Dubois has got goal but after that Galatasaray managed to stay focussed and prevented Basaksehirspor to get draw.

Following poor start for Basaksehirspor, it did get some good results in recent weeks and did come to game with high morale and to some extend it has shown that performance and did provide some issues to Galatasaray but in overall it had problem at matching level which Galatasaray showed during game.

Galatasaray hence did get an important win against one of toughest opponent at this league especially after such dramatic and difficult week it had.

Fenerbahce expected to carry on 100% record with game against Alanyaspor.

Fenerbahce would be aiming to continue its 100% winning run in this season with Super League away game against Alanyaspor and its been favourite to carry on this run even through opponent will provide some problematic moments to the team.

It needs to be stated that Fenerbahce has won 11 out of 11 games both domestically and Europe with some of the games achieving that in confident manner and in some by playing not very well but showing character and detirmanation. It needs to be stated that Fenerbahce is hence would be coming out to the game with high morale and Alanyaspor on other hand is not being side at great form as it performing in all fairness below its capacity so Fenerbahce would be seeing as advantage. It also needs to be reminded that Fenerbahce would be coming out with key attackers who would be rested as they didnt play against Nordsjaelland which would raise their effectiveness at attack.

Hence, with taking all factors Fenerbahce would be coming out as strong favourite but Alanyaspor has potentiality to provide problematic minutes to Istanbul giant.

Besiktas will aim to stop poor results as it would play against in-form Kayserispor.

Super League game against Kayserispor for Besiktas would be very important as among big 4 clubs, it is providing worst performance and are getting worser on the field as last league game it lost to Trabzonspor with 3:0 scoreline and didnt provide very good game against Club Brugge despite of draw.

It also needs to be stated that even through of quality factor, Kayserispor would be coming out in good form against Besiktas and also believing that it could be getting at least draw against Istanbul side. Kayserispor it needs to be mentioned is showing one of its best performance compare to previous season and tries to show positive game where it did achieve to get also positive results. Besiktas meanwhile could be see this game as turning point and aim to get at least win at home ground to regain confidence and motivation which without doubt it urgently needs due of poor results in recent games.

 It is actually difficult to state who is being favourite for this game as Besiktas are being in poor form and Kayserispor are at great form but Besiktas does have quality factor.

Results:

Turkish Super League, 6th week:

Pendikspor 1:1 Fatih Karagumruk

Rizespor 1:1 Sivasspor

Antalyaspor 2:0 Samsunspor

Basaksehirspor 1:2 Galatasaray

Schedule:

Turkish Super League, 6th week:

17:00 Ankaragucu - Konyaspor

17:00 Besiktas-Kayserispor

20:00 Alanyaspor - Fenerbahce

20:00 Kasimpasa-Adana Demirspor

In other news:

- Trabzonspor administrators has paid delayed salaries to its players.

- BorussiaDortmund, Borussia Monchenblach and Atletico Madrid scouts were viewing Besiktas player Gedson Fernandes during Conference League game against Club Brugge.

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Besiktas get an important 1 point thanks to Gunok and Tosun

Besiktas has been extremely lucky and also needs to be thankful to team goalkeeper Mert Gunok for numerous saves against Club Brugge as an away game against group favourites has ended with 1:1 scoreline.

It needs to be mentioned that Besiktas did show its worst performance during whole season as it failed to get control of the ball and has let Club Brugge to get control of the ball and has shown dominating game with having attacks back-to-back. It needs to be mentioned here that Besiktas decline of performance has been visible against Trabzonspor where it did lose with 3:0 scoreline and hence Besiktas currently is being at decline with performance. It needs to be mentioned that goal which did come from Vanaken wasnt a mistake of Mert Gunok and without doubt has been of careless game by defenders which did failed during whole game. It also needs to be feeling also lucky for having player like Cenk Tosun who is always hungry for goal as he did bring an important 1 point from very poor game.

When looking both in table and performance wise Besiktas did gain 1 point and this game should be wake up call for the team in upcoming weeks without doubt.

Fenerbahce got deserved win against Nordsjaelland

Fenerbahce continues its winning run as it has won all 11 official games during this season and this taking account that it did come out with big rotation in squad especially in attack against Nordsjaelland.

As Fenerbahce head coach Ismail Kartal states himself he doesnt like to refer to this as rotation as he believes that every player is being on level of starting 11 and looking into quality of squad this has been case without doubt. It needs to be stated that game did go for most amount of time with control of Fenerbahce and showing patient game and finding goals actually in best moments of the game with only missing goal due of losing concentration in one point as score has been 3:0. All of the players which did play due of rotation especially Miguel Crespo did show that there in good level right now even through it was clear he is still not in level of his glory days but this game and goal has been important for confidence.

Fenerbahce did get an important win at start of the Conference League and provides lots of optimism for group stage of this tournament.

Galatasaray return to league with tough game against Basaksehirspor

Galatasaray would be returning to Super League with pretty tough game against Basaksehirspor and even through it is being favourite for sure it would play against team which does have new coach and look for turning point.

It needs to be stated that in previous years, Galatasaray tends to struggle after Champions League games and playing against side which tends to be problematic to all top 4 clubs it could be having some issues with showing top level performance possibly. Still, Galatasaray squad without doubt is having much more experienced and quality players to all respect to Basaksehirspor which could turn around game in positive manner as it was case to some extend against Copenhagen. Basaksehirspor still would be expecting to see Galatasaray bit traumatized and also playing against big club to turn around its season could provide some motivation for them.

Galatasaray is coming out as favourite but it would need to fight for it as Basaksehirspor is expected to provide good organised resistance towards them.

Results:

Turkish Super League, 6th week:

Gaziantep 2:0 Istanbulspor

Schedule:

Turkish Super League, 6th week:

17:00 Pendikspor-Fatih Karagumruk

17:00 Rizespor-Sivasspor

20:00 Antalyaspor - Samsunspor

20:00 Basaksehirspor-Galatasaray

In other news:

- TFF arbitration committee has reduced fine given by PFDK to Ahmet Nur Cebi from 400,000 TL to 200,000 TL.

= - Galatasaray player Tete goal against Copenhagen during Champions League 1st week game has been selected by UEFA as goal of the week. 

- - Turkish National Educational Ministry and Sports and Youth Ministry signs protocol with TFF.

- Fenerbahce player Luan Peres will have an operation due of ongoing injury.

- RealMadrid player Arda Guler has resumed training sessions after recovering from injury.

- - TFF are interested to appoint Danuelle Russo as assistant coach, Massimo Crivellero as game analysis and Pierpaolo Polino as athletic trainer at Turkish National Team.

- Besiktas player Salih Ucan has requested 40 million TL salary for extension contract while Cenk Tosun requested 42 million TL.