Goalkeepers: Volkan Demirel (Fenerbahce), Tolga Zengin (Trabzonspor), Sinan Bolat (Standart Liege)
Defenders: Gokhan Gonul (Fenerbahce), Sabri Sarioglu (Galatasaray), Servet Cetin (Galatasaray), Ömer Toprak (Bayer 04 Leverkusen), Egemen Korkmaz (Besiktas), Giray Kacar (Trabzonspor), Hakan Balta (Galatasaray), Ismail Koybasi (Besiktas)
Midfielders: Hamit Altintop (Real Madrid), Gokhan Tore (Hamburger SV), Selcuk Sahin (Fenerbahce), Mehmet Topal (Valencia C.F.), Emre Belozoglu (Fenerbahce), Selcuk Inan (Galatasaray), Caner Erkin (Fenerbahce), Arda Turan (Atletico Madrid), Ozan Ipek (Bursaspor)
Forwards: Burak Yilmaz (Trabzonspor), Kazim Kazim (Galatasaray), Umut Bulut (Toulouse FC), Halil Altintop (Trabzonspor)
These two games will be very tough. I'm not sure if our last game that we won on the last second will be a mental advantage or disadvantage but anyway we need to go to Euro 2012 so badly. After the corruption investigation, Turkish Football has lost a lot. Both teams have equal chances, i guess. After recent disasters (Earthquake and terrorist attacks) Turkey is very motivated as a nation. There will be a great supportive atmosphere in TT Arena on friday. Our most dangerous weapons will be Burak and Arda. They are doing a great job recently and i hope they keep doing at least for two games. Arda is helping Atleti with his assists and Burak scored 13 goals in 8 games in the league. Anyway there will be a great game, challenge to watch this week and i hope we will get the ticket.
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
Top 3 Goals of the Week 10
James Troisi - Kayserispor
Friday, November 4, 2011
Top 3 Goals of the Week 9
Alper Potuk - Eskişehirspor
Andre Moritz - Mersin İdman Yurdu
Kamil Grosicki - Sivasspor
Saturday, October 29, 2011
Emmanuel Emenike - Gone with the Wind
The 24 year-old Nigerian striker is playing for Spartak Moscow now. Surprisingly, he was one of the stars in Turkish Super League last year. He first came to Turkey for trials with Super League teams but failed. Then Karabükspor, a Second Division team back then, signed him and his Turkey adventure started. In his first year he became the second top goal scorer with 16 goals and led team to the title. He was also awarded the Best Foreign Player of the Year. Now it was time to prove himself in Super League. He scored 14 goals, although he suffered an injury for about 2 months. It was clear that he is a unique talent. He signed for Fenerbahçe to play in Champions League for bigger achievements. Fenerbahçe paid Karabükspor €9m for this transfer.
At those time he has been called up to the Nigerian National Team and scored his first goal against Argentina. Everything was like a dream but suddenly things started to change. Because of the nationwide match-fixing investigation he was taken into custody. This affected him so much and after Fenerbahçe got withdrawn from CL, he decided to leave without playing in an official game. Fenerbahçe had to let him go. They were financially in a bad position so they got €10m from Moscow side, gaining €1m.
As i see, he is still doing a good job in Russia (6 goals in 8 games). It won't take him so long to play in the top 3 leagues. The rumours already started. It is said that Chelsea is following him. Maybe it won't be Chelsea but i believe Emenike will be in much better places in the future. It was a big pleasure to watch him playing here and he will always be missed and welcome here in Turkey.
Top 3 Goals of the Week 8
Deniz Barış - Antalyaspor
Ivelin Popov - Gaziantepspor
Simao Sabrosa - Beşiktaş
Friday, October 28, 2011
Welcome All
Hello everyone.
Here, i am going to try to give information about Turkish football as much as i can. As i see, there are not many blogs for foreigners who want to follow Turkish football so i will try to fill that hole. I hope you enjoy your time here.
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