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League Focus: How the Super Lig's Big Summer Signings are Settling In

by Emre Sarigul at Friday, Nov 27 2015 17:00
League Focus: How the Super Lig's Big Summer Signings are Settling In The relaxation of the foreign player ruling over the summer resulted in an influx of non-Turkish players to the Super Lig this summer. The most high profile names came in the form of forwards with the likes of former Manchester United duo Luis Nani and Robin van Persie joining Fenerbahçe. Luk...
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Team Focus: Turkey's Young Stars Leading the Charge for Euro Qualification

by Emre Sarigul at Friday, Oct 9 2015 16:50
Team Focus: Turkey's Young Stars Leading the Charge for Euro Qualification Turkey were heralded as the comeback kings in Euro 2008. The tournament semi-finalists never knew when they were beaten, coming from behind against Switzerland, Czech Republic and Croatia to record memorable victories. The future looked bright for Turkish football, but dreams soon turned to nightmar...
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Team Focus: Former Premier League Prospects Shining at Besiktas

by Emre Sarigul at Friday, Sep 11 2015 16:17
Team Focus: Former Premier League Prospects Shining at Besiktas Fatih Terim may be known as the Emperor of Turkish club football but Şenol Güneş is the undisputed Sultan of international football. The experienced coach guided the Crescent-Stars to an unprecedented third-place finish in the 2002 World Cup.Thirteen years on and Güneş has coached at Trabz...
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Team Focus: Galatasaray's Four Stars

by Emre Sarigul at Friday, May 29 2015 16:05
Team Focus: Galatasaray's Four Stars The Süper Lig title race was settled in its penultimate week. As with most things Turkish football related, there was plenty of drama involved. Stars, red cards and flying kicks were all the rage in a week history was made. Galatasaray defeated rivals Beşiktaş 2-0 in the Istanbul derby, which m...
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Player Focus: Fernando Muslera - Galatasaray’s Jewel in the Crown

by Emre Sarigul at Friday, May 15 2015 12:47
Player Focus: Fernando Muslera - Galatasaray’s Jewel in the Crown “The goalkeeper is the jewel in the crown and getting at him should be almost impossible. It's the biggest sin in football to make him do any work.” George Graham once famously said. In contrast Galatasaray goalkeeper Fernando Muslera must feel treated more like a plastic ruby than a pre...
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League Focus: Turkish Super Lig - Europe's Most Entertaining Title Race

by Emre Sarigul at Friday, May 1 2015 18:20
League Focus: Turkish Super Lig - Europe's Most Entertaining Title Race A ‘three horse race’ is how we described the league standings after the winter break, three months on and it is still neck and neck, heading to a photo finish.The main actors have not changed, Beşiktaş are first on 61 points, Galatasaray are second to Bilic’s men only on goal diffe...
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Player Focus: The Metoric Rise of 20-year-old Bursaspor Midfielder Ozan Tufan

by Emre Sarigul at Friday, Apr 17 2015 15:31
Player Focus: The Metoric Rise of 20-year-old Bursaspor Midfielder Ozan Tufan What do Manchester United, Manchester City, Chelsea, Juventus and AC Milan all have in common? An interest in Ozan Tufan, according to his father.The list of suitors can reportedly now be extended to Atletico Madrid, Bayern Munich, Borussia Dortmund and Liverpool. It suffices to say there has not be...
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Team Focus: Can the Likes of Calhanoglu, Tore & Tufan Take Turkey to New Heights?

by Emre Sarigul at Thursday, Apr 2 2015 15:17
Team Focus: Can the Likes of Calhanoglu, Tore & Tufan Take Turkey to New Heights? Turkey have stumbled and stuttered ever since an unprecedented third-place finish at the 2002 World Cup and a semi-final finish at the 2008 European Championships. The Turkish national team have failed to make it to every subsequent international tournament culminating with a disastrous start to the...

Match Focus: Fenerbahce vs Besiktas - Make or Break for Bilic and Kartal

by Emre Sarigul at Friday, Mar 20 2015 16:46
Match Focus: Fenerbahce vs Besiktas - Make or Break for Bilic and Kartal The 2014/15 season was supposed to be the battle for the fourth star. Galatasaray and Fenerbahçe, both 19-time Süper Lig champions were built up as the title contenders expected to lock horns in a gigantean race to be the first to get to 20… then along came Beşiktaş.The Black Eagl...
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Match Focus: Can In-form Galatasaray Break the Curse of the Şürkrü Saracoğlu?

by Emre Sarigul at Friday, Mar 6 2015 16:26
Match Focus: Can In-form Galatasaray Break the Curse of the Şürkrü Saracoğlu? ‘Derbies don’t have favourites’, but there is always an exception to the rule. The last time Galatasaray beat cross-city rivals Fenerbahçe at the Şürkrü Saracoğlu stadium was back in 1999. Hamza Hamzaoğlu will try to do what the likes of Roberto Mancini, Frank Rijk...
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