Friday, 21 August 2009

UEFA Europa League: Results of Turkish Teams

Galatasaray: 5 Levadia Tallinn: 0



Well done! Galatasaray won the match with the most impressive score of the night among the Turkish teams playing in UEFA Europa League. Galatasaray's five goals were scored by; Kader Keita (21th and 45th minutes), Milan Baros (56th minute, penalty kick), Harry Kewell (79th min.) and Leitan* (*own goal). Galatasaray was the dominant team in the whole match and they kept on pressuring and creating scoring opportunities, without stopping. Their talented and effective players were the most important fact that made GS won the game. Keita's perfect play was also very impressive, he pressured Levadia Tallinn defenders in the whole match. In short, I think that Galatasaray took a very important advantage to play in group stage. They'll probably eliminate Levadia Tallinn after the second match in Estonia with their effective squad full of dangerous players who can score goals easily.

F.C Sion: 0 Fenerbahçe: 2

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Fenerbahçe won an away match 2-0 in Switzerland against F.C Sion. Actually the game was not outstanding. Fenerbahçe deservedly won the match with Andre Santos' (45th min.) and Kazım's (85th min.) goals. F.C Sion was so ineffective and they couldn't create so many scoring opportunities. Fenerbahçe turned two of the scoring opportunities into goals and took a great advantage. I think the second leg match will be much easier for Fenerbahçe in Istanbul. A great advantage to advance the group stages.

Sivasspor: 0 Shakhtar Donetsk: 3



Sivasspor lost the first leg match of UEFA Europa League play-off round against FC Shakhtar Donetsk in Sivas. The result was 3-0 which is a very disappointing result for Sivasspor. Shakhtar Donetsk won an away match with 3 goals scored by Oleksiy Gai (6th min.), Ilsinho (76th min.) and Kobin (87th min.). Sivasspor became demoralized at the beginning of the match after they concede a goal in the 6th minute. But they still tried to score goals and get the advantage. But they wasted all the opportunities and lost the possesion. As the final whistle approached, Shakhtar took the control and scored two more goals. The result of this match basicly shows that Sivasspor lost their chance to play in group stage. What an unlucky draw for Sivasspor.

Trabzonspor: 1 Toulouse: 3


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A disappointing result for Turkish people... Before the match had started, Trabzonspor side were always saying that they had to win the match with two-goal difference. But the result of the match was not the thing that they expected: they lost the game with two-goal difference. Gignac, the top scorer of last season in Ligue 1, scored two goals (12th and 58th minutes) and Mansare scored the final goal (90th minute) for Toulouse. Rigobert Song's only goal (16th min.) for Trabzonspor was not enough. Trabzonspor was the attacking side in the first half, but in the second half they couldn't manage the attacks even though they didn't lose the possession. Afterwards, I think that Trabzonspor don't have the chance to eliminate the strong Toulouse F.C in France by scoring at least 3 goals. Unfortunately they'll have to look at the league and cup matches.

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