Hello everyone. I have been sharing the championship race of the Spor Toto Super League in the World of Football community for the last a week and I will continue to share. I enjoy doing this. Because I am a person who has a passion for football and I can introduce Turkish football to the world. While doing all these, I feel that my level of English also improves. Win win situation :)
Watching football matches became more enjoyable as the season got closer to the end. Because the teams in the championship race, the teams in the relegation pot and the teams that want to participate in the European cups have started to make more effort in the matches. I cannot understand why the teams have not shown the same performance since the beginning of the season. This is not just something specific to this season, it is the same every season. There is a very good proverb about this, but I don't know how to translate it into English. :)
Today's game was very important for both teams. Başakşehir is currently in the last places in the league and they also have put themselves in a very difficult situation by losing points in this match. Today they got very close for 1 point, but unfortunate things happened.
It was one of the hardest matches Fenerbahçe played this season. I also mentioned it in my previous post. A team in the relegation pot poses danger even if it plays against the best team in the league. This applies to every league in the world. Imagine a person drowning in the sea. You yourself run the risk of drowning while trying to save him at sea. But today, Fenerbahce did not underestimate its opponent and managed to win the match. While Leader Beşiktaş lost points, it was very important that we win today. There is 2 points between Beşiktaş and Fenerbahçe and the last 6 matches remain to determine the champion.
Also today, there was extra stress on 30 million Fenerbahçe fans. Because the hand of our ace goalkeeper broke in yesterday's training. It was announced by the club that he would stay away from the fields for 3 months. He is young talent and many teams from Europe have made an offer of approximately 25 million euros to Fenerbahçe. I hope this injury does not affect his performance and he will achieve many successes in his career.
The match started very calmly. Başakşehir and Fenerbahçe were playing in a controlled manner and trying not to make mistakes. Both teams were trying to find positions with long balls. At 18 minutes, Fenerbahçe lost the ball in the corner and after Başakşehir went into counter attack. Ömer Ali turned the counter attack into a goal with a magnificent shot from afar. I'm not sure he could save that shot, even if the ace goalkeeper was Altay. It was a really good shot. Başakşehir, who got ahead in the score, started to play the defense game. This is the classic style of their coach Aykut Kocaman. The defense game of Başakşehir worked for Fenerbahçe. We were getting into positions one after another and getting closer to the goal. Başakşehir's constant defense game was tiring their footballers more. At 40 minutes, Fenerbahçe scored a goal from the corner. Caner sent the ball from the corner to the front pole and Ozan Tufan hit the ball with the head and sent the ball to the back pole. The idle Szalai scored the goal. This kind of goal is Fenerbahçe's signature goal. You can see that Fenerbahçe scored many goals with this tactic in Fenerbahçe history. The first half ended 1-1.
In the second half, Başakşehir went back to attacking football. Both teams were looking for goals. However, Fenerbahçe continued to display a more impressed play. At 57 minutes minute, again with the pass of Ozan Tufan, Pelkas scored a magnificent goal. It was a goal that could be among the best goals of the season. There were 3 magnificent goals in the match. It was an enjoyable and contentious match. However, this cruising pleasure lasted up to 60 minutes. Başakşehir football player, who acted unsportsmanlike, saw the second yellow card and was sent off with a red card. After this minute, control of the match was completely in the hands of Fenerbahçe. The already tired Başakşehir team completely fell out of the game after 10 people remained. While everything was going very well for Fenerbahçe, Başakşehir won a penalty in the minute 88. Harun saved the shot and brought the victory. The match ended with the advantage of Fenerbahçe 2-1.
Man of the Match: Today, in Fenerbahçe, all players played with minimum errors and they all contributed to the victory. However, especially Pelkas did not fall from the game for 90 minutes and enabled Fenerbahçe to direct the game. He brought a victory to Fenerbahçe by scoring a magnificent goal.
My rating for Pelkas: 10/10
Sivasspor is one of the teams that I fear the most in this league. Sivasspor can always make a surprise and cause the big teams to lose points. If Beşiktaş loses points in this match, it may even lose the championship.
Fenerbahçe will not play a match this week. It's time to rest for us in this busy schedule. Although we started the season very badly, we are getting closer to the championship step by step!
> Screenshots are taken from flashscore.