Postmatch: Ankaragucu 0-4 Galatasaray, back on top where we belong, yet again.

By: Musab | January 27th, 2008

We were missing a total of ten players; Lincoln, Linderoth, Hasan Sas, Baris Ozbek, Okan Buruk, Ayhan Akman, Shabani Nonda, and others were all either injured or banned. We had three players who had never played a single league match before on the bench. The starting line-up was 100% Turkish for the first time in like thirty years. And 8 out of 11 were under the age of 24. So guess what happened? We tore them to pieces.

ANKARAGÜCÜ:0 GALATASARAY:4

Stadium: Ankara 19 Mayıs
Referees: Bülent Demirlek, Bahattin Duran, Serkan Akarca, (4. Referee) İlker Meral
ANKARAGÜCÜ: Serkan, Tolga, Gidiminas (min.46 Şevki), İlkem, Krita, İbrahim Ege, Da Silva, Murat Duruer (min.46 Diawara), Gökhan, Jaba, Bebbe
Coach: Hakan Kutlu

GALATASARAY: Orkun, Servet, Emre, Volkan Yaman, Uğur Uçar, Mehmet Güven (min.81 Bouzid), Mehmet Topal, Arda (min.88 Carrusca), Serkan Çalık, Ümit Karan, Hakan Şükür
Coach: Karl Heinz Feldkamp
Goals: Hakan Şükür (min.36) Arda (min.41) Ümit Karan (min.43) Serkan (min.88)
Yellow Cards: İ.Ege, Tolga (A.Gücü)

Man of the match was without a doubt Arda Turan. The 20 yr. old had been taking plenty of heat about a month ago. And so he gave the best possible response. For the past three matches he’s been playing amazing football. And this week was the best yet. He was directly responsible for all four goals and even managed to score one himself. This kids just full of potential. He’s gotta go to a European club as quick as possible so that he can really start shining.

I just can’t see how we cannot become champions. If we can crush opposition when we’re so weak, what’s gonna happen when we get our full strength back? Must suck for the other Fener’li and Besiktas’li bastards to know they have to struggle so much for no real result. Sivasspor was also beaten 1-4 by Fenerbahce. Thanks a lot pigs, you brought us back to the top.

Here are the standings:

Galatasaray: 45 +25
Fenerbahce: 44 +21
Sivasspor: 43 +16
Besiktas: 43 +13
Kayserispor: 35 +13
Genclerbirligi Oftasspor: 27 +2