When derby’s go bad- Galatasaray 0-0 Fenerbahce

By: Musab | April 13th, 2009

In essence I guess that this match was exactly what both teams deserve. One is 4th place while the other is in 5th place. Both teams have dangerously unbalanced squads which (barring some of the Turkish youngsters) show no desire to win trophies at all. The match was brutal and mind numbing.

Overall Galatasaray dominated the game. Fener (smartly) played a defensive game from the outset, seeing as to how they didn’t have Alex on their part. However Fener was horrific last night. They consistently gave away balls to our players and rarely got into the tempo of the game. Fener never looked like they were going to come and defeat us. The fact that Gokhan Gonul was injured in the game and that Edu is out for the season meant that Galatasaray should have had no diffculty in breaching their defense.

Which leads us to the main story. Galatasaray’s inability to defeat one of the wekest Fener sides I have seen in a long time. Despite trying their best and putting together many good solid passes, they never once seemed in a position to actually go and defeat Fener by the margin they should have won by. Umit Karan was not existant. Kewell showed his ability here and there, but nothing too serious. Ayhan was very far from his season long good form.

The reason for Galatasaray’s poor form today is very easy to understand. It’s the same reason why this season has been so horrfiic for us. The players are in such poor physical condition that they are unavle to play efficient football for 90 minutes straight. As a result some get injured, others just stop trying as soon as the pains come along. It’s also the reason why our defenders have conceded so many goal this season. Defenders need to always be alert and in the game. When they get tired, theyre minds are no longer in the game, leading to huge blunders on their part.

Too bad they had enough energy to go and try to beat the living shit out of each other. In the dying moments of the game, Fener Bastard Diego Lugano decided to headbutt Emre Asik from behind which led to a brawl between the two sides. At the end when all the handbags were thrown about, Arda and Emre Asik were given red cards while Semih and Lugano were sent off on their part. A fan made in onto the pitch but was quickly tackled and arested with some pretty brutal efficiency. All in all it was a fitting end for both sides.

Mehmet Topal was perhaps the only good player on the pitch. Despite being forced to play in the central defense, he was flawless and rarely did he lose out to Guiza. Emre Asik did his best at the age of 35 while Arda tried to get something going but for some reason he seemed very stressed out throughout the match, and eventually let it out on Semih.

Something that made me happy was the tons of abuse thrown towards Aziz Yildirims Pet Bitch. For a five million dollars a year, he seems to be the perfect leech on Fener.

It seems that were going to finish this season without any trophies. I personall am now goin to support Sivas to win the league. I just can’t watch Besiktas become champions, but I’d love to see their hearts get crushed.