Prematch: Galatasaray hosts Helsingborg, This is Hakan vs Henrik….
By: Musab | November 7th, 2007
If you ask any Galatasaray fan, victories in Europe are more important than all the trophies of Turkey. As Ali Sami Yen, immortal founder of Galatasaray, said: “Bizim hedefimiz, Turk olmayan takimlari yenmek.” Translates as: “Our goal is to beat the Non-Turkish teams” So quite simply, we’ve go to beat Helsingborg.
Herr Feldkamp has been saving Lincoln and Linderoth to play in this match, so we can expect them on the field. If everything goes Feldkamp’s way, this is the lineup:
Umit Karan-Shabani Nonda
Arda Turan-Lincoln-Baris Ozbek
Linderoth
Hakan Balta-Servet Cetin-Rigobert Song-Hasan Sas
It is interesting to note that Helsingborg have never played against Turkish teams, let alone even visiting Istanbul. God bless their poor souls. They know not of what hells await them. 
It is a known fact that the Galatasaray players play with much more fury and determination in Avrupa maclari, European matches. I myself predict a 3-0 victory for Galatasaray. Helsingborg didn’t have a good season this year, while Galatasaray is leading the table in Turkey and is playing inspirational foot ball at the moment.
Another interesting note is the fact that two great legends of European football, Galatasaray’s Hakan Sukur (shown with the UEFA cup from 2000), and Helsingborg’s Henrik Larsson. both were great back in their day but now their both 36 years old an dpast their prime. Hakan and Henrik met back in 2002 during a world cup qualifying match between Turkey and Sweden. Hakan’s header brought Turkey up before Henrik tied it up 1-1, the final score.
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