In. He trained today with the team. I'm pretty sure doctors didn't want to risk him vs. Benfica, so they just rest him.
Volkan
Gökhan - Lugano - Edu - R.Carlos
Kazım - Selçuk - Maldonado - Uğur
Semih - Güiza
I say:
Volkan
Gokhan-Lugano-Edu-Carlos
Deivid-Maldonado-Emre-Wederson
Semih-Guiza
If we can keep Deivid and Emre calm, we could get something out of this game. Both Semih and Guiza are dangerous, but they can't do much without midfield. But I just have that stupid feeling saying Emre and Deivid will play games of their lives. Plus, Wederson instead of Ugur Boral is very good improvement! Seeing that, Carlos might play better as well. I don't know, I think this is the best squad Fenerbahce can field. Only Alex missing. So it will be very tough.
I read some comments on other forums and I simply can not believe how confident our fans are. I mean, two decent games and all of the sudden we are the best.. hmm.. doesn't work like that. As I said, we need to do a lot before we become half as good as some people think we are.
Our team has better line up than Fenerbahce though, but since we play away, it's even. If we could keep our net safe for first 20 minutes, we could get something out of this. If we lose, same people who praised Skibbe like he was Prophet will screw him up. If we lose, that is the best thing I'm waiting for.
Our possible line up for this:
Italian
Sabri-Emre-Servet-Balta
Arda-Meira-Lincoln-Ayhan-Kewell
Baros
We even might see Topal and Gungor, but I personally would do that. They still lack match practice in this season and putting them in game like this would be suicide. Other suicide would be leaving Kewell out, and placing Umit Karan in the first 11. I pray to God, Please, Don't make Skibbe do that!!! Maybe Baros-Umit change, since Baros is pretty exhausted. But that will hurt our pass flow pretty much, so I say leave it at this.