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DF:
Gökhan Gönül (FENERBAHÇE)
Uğur Kavuk (ANTALYASPOR)
Servet Çetin (GALATASARAY)
İbrahim Kaş (GETAFE)
Mehmet Polat (GAZİANTEPSPOR)
Gökhan Zan (BEŞİKTAŞ)
Hakan Kadir Balta (GALATASARAY)
Çağlar Birinci (DENİZLİSPOR)

Brilliance!

 

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Aurelio will join NT anyway. Betis cannot rule him out from NT - unless the injury is outright serious.

 

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Sad... Terim showed Blick's cover, apologizing Terim for all the past accusations, TODAY. He believed this was a friendship message from the Swiss.

The fact is, this was an article praising Terim for his decision to RESIGN. They didn't expect him to do that. (And of course, Terim is Terim. What did they think he is??)
http://www.blick.ch/euro08/sie-werden-uns-fehlen-94180

(oops, the link is gone. ; )

 

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Gokhan Servet Gokhan Ibrahim (Caglar)
Kazim Topal Selcuk Arda
Tuncay Semih

Fatih Hoca has to make Emre and Aurelio available for Belgium.

 

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Samet Aybaba was blunt on the question of so many injuries at this stage.

"It's the foreign coach(es). They don't know how less professional Turkish players are. If they bring in the same program from Germany, Turks will suffer from muscle strains when the league begins."

If Aybaba is used to this, so should Terim.

 

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It wouldn't be a good idea to play Zan and Servet in this game. Both of them are extremely heavy defenders and their strengths won't come into play much this game. [...]

Do you think it's a good idea to start I.Kas and M.Polat instead?
Fatih Hoca thinks these are the best he has and we need to respect his choice (or taste). (And I'm still not giving up the hope of seeing I.Kas in this game. For once, he must pay back the trust. Who knows, if Zan or Servet gets hurt, he'll start against Belgium.)

Armenia's threat comes from wings. Fatih Hoca looks more concerned with G.Gonul's side, but will still start Tuncay (or Kazim) in front. As long as the midfield holds well, Turkey can press constantly forward and control the game. All the talks about Aurelio and Emre not fit (the former didn't train and the latter visibly overweight)... but they are THE trusted of the NT and there's no one else, as far as the boss is concerned. (For Belgium as well.)

History aside, I hope this will be a pleasant game to watch.

 

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No surprise in starting 11.

Volkan; Gokhan, Servet, Gokhan, Hakan;
Arda, Aurelio, Emre, Tuncay; Mevlut, Semih

Arda-Kazim, Emre-Selcuk have been undecided.

 

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Unused subs: Serdar Kub., Topal, I.Kas, Halil D)

Go watch from the stands: M.Topuz, Serdar O., Ugur B., Selcuk I., Gokdeniz, Nuri, and four others.

 

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