Match day 3 is coming soon for Bursaspor of Turkey. They are going to be facing Manchester united of England in England. Last time Ertuğrul Sağlam, the head coach of the Turkish team was in England he faced a Liverpool team his team was beaten. He was on the receiving end of this 8-0 defeat. This heavy loss came in one of the later stages of the 2007 Champions League in stage 6. So far Bursaspor has lost both of their games. One game at home to Valencia of Spain. This game was also a shut out 4-0; they also lost a game to the Rangers of Scotland 1-0. So as you can see this team is off to a very rocky, and frustrating start. Manchester United most recent victory against a Turkish team was in 2004. In this game Wayne Rooney the up and coming star at the time was 18 years old marked his Man. United debut with a stunning hat trick, thus ending a game with the victory 6-2, he scored half their points. The last time Turky won against an English opposition was in 1995, a 4-0 victory. Bursaspor has yet to even score a goal. I will be looking forward to this next game (Bursaspor at Manchester United) it should be a good one because of the history between the 2 countries and how badly Turkey needs this and wants it. I cant wait to watch the out come and I will be sure to fill you in on the details in my next blog.
Wow. You're really getting into this. Sounds like there's more than soccer involved; perhaps issues of national pride? So interesting that in Europe (and elsewhere), these rivalries are so huge.
ReplyDeleteYa it gets Pretty crazy in most country soccer play's a huge role in the culture. such as in Argentina.
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