After a poor performance last season, Galatasararay will fight in Europa League. Last season Galatasaray lost against the last champion of Europa League , Atletico Madrid in the second round. At this time, the first obstacle of rising to group stages is OFK Beograd from Serbia. The teams will meet in İstanbul Ali Sami Yen Stadium.
Last week, Galatasaray lost against Fenerbahçe with 0-1 in the friendly match. This match gave us a clear opinion about their current condition. I think that Galatasaray's new faces who Lorik Cana, Ali Turan, Serdar Özkan, can not adopt their new jerseys. It does not mean that Galatasaray is not a favourite against OFK Beograd but they have to work a lot to be champion in Turkish Super League.
OFK Beograd defeated Torpedo Zhodino from Belarus in the 2nd Qualification Round of Europa League. Serbian Super League has not started yet. So 2nd qualification round is only one criterion for us. OFK Beograd won in the first match with 1-0 in Belarus. At home, they deserved to rise the next round with an own goal from Kontsevoi in the last minute. The score became 2-2 with this mistake.
3rd Qualification Round Galatasaray - OFK Beograd
Date:29.07. 2010
Stadium: Ali Sami Yen, İstanbul
Referee: Nikolai Vollquartz (Denmark)
Galatasaray:Goalkeeper: Ufuk
Defense: Sabri,Servet,Gökhan,Hakan
Midfielders: Lorik Cana,Musa, Arda, Serdar Özkan
Striker: Batdal
Coach: Frank Rijkaard
Injuerd: -
Booked: -
OFK Beograd:Goalkeeper: Saranov
Defense: Mijatovic, Lazarevski, Carvalho, Planic
Midfielders: Beljic,Sindjic,Trivinovic,Simic,Popovic
Strikers: Jelic
Coach: Dejan Durdevic
Injured: -
Booked: -
During the match, the weather expected to be around 20-22 degrees. I think that it is a perfect atmosphere for a football match. The referee is
Nikolai Vollquartz from Denmark Football Federation.
Last Meetings: -
Galatasaray Win: 0
OFK Beograd Win:0
Draw:0
| Betting tip / predicition |
I think, both teams will not show their real performance in this early stage. Everybody knows that Ali Sami Yen Stadium is as a hell for other teams. Galatasaray will use this stadium advantege as much as possible and win even it is 1-0.
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