Galatasaray 3:0 Liverpool FC Pre:Match & OMG Post Comment

Martin Skrtel is hoping to make his first appearance of pre-season after injury when Liverpool return to Istanbul - scene of one of our greatest ever victories in 2005.

It is also a reunion with former Liverpool striker Milan Baros who is expected to lead the line for Galatasaray.

Kenny Dalglish will take his squad to the Turk Telekom Arena which opened on January 15 2011 and it promises to be a stern test for the Reds.

The Turk Telekom Arena is actually in the Guinness Book of Records for being the loudest stadium on the planet - a feat achieved during a match with rivals Fenerbache on March 18, 2011.

Tougher test than previous games. It'll be interesting to see if Kenny gives any of our lads an extended run out this time.

Friendly - Last 6 Matches

Liverpool FC: Won 3, Draw 1, Lost 2
Galatasaray: Won 4, Draw 1, Lost 1
Liverpool FC (Goals): For 14, Against 6
Galatasaray (Goals): For 12, Against 8
Liverpool FC: Goal Difference 8
Galatasaray: Goal Difference 4


All Competitions - Last 6 Matches

20th May 11
Galatasaray    2    0    Konyaspor

14th May 11
G.BirliğI    2    3    Galatasaray

9th May 11
Galatasaray    3    1    Kasımpaşa

30th Apr 11
Besiktas    2    0    Galatasaray

23rd Apr 11
Galatasaray    1    1    Kayseri

18th Apr 11
V. Manisa    2    3    Galatasaray


22nd May 11
Aston Villa    1    0    Liverpool

15th May 11
Liverpool    0    2    Tottenham

9th May 11
Fulham    2    5    Liverpool

1st May 11
Liverpool    3    0    Newcastle

23rd Apr 11
Liverpool    5    0    Birmingham

17th Apr 11
Arsenal    1    1    Liverpool


Historic Head To Head - Last 5 Matches

Liverpool FC: Won 1, Draw 2, Lost 2
Galatasaray: Won 2, Draw 2, Lost 1
Liverpool FC (Goals): For 7, Against 8
Galatasaray (Goals): For 8, Against 7
Liverpool FC: Goal Difference -1
Galatasaray: Goal Difference 1

Results

05 Dec 2006 - Champions League
Galatasaray    3    2    Liverpool

27 Sep 2006 - Champions League
Liverpool    3    2    Galatasaray

03 Aug 2003 - Friendly
Galatasaray    2    1    Liverpool

26 Feb 2002 - Champions League
Galatasaray    1    1    Liverpool

20 Feb 2002 - Champions League
Liverpool    0    0    Galatasaray

http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/match/next-match/next-match-statistics

Looking forward to it.

Love watching games with Galatasaray and others with those crazy atmospheres.

I'd imagine we'd be giving Poulsen etc less game time and concentrating on our proper squad.

You may still remember that boy we grew up, 'Milan Baros', vividly alongside Michael Owen. He's one of their star and he recently relished to face his former club.

Galatasaray Spor Kulübü, Galatasaray Sports Club) is a Turkish football club, part of the Galatasaray multi-sport club of Istanbul. Galatasaray is a major sports club in Turkey, holding the joint record for the Turkish Super League titles until the 2010–11 season, and the highest number of Turkish Cups. It is one of the three European clubs to ever achieve a continental quadruple, by winning the UEFA Cup, the UEFA Super Cup, the Turkish Super League Championship and the Turkish Cup in 2000. The club's colours are red and yellow, and their home stadium is the Türk Telekom Arena.

Name and Pronunciation

The name Galatasaray itself comes from that of Galatasaray Lisesi, which in turn takes its name from Galata Sarayı Enderûn-u Hümâyûn (Galata Palace Imperial School), the name of the original school founded on the site in 1481, and which in turn took its name from the nearby medieval Genoese colony of Galata. Galatasaray translates directly as 'Galata Palace'.

There is no diminutive form of Galatasaray. Fans refer to the club either by its full name or by its nickname "Cim Bom Bom" (pronounced 'Jim Bom Bom') or the shortened 'Cim Bom'. The shortened form 'Gala' is sometimes used in Europe/Americas.

It is important to keep in mind Galatasaray is a compound word and it is pronounced as such. The most common mistake that is done by non-Turkish speakers is to intonate as Gala-tasaray, while the correct enunciation should be Galata-Saray with a very brief pause between the two words.

Ali Sami Yen Stadium


Galatasaray played its first years in different fields, since there were not any stadiums in Istanbul. In 1921, the first stadium, Taksim Stadium opened.[29] Galatasaray played there until 1940. When historic Taksim Stadium was demolished, Galatasaray decided to build a large, modern stadium. Due to difficulties stemming from World War II, construction was delayed for over two decades. In this period, they played in İnönü Stadium.

On 20 December 1964, Ali Sami Yen Stadium opened. It is named after the founder of the club, Ali Sami Yen. It is in Mecidiyeköy quarter of the Şişli district at the center of the city. In 1964, the stadium had capacity over 35,000. Today, due to improvements in security and prohibition of non-seater spectators, it has an all-seater capacity of 24,990.

After 2002, when Atatürk Olympic Stadium was built for Istanbul's Olympic Games bid, Galatasaray started to play European Cup matches there. The attendance record among Turkish stadiums was broken there, in Galatasaray–Olympiacos match played in front of 79,414 spectators. Yet, Ali Sami Yen Stadium has historic importance for Galatasaray fans although it is smaller and older.

New Stadium

The new home ground of Galatasaray is the newly built Türk Telekom Arena in the Aslantepe quarter near Maslak financial district in Şişli. The new stadium, which was opened 15 January 2011, has a capacity of 52,695 seats, making it the largest private stadium owned by a club in Turkey.

Stadium Anthem

Since 1998, after every goal scored by Galatasaray, the last part of the song I Will Survive by the Hermes House Band played. Although the song is in English, the part used has no lyrics except "la la la la". This makes it easy for fans to participate.

In addition, before every game the Florida State Warchant is played accompanied by what the fans call a "scarf show" where fans display and wave their Galatasaray scarves, banners and flags.A lot of people call stadium 'Cehennem' (hell) because of stadium anthem

Supporters and rivalries

European matches

Galatasaray fans attach high importance to European competitions, and Galatasaray is known as the Conqueror of Europe by their fans. This nickname underlines the importance of the UEFA Cup and Super Cup Galatasaray managed to win during the 1999–2000 season. Galatasaray fans also have a reputation in Europe as being one of the fiercest in the world, along with ultrAslan. Ryan Giggs once said I've never experienced anything like Galatasaray. Two hours before kick-off, we went out to have a look at the pitch and the stadium was packed! The chanting was brilliant: one side starts, then the other, then quiet, then all of them chanting! The players really enjoyed it. Before it was good, after it wasn't!'

Istanbul derbies

"The big three" clubs of Istanbul, Beşiktaş J.K., Fenerbahçe S.K. and Galatasaray S.K. have a century-long history of rivalry. Fenerbahçe-Galatasaray rivalry is the primary Istanbul derby and the important rivalry in Turkish football.The rivalry has led to violence among supporters on numerous occasions. Other top level İstanbul derbies include the teams; İstanbul BB and Kasımpaşa although these teams pose a minor rivalry as the history and the nation-wide attention to the derbies among the big three is unmatched.

Torches, smoke, drums, flags and giant posters used to create visual grandeur and apply psychological pressure on visiting teams, which fans call "welcoming them to hell".

Records

Galatasaray break the "loudest crowd roar at a sport stadium" record on 18 March 2011 at Galatasaray’s new stadium Türk Telekom Arena in Istanbul. A peak reading of 131.76 dBA was recorded.

Current squad
As of 20 July 2011

1    Turkey    GK    Aykut Erçetin
3    Turkey    DF    Çağlar Birinci
4    Brazil            MF    Felipe Melo (on loan from Juventus)
5    Turkey    DF    Gökhan Zan
6    Turkey    MF    Ceyhun Gülselam
7    Turkey    MF    Aydın Yılmaz
8    Turkey    MF    Selçuk İnan
9    Sweden    FW    Johan Elmander
10    Turkey    MF    Arda Turan (Captain)
15    Czech Republic    FW    Milan Baroš
17    Czech Republic    DF    Tomáš Ujfaluši
18    Turkey    MF    Ayhan Akman
22    Turkey    DF    Hakan Balta
26    Turkey    DF    Semih Kaya
27    Argentina    MF    Emmanuel Culio
28    Romania    FW    Bogdan Stancu
35    Turkey    MF    Yekta Kurtuluş
52    Turkey    MF    Emre Çolak
55    Turkey    DF    Sabri Sarıoğlu
66    Turkey    FW    Anıl Dilaver
76    Turkey    DF    Servet Çetin
80    Turkey    MF    Colin Kazım-Richards
86    Turkey    GK    Ufuk Ceylan
--    Uruguay    GK    Fernando Muslera

Coaching staff

Manager    Fatih Terim
Assistant Manager    Hasan Şaş
Assistant Manager    Ümit Davala
Assistant Manager    Tugay Kerimoğlu
Fitness Coach    Adam Rotchstein
Trainer    Metin Çakıroğlu
Fitness Coach    Fatih Yıldız
Goalkeeping Coach    Claudio Taffarel

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galatasaray_S.K._%28football_team%29

I wonder if we can sneak Turan away with us?

Skint and hasbeens...... hmmm, this 'everton' team have made all the headlines this summer with their huge signings.

Thanks for the info DH!

Liverpool will fly out to Istanbul tomorrow ahead of their showpiece friendly against Galatasaray.

And Pepe Reina could make his first appearance of the pre-season after returning to training this week following a double hernia operation.

I think we surely missed him between the sticks so far, however our defending record was simply not good enough to be honest to ease things up for the likes of Doni, Jones and Hansen.

Ok, I'll ask first, is this televised?

 Televised on these channels.

  Al Jazeera Sport +1   
  Digi Sport (hungary)   
  Euro Futbol   
  LFC TV   
  Sport TV1   
  Sport.Ro   
  YES Sport 2

Televised on these channels.

  Al Jazeera Sport +1   
  Digi Sport (hungary)   
  Euro Futbol   
  LFC TV   
  Sport TV1   
  Sport.Ro   
  YES Sport 2

LFC TV is showing the delayed coverage. You'll have to rely on dodgy streams.

I wonder if we can sneak Turan away with us?

Good idea.. Now we just need to disguise Poulsen as Arda...

Their goalkeeping coach is Taffarel? What a keeper!

Is this game live on LFCTV?

LFC TV is showing the delayed coverage. You'll have to rely on dodgy streams.

Nope, i have the aljazeera channels and all the others listed

Is this game live on LFCTV?

As Bpatel has said, delayed coverage.

Hoping we start to see some sort of shape and extended time for the players kenny sees will make uo his first choice over the next couple of games now.. enough of changing 11s at half time.. lets get the lads working together and finding their touch going into the season

put that hull game behind us

Hoping we start to see some sort of shape and extended time for the players kenny sees will make uo his first choice over the next couple of games now.. enough of changing 11s at half time.. lets get the lads working together and finding their touch going into the season

put that hull game behind us

Players need games, not just the first 11. Football is a squad game, we need every player fit for the season.

Players need games, not just the first 11. Football is a squad game, we need every player fit for the season.

True, but we need our best 11 to gel before the start of the season.  Let's not forget that Luis and Andy haven't played much together.  Downing (a sure fire starter) hasn't played much with any of the lads, nor have Adam or Henderson and they will likely be playing big roles this season.  We need to start to give the best 11 more minutes during these friendlies to help them gel and start playing as 1 team instead of 11 players.  

I'd like to see Kenny start the game with our strongest 11, make a few subs around the halfway mark, then change out the rest around the 60 minute mark to give the rest of the lads a 30 minute run out. 

True, but we need our best 11 to gel before the start of the season.  Let's not forget that Luis and Andy haven't played much together.  Downing (a sure fire starter) hasn't played much with any of the lads, nor have Adam or Henderson and they will likely be playing big roles this season.  We need to start to give the best 11 more minutes during these friendlies to help them gel and start playing as 1 team instead of 11 players. 

I'd like to see Kenny start the game with our strongest 11, make a few subs around the halfway mark, then change out the rest around the 60 minute mark to give the rest of the lads a 30 minute run out. 

We haven't got our strongest 11. Lucas, Stevie, Suarez and Pepe (maybe?) aren't fit/here. Skrtel is playing his first game of pre-season, as might Johnson if he is fit. Even Agger, he didn't play against Hull, is he injured? That's 6 players that will be in the current first 11 not playing/not having much game-time. Not to mention possible additions at left-back as well.

There are still two more games after this one. We've got plenty of time to get the shape together. By the looks of things, Suarez won't be playing in either (so Carroll and Suarez are going to have to create this partnership in competitive games). Lucas is on his way next week I believe and nobody knows when Stevie is playing, Valencia maybe?

We've not got a lot of our first 11 here to play, but we've got the rest of the squad. They need gametime, simply because they might be needed at the start of the season.

put that hull game behind us

It was only a friendly.  Nothing at stake.

It was only a friendly.  Nothing at stake.

I know and if you read what I put in the match thread I expressed the same point.. I still dont think it will help going into sunderland if we have anymore results like that.. it cant help taking bad performances into the season and expect to raise your levels immediately.. Hull doesnt matter and the nature of the goals we let in im sure wouldnt happen in a competetive game but you need some sort of momemtum going into the season.. so often over the last couple of pre seasons we have had poor ones and gone into the season flat.. im not concerned at all by hull we just dont want to repeat it in the last couple of friendlys in my opinion

anyone else think that maybe kenny had a little word in someones ear to have this friendly set up? With about 5 weeks left open in the transfer window, to see arda turan against premiership opposition? Or am i just seeing more than what is there? Interesting though?