Hakan Sukur is Turkey's greatest ever goalscorer and once one of Europe's most prolific strikers. A legend. So, how did he end up driving taxis and selling books for a living in the US, in exile from his home country?According to an interview with German newspaper, Welt am Sonntag, the 48-year-old former striker's life has taken an unusual and troubling turn since retiring from football in 2008. He claims that a rift with the President of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, has exposed him to death threats, false accusations and lack of access to funds.
Assisted by Angeliño. SubstitutionPosted at 88' Substitution, RB Leipzig. Willi Orban replaces Kevin Kampl. Posted at 87' Attempt missed. Abdelhamid Sabiri (SC Paderborn 07) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Posted at 86' Attempt missed. Christopher Antwi-Adjei (SC Paderborn 07) right footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Marlon Ritter following a fast break.
Volna have won their last two games against Mikashevichi and Oshmyany. They will face khimik who have lost their last four games. Khimik Svetlogorsk played well in their last two games against Sputnik and Arsenal Dzyarzhynsk and only lost by one goal. In their last game against sputnik they dominated the game and created many chances but were unlucky to lose through penalty. In their previous h2h Khimik svetlogorsk have only lost away to volna by one goal in their last two games.
Jake Wright replaces Jonathan Wafula. Posted at 82' Corner, Boston United. Conceded by Jimmy Keohane. Goal!Posted at 79' Goal! Boston United 1, Rochdale 2. Aaron Morley (Rochdale) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner. Posted at 79' Penalty Rochdale. Stephen Dooley draws a foul in the penalty area. Posted at 79' Penalty conceded by Jay Rollins (Boston United) after a foul in the penalty area.
Aguero was forced off in the final 15 minutes against the Blues with a tendon injury, and City had initially feared a long lay-off. The problem is not as serious as first feared, however, though the Argentinean will still be absent when the champions face their great rivals on 7th December. A few games, I don't know exactly," said Guardiola.
The Norfolk club said they would top up the government's help to ensure staff received their full salaries. Julian Knight, the Conservative MP who is chair of the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport Committee in the British parliament, has condemned such moves. It sticks in the throat,” said Knight.
That’s long gone. Now, if you want a new physio, you go through 300 applications. That’s how, at Arsenal, bit by bit, I felt the club slip away from me. Video - Ljungberg – ‘The way to change the atmosphere at Arsenal is to play better football’01:03 The current frontrunners for the vacant managerial position at the Emirates Stadium are Carlo Ancelotti, Mikel Arteta, Massimiliano Allegri, Rafael Benitez and Patrick Vieira.
Southampton have been improving massively and looking at their run in the last six matches, we believe they will throw everything at Wolves. The visitors go to this clash as the weaker side, psychologically, having failed to win any of their last five matches. Furthermore, they had a midweek game and lost, getting eliminated from the FA Cup. Meanwhile, among the good stats for Southampton, they have not trailed at half time in their last six matches, and they have gone on to win five. Based on this, we will go for Southampton to lead at half time and full time.
Three of Villa’s recent four wins at home saw them score exactly two goals, though their defensive record of two two clean sheets from seven at Villa Park shines an unflattering light on the team’s continuing defensive frailties.
Tip from Tajikistan top league second round, Fayzkand plays at home against Regar. Fay and started the season with a draw at Pamir home, Regar also drew the first game played: 0-0 at Kukhtosh home. Bet will be under 2,5 goals the odds are high for a game played by Regard they are a very defensive team, for example the last 3 games played by Regar had under 2,5 goals and ended with the same score: 0-0. Fayzkand can also play defensive football, both teams to score: no is another good bet at this game, I see a score like 1-0 or 0-0.
Hull is in 9th place with 39 points while Fulham is in 5th place with 42 points. In this moment Fulham is in Play Off for promotion and against a strong team like Hull I see them defending. Hull is making a good season until now and in 5 last matches in Championship they have 1 draw 1 lose and 3 wins. They won against Rotherham in FA Cup 2-3 while they were losing in first half 2-1. Fulham also won against Premier League side Aston Villa 2-1 in FA Cup. Both teams comes from a good moment now and I expect a strong match where I see the draw is the most possible outcome here.
There's only stories and pride about the best years of his footballing life playing under and alongside some of the greatest talents the Scottish game has ever known. We played Benfica in an earlier round that season. I wasn't in the team yet. We won 3-0 at Parkhead and lost 3-0 in Portugal. Famously, the game was decided on the toss of a coin. I'm sure I was in the room where they tossed it. They say there was only a few people in there but I have a memory of it.
Ahead of him, Olivier Giroud is good but not good enough, a useful substitute but never a first-choice forward, while Tammy Abraham’s early season form surprised everyone; his subsequent drop looks like a regression to his natural level, rather than the calm before a further storm. Of course, a number of these players will improve, but few of them look likely to improve enough.
The Reds haven’t had issues in front of goal however, averaging 1.8 goals per game this season and they have scored in each of their games this term. The 2.5 goal line has been beaten in 9 out of their 10 games and both teams have scored in the same amount of goals featuring Adelaide United.
Newcastle will have to recover quickly from defeat in their last Premier League outing at Burnley to avoid the second of the aforementioned scenarios from playing out, though they will take heart from the fact that their 1-0 reverse at Turf Moor was their only loss in four.
With their XI back to full strength, and armed with a record of just two defeats in 15, Wolves should have sufficient quality to eventually see off their hosts this week, and that makes the away win and both teams to score combination looks well worth considering.
Match of Italian Serie B. Matchday number 15. Team Empoli will host team Ascoli. My bet will be over 2.75 goals. Empoli are in the middle part of the table. They didn't score at last 2 matches played. At home stadium before fans they must to do it tomorrow. Ascoli are more higher in the table. They takes 6 place with 21 points. At last 5 matches they scored and missed goals every time. Last own 4 matches between each other they did total over 2.75 goals. My bet from statistics and teams shape. It is a good way on that game .
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We got battered 0-0 - it was a classic Walter Smith performance," says Caldwell, who played in a back three with Russell Anderson and captain Davie Weir. Aye, we took a doing," adds McCulloch of a game in front of almost 60,000 fans in which goalkeeper Neil Alexander pulled off several fine saves. Miller remembers it as the first of his three caps, the striker replacing McCulloch for the final 20 minutes.
Kayanza fc have four games so far without a win, they have been held in their last home game which ended with 1-1 scoreline so I think they are coming into this game with an aim of collecting all points as they have did last time when they meet. The guests have six games while they have donating points so this game will the tough game to them as they have already lost the head to head game by two goals to one and their form is so bad so the home team has a great chance to beat their rival.
Motherwell have won five of their nine Scottish Premiership away games this season. Meanwhile, they have lost just three Scottish Premiership away games. We feel that they are likely to aim for all three points in Thursday's fixture.
Benfica have won just three of their last 11 league matches and they have not done so well away from home recently. The title chase is slipping away and they can’t afford to drop any more points at this stage of the season. Unfortunately, they play away to a Famalicao side that has been impressive since football returned, and with ambitions of their own. One thing though, both teams have not been the strongest in defence and we may see goals on both ends here. Benfica have one clean sheet away from home in the last eight matches and Famalicao have one clean sheet in their last eight league games at home. Benfica have also not won a lot of their away matches lately and though they will still be favorites here, we feel a draw is the most likely result in this game.
Shanghai Shenua have been great towards us, allowing him to play for his dream club. Ighalo has scored four times in eight appearances for the Old Trafford side, including a goal in the 5-0 Europa League win over LASK on 12 March, which was United's last competitive match before the season was suspended because of the coronavirus pandemic. The Premier League season is set to resume on 17 June. United are fifth in the table, three points behind fourth-placed Chelsea with nine games to play.
Given Real's superior head-to-head record over Barca, Real require two points from their final two games, at home to fifth-placed Villarreal on Thursday and at relegation-threatened Leganes on Sunday, to win the league. We have to be happy and rest up for Thursday," said Real boss Zidane after his side's ninth successive win since La Liga resumed in June. We will be back training on Tuesday and we will be back on the pitch on Thursday.
The side made it to the fifth round of the FA Cup last season before being beaten by Manchester United but prior to that they had been to the final for two seasons in a row, winning the competition in 2018. Their chances of winning the Premier League look slim at best so they’ll be hoping to progress further in this competition and add some more silverware to their cabinet in Frank Lampard’s first season in charge.
The hosts average 0.83 goals per home game having only scored five times in front of their own fans this season. Willem II have netted eight times on the road so far this season which works out at 1.33 goals per game, and this is why we believe the visitors will pinch a 1-0 win this weekend. Under 2.5 goals have been produced in four of Den Haag’s last six matches as well as in three of Willem II’s last six outings, but the visitors have only lost one of those games while the hosts have been beaten in two of theirs.
It's disappointing and frustrating for us all because his ankle was the main concern for everybody at the start of the season," Bruce told Sky Sports News. He jumped for a ball against Everton a few weeks ago and we've not been able to get him right and just when we think we've turned the corner with it unfortunately he's suffered a setback.
Hibernian have "identified four men involved in throwing missiles, including a glass bottle" during Friday's defeat by Rangers. And the club say CCTV material has been passed to Police Scotland. A glass bottle thrown from the stand landed near Rangers' Borna Barisic while he was down injured. We will continue to review the footage, and we expect to identify any others involved," said a Hibs spokesperson.
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Enosis are the worst home team in the league with a 0-1-6 record so far this season and they have also trouble scoring goals at home. They started the season with 3 goals in the 3-4 defeat to Achnas but have scored only 5 goals in the next 6 matches at home.
Aguilas The home team will be meeting with the away team Santa found This game looking at it very well we can say that this two teams will give us an under of 3.5 total goals as the home team and the away team have a very strong defense and with this we can be very sure that they will not give each other any chance to score
One thing is to not put his best performance in but for so many reasons players all around the world have better seasons than other players," he said. If you ask me the reasons, I am not an idiot, I have been in football many years. A player in this situation, even if he wants -- and I am not criticising him -- it's normal a player in this situation doesn't perform in the highest level.
Posted at 87' Attempt missed. Michael Johnston (Celtic) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Posted at 86' Attempt saved. Brian Graham (Ross County) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. SubstitutionPosted at 81' Substitution, Celtic. Nir Bitton replaces Callum McGregor.
Spain bid to win the Davis Cup Finals in front of their home crowd. They have Rafael Nadal of course and that means that Canada go into their first final knowing they are almost 1-0 down before they start. It's likely that this match will go to the deciding doubles as Spain's second singles player hasn't been coming up with the goods this week. Spain will likely have Nadal in the doubles too and they can be backed to get the win and lift the trophy.
Lawro's prediction: 3-0Avelino's prediction: To beat City at the Etihad like Wolves and Manchester United did, you pretty much have to play the perfect game. As great as Sheffield United have been this season, I think City will have too much for them. Kevin de Bruyne is playing like an alien at the moment, and is the best player in the Premier League without a doubt. Lawro was speaking to BBC Sport's Chris Bevan.
It is considered an emergency option that any team can use and a rule that has been approved by the clubs themselves," added Balague. Barca boss] Quique Setien has told the club he wants a striker. He feels Antoine Griezmann is not doing the job properly and he could be used somewhere else, between the lines toward the left-hand side. A signing is something that is necessary and everyone agrees that is the case including sporting director Eric Abidal and technical secretary Ramon Planes.
Evans' description of what was involved in his surgery provides a further insight into the extent of the work required to begin repairing the damage. Basically, I was cut from the top of one ear right across the top of my head to the other ear," explained the former Hull City player, who also pointed out that there was no malice in the tackle from Preston captain Tom Clarke that caused the damage. My face was peeled down to about my eyes and they had to build everything back up and put metal plates in, as well as getting my nose straightened up as much as they could.
It is 30 long years since Liverpool last won the title and with a 25-point lead the trophy was as good as secured, until the coronavirus pandemic intervened and the Premier League hit the pause button, until April 4 at least. Scrapping the season as if it never happened would be horribly harsh on Liverpool but advantageous for some clubs, including West Ham, in danger of being relegated.
This game is likely to provide a draw. Both sides are strong defensive players and will always try to defend to avoid conceding more goals. The home team is not all that a strong opponent unlike the away team with more attacking abilities and has a good record when it comes to winning most of it's games. The away team will put pressure on the home team but still both sides will be on a draw goal score record. Both sides are expected to score in this game. The expected score in this game is 0-0 or 1-1. With less than 4 goals in this game. The game will end levelled
The whole situation is like before a tournament. We all had a short break, then a relaxed phase and now an intense preparation," he told magazine Kicker. We're going to try to win this nine-game tournament - with the theoretical possibility of finishing first. Bayer Leverkusen, one point behind the top four, are the only other team with a realistic chance of a Champions League place. Schalke, Wolfsburg, Freiburg, Hoffenheim and Cologne are all in the race for Europa League spots.
It's the environment he's in and it has caught hold of him. Spurs have lost their last four matches in all competitions and are in danger of missing out on Champions League qualification after reaching the final last season. The FA is looking into the incident and has asked the club and the player for their observations.
Despite drawing three of their last four games, West Brom hold a three-point lead at the top of the Championship. It’s been a punishing Christmas for most of the top sides in the division, with both West Brom and Leeds having a tough time picking up wins. The pair are meeting on New Years Day, with West Brom hoping to return to form in time.
They are now unbeaten in nine in all competitions, progressing nicely in two cups and with a good chance at earning a Champions League qualifying place. With new signing Bruno Fernandes proving to be an instant success and Marcus Rashford and Paul Pogba due to return to the team before the end of the season, the future is starting to look encouraging for this team.
Kane (Tottenham) T. Pukki (Norwich) R. Sterling (Manchester City) 8 C. Wood (Burnley) 10 9 Richarlison (Everton) 9 Gabriel Jesus (Manchester City) A. LONDON, Feb 17 (Reuters) - Headed goals from Anthony Martial and Harry Maguire earned Manchester United a 2-0 win at Chelsea on Monday, putting them back in the hunt for a top-four Premier League finish.
Cristiano Ronaldo scored twice as Juventus beat Udinese to go top of Serie A - for a few hours at least. The Portuguese blasted in a crisp shot from the edge of the area for a fourth goalscoring game in a row. He then smashed in a first-time shot from Gonzalo Higuain's through ball before Leonardo Bonucci headed home to make it 3-0 before the break. Ronaldo almost grabbed his first Serie A hat-trick as he hit the post, before Ignacio Pussetto's late consolation.
I love to be here. That's why I continue to train hard. Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta would not criticise the defender, and said his display would have no bearing on a decision to exercise the option on his contract. He has spoken in the dressing room," Arteta said. David is someone who is very honest. My opinion has not changed from the moment I joined the team and it won't change because of a difficult performance tonight.
The busy Portugal international then created City's second, collecting a poor headed clearance from Victor Lindelof and dancing past a challenge before threading the ball to Riyad Mahrez who rounded goalkeeper David de Gea and slotted home. City then punished United on a counter-attack, which ended with Kevin De Bruyne blasting goalwards before De Gea's parry ricocheted off United midfielder Andreas Pereira into the net.
