Ankaragucu've made a traditional marriage with Ankaraspor beacuse of which Ankaraspor've been fined of relegation. A lot of players were involved into Ankaragucu squad from Ankaraspor. But it'd not worked as good as it was expected , and team finished the first half in the bottom side of the table. During winter break , Ankaragucu released and transferred many players. But the most important affair's been Roger Lemerre's appointment for managerial position. He was the one to manage team of France who won Euro 2000 and can bring pace of experince into club and players,also. Geremi from Newcastle United , former Glosgow Rangers and Monaco player Jerome Rothen , Slovakian international Marek Sapara and Lille's Robert Vittek are Ankaragucu's new signings. All of them are set to make their debuts at Ankara for today's game. One other fact for this encounter is that this game will be played at ASAS stadium , which'd been used by Ankaraspor due to bad pitch conditions at Ankaragucu's stadium 19 Mayis,Ankara. Asas has artificial pitch which none of the clubs in Turkey have. So neither teams's players are familiar to this sort of ground.
Expactations were announced to have been so high for Ankaragucu following the takeover operation. The new Chairman told the press that they were willing to create a competitive team for Turkish League title since it was 100th anniversary of Ankaragucu. But they've yet to win a single game in the second half of the season. So that fans will be coming to ASAS Stadium to enjoy their first win in almost 2 months with their new shaped team. Ankaragucu is one of the teams what play in front of the highest crowds and it'll be the same for today's game , i'm sure of that. Bursaspor and Ankaragucu's fans groups are in peace with each other as Bursaspor fans shill for Ankaragucu in 6th minute of all home games and Ankaragucu fans chill for Bursaspor in 16th minute of all home games.
Bursaspor , on the other hand , surprisingly have kept their place in title contention and played decent football especially at home. Lately , they stepped up their football away from home and collected more points than they'd done in the first half , however today they will miss their best striker out this game. Highly rated youngster Sercan Yildirim won't play against Ankaragucu. Bursaspor've already been a defensive minded team and their best striker's absence will sure make a negative effect offensively. When you look at the the table , you'll just see Ankaragucu are battling for relegation , but i can admit that they have the best group of players after the big three. (Galarasaray,Fenerbahce and Besiktas).. The biggest question mark is whether the players got that harmony to play together , hopefully , regarding Roger Lemerre factor and the high expactations , i think that Ankaragucu will give all they have to come back in action with a good result. May be a win in front of their own crowd. Draw no bet for Ankaragucu is worth trying with medium stakes,IMO. I'll also try Ankaragucu ML with low stakes. Posted on Feb-07-2010 at 11:03 CET |