Gaziantep 0–0 Fenerbahçe: two points gone
You go into week six six points behind Galatasaray. Gaziantep FK 0–0 Fenerbahçe, and that is the gap after five games played (1). It was the first 0–0 of the Turkish league season (6).
Fenerbahçe pushed. Gaziantep keeper Kacper Tobiasz kept his second clean sheet of the season, and the miss everyone is replaying came from Matteo Guendouzi, who had a clear chance and did not take it (2) (6) (9).
You sit 11th on 7 points from 5 games, goal difference +2. Your form reads W W L D D.
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Kartal: we came for the win
İsmail Kartal did not dress it up. "Galibiyet için geldik ama olmadı," he said. We came for the win, but it did not happen (10).
He also went after the pitch at Gaziantep Stadı, blaming the surface for the points loss (11).
The resignation that never was
Three days after Kartal announced he was leaving Fenerbahçe, he was back on the touchline at Gaziantep (4).
He owned the turn. "Maybe I acted somewhat emotionally," he said (4). That is the whole saga for now.
Kahveci lost it on air
Nihat Kahveci was not measured about it. On the Kontraspor broadcast after the 0–0, the pundit erupted, with "Allah sabır versin" among the lines going round (3).
Dursun: the squad is thin, and it ties Kartal's hands
Serdar Dursun, now at Gaziantep, aimed at the Fenerbahçe squad rather than the coach. "Bence oyuncu açısından kadroda bir yetersizlik var; bazı pozisyonlarda çok yetersiz. Bu yüzden İsmail Kartal'ın eli kolu bağlanıyor," he said. In his view, the squad is lacking in certain positions, and that ties Kartal's hands (7) (12) (13).
Gaziantep are happy, and that is the point
Both men at Gaziantep read the draw the way you would expect. Coach Orhan Ak said he was happy with the point against a strong opponent (5) (14). President Memik Yılmaz was blunter: "The 1 point we got against a team like Fenerbahçe is very valuable" (8).
Uğur Meleke's read on the game was that Gaziantep played one holding midfielder while Fenerbahçe had what looked like three (1).
Eyüpspor at home on Sunday
Next up is Eyüpspor at home, Sunday September 20, 16:00 CEST. After two draws and a derby loss, this is a home game you need to win.
