When we refer to Galatasaray and Fenerbahce only one phrase comes to mind: "Blood & sand". This is the ultimate derby in the country, these are the two biggest teams in Turkey and every match "hides" passion, will, nerves and hatred. Especially this year that there is an extra reason for everyone to raise the cup in the sky of "Antalia Standiou" on Thursday night. This is the stadium of Antalyaspor, located in Antalya and has close to 33.000 seats. As is logical for such a match, there has been "sold out" for a few days now.
Let's look at each other's progress in the institution and between them. Galatasaray holds the title of the "polinikis" of the institution, having so far 16 conquests in its ... frame, and has come from two series in recent years. He also reached 5 times to the final but did not. Fenerbahce, on the other hand, has only 6 cup conquests and is 4 in the series, with Besiktas (9 times) and Trabzonspor (8 times) overtaking it. "Canaries" also have a negative record in the institution, as it is the group with the most lost finals, 9 in the number. Follow 6 with Besiktas and Trabzonspor and 5 with Galatasaray.
The Lions have met 3 times so far with the Canaries in the final, with Galatasaray conquering the 3 times the trophy. Their first "battle" coincides with the first Cup competition in the 1962-1963 period. There, the conquest was a "battle" of double matches, with the Lions dominating in both matches with the same score (2-1) and lifting the mug. Two more meetings followed in the final, with Galatas doing the 3-0. The second was 1964-1965 (again in double matches, with Galatas prevailing with a total score of 1-0). Their most recent meeting was 2005, where the "Lions" in a real show prevailed with the emphatic 5-1. Part of that team was Frank Ribere and Hakan Sukur. In recent years Fener and Galatas have made ... their own affair the Cup, with Fener to conquer 2012 and 2013 and Galatas to take a turn, 2014 and 2015.
It is expected to be a big fight, with Galatasaray wanting the conquest and wiping out the penalty imposed by UEFA in order to be able to participate in Europe in the following year (2017-2018). Fenerbahce has her own reasons as she wants to sweeten somewhat her world after the loss of the championship by Besiktas. Surely he does not want any of them to go a year gone, with the climate not being particularly good at both camps. All this, following the repeated blows in Uefa's Turkish football, imposed a transcriptional embargo on Fenerbahce and a fine.
They will definitely fall "body", I personally am not with anyone, only with football. I wish we could see a nice final, win the best and in the end let's hope we do not see episodes.
YH This year we had 2 draws (Fener-Galata: 1-1 and Galata-Fener: 0-0). Why not a third?
