temris

Another life update!

( Projects I'm actively working on )

( Life stuff ) ( Football talk!! )

I just completed my registration for the university, I'm still very nervous about it! Now I'll apply for some scholarships, let's see if any would actually accept to help me haha :D

Galatasaray will also have a play-off with Young Boys on the 21st of August. We've not had a great transfer season this time either, and the few past matches weren't exactly promising. Sometimes the Europa League sounds more attractive, getting another one would be awesome... but even getting into the Champions League will benefit the team a lot financially, I think a lot better than EL, though I'm not sure. Let's hope for the best.

Wow. WOW. The only thing I can say right now is this, because what the hell did I just watch?

I spoke before about how the transfer window sucked for us, (I'm so angry that the management couldn't even fit in Köhn to the Europa League list.) and in this match (and the 1st leg as well) showed how insufficient our rotation is right now.  I feel like except for a few - like Barış Alper, Abdülkerim, and Sanchéz to a point - everyone else showed their worst forms. To be fair, Kerem and Icardi were being covered by 3 players each anytime they got the ball. But even my favorite player, Torreira couldn't show his best tonight.

Also, I don't want to point at it all the time but like... Every time we play in European competitions, we keep getting the worst referees it seems like. Now the first leg seems so much better refereed after the clownery I watched with my eyes tonight. The guy continued every foul against us?? The ones I can't forget are:

1. When that Preciado guy hit Icardi's head, and continued it for a second, before stopping. So I thought, "Well of course, finally!" But then HE FRIGGING GAVE THE FREE KICK TO PRAHA??
2. Barış Alper was stomped on his feet right behind the penalty area. HE DIDN'T GIVE AF AT ALL WHILE THE GUY COULDN'T EVEN GET UP FOR A WHOLE MINUTE. And even after that, he barely could walk!

It really annoys you when you see him give a red to our team towards a similar position afterwards. We had to play with 10 guys for the rest of half the hour, while they played with 12 guys.

When we are behind in score, we usually pick up the pace well and come back good, even if it takes a while. That's not what I felt at all tonight unfortunately. Everyone (except for the ones I mentioned earlier) felt so sluggish. Berkan caused so many positions they got, and even though I really support Okan Hoca in most of his decisions, I was surprised he took out Mertens first, when I thought he was playing really good... I feel like even he got surprised, because it happened right after his shoot against the goal. It was not bad.

People got angry with Kerem (as they always do 🙄) but like I said before, he was being covered by so many players. (I even saw someone reply with "But Zaha can dribble past them" unironically, when it's the one thing I always pick out whenever he plays in the league's worst teams. 🤷‍♀️) I think he created some positions today as well as shooting for goal himself. It's a shame he missed very closely...

Btw, afaik, lighting that thing I forgot the name of, isn't it banned? The fans also showed a very racist choreography as well. I hope they get fined, but what the hell, this is UEFA we're talking about, and the rules only count for "the others".

So just like that, our European journey this season is also over. It's always the same thing, we keep getting the worst decisions made on us... But they don't care, because we aren't one of "the clubs people actually play", since they already changed the CL format, the same thing will maybe be done to Europa and Conference League a few years later from now on, huh?

I am so angry.

The weather has turned a full 180 this week. Well... not exactly, since in my city it always does this between the months of November to January. It doesn't snow much, but it gets really windy and cold. It's only 3 degrees right now and I can feel my nose freezing even at home (as I am right now). And my allergies don't make this any easier, but at least I have a roof over my head.

For the blog: I've written a long "article" for my sister's mock magazine that didn't turn out half bad, so I'll publish it a few days later here.

For the life update: I've started studying for the university entrance exams this year (which is also why I haven't been really updating here) but I'm only thinking of applying for two-year ones... I'm still not sure and it makes me annoyed, because this is exactly what I did years ago when I first took this same exam. My undecisiveness is my biggest enemy (along with my avoidant personality, of course).

And of course, my main interest these days... For football: The transfer market opens tomorrow officially. There haven't been anything said out loud about GS for the past few days, compared to the other teams that had their rumors flinging left and right. For months, especially during CL we heard Rıdvan Yılmaz -- seems like it could happen. Berkan is called back from loan, and let's see... what else? Oh yeah, there were some rumors about Grønbæk from that Bodo Glimt team, but nothing is certain so far. For the players of our team, it's the same thing. Each day, the reports change their minds about them. Some days they name half the team to be leaving, other days they love GS and want to stay. So... ??? Idk tbh.

There were some rumors about my faves too:

1. Apparently PSG is interested in my boy Boey. I hope he doesn't go 😭😭 But I feel like if there was a serious offer, he would leave. HE'S TOO GOOD FOR OUR LEAGUE... BUT LIKE LIGUE 1???? NO PLEASE.
2. Abdülkerim has also been named. Apparently some "big European teams" are interested in him, and people started speculating. Some said Bayern, some said Arsenal and Liverpool. Idk if I'd put Arsenal and Liverpool in that category, but someone said "Imagine the tandem of Van Dijk and Abdülkerim" and I went:

We'll see, but for some reason I'm not very positive. I just hope this lack of team play will be gone in the following weeks, because we really haven't been playing good lately. :/

AH BTW!!!!!!! The biggest news: Arda finally debuted in his first Real Madrid match! He played really good and got so many goal opportunities but sadly he couldn't score. It's okay though!! It was a real treat! Hope to see more of him in RM soon ^^

Dün gece uyumak gerçekten zordu.

Birçoğunun da dediği gibi, en çok da Kopenhag'a yenilmek üzdü. Gruptaki "en düşük seviye takım" olduğu için falan değil, kendi sahamızda oynanan maçtan sonra kalecinin yaptığı terbiyesizlikler, dünkü maça kadar tek tek hepsinin yaptığı açıklamalar yüzünden. Özellikle de son düdük çaldıktan hemen sonra o adamın mutlulukla arkadaşına sarılırken, Bakambu'nun üzgünlükle baktığı görüntüde kalbim parçalandı.

Demiştim ben Real Madrid'e elendiğimizden beri futbolla daha az ilgilenmeye başlamıştım diye. Çünkü sürekli olacakmış gibi olup sonunda olmuyor.

Dünkü maçın iyi gitmeyeceği maç başlamadan belliydi bence. İlk 11'i gördüğüm anda bir kaş kaldırdım, ama sonra dedim ki, önceki birkaç maçta da aynı şeyi yaşadım ben. Dedim belki bu sefer değişir bir şeyler. Özellikle Tete'ye maalesef güvenim sıfır, ki ben takımdaki hiçbir oyuncuyu hala silmemiştim başkalarının sallamayı çok sevdiği bu ortamda. Hem Angelino, hem de Zaha -- adam bu maçlara çıkabilmek için geldi bu takıma zaten, her seferinde dillendirdi. O yüzden hocanın çıkarmasına şaşmıyorum, ancak şu güne kadar hiçbir maçta performansını çok çok beğenmedim. Gol attı mı, attı. Ama dediğim gibi bir türlü gözüme giremedi adam. Bilmiyorum, benlik bir şey. Ya da onun için Kerem'in her maçta laf yemesinden de olabilir.

Diyorlar ki her şutu uzaya atıyor. Bir kısma kadar doğru, ama onun kadar atağa giren görmüyorum ben. Takımda bir sürü sakat oynayan var tabii -- özellikle Icardi'nin son zamanlardaki düşüşünü buna bağlıyorum. (Umarım kısa zamanda eski formuna geri döner. Bence sakatlandıktan sonra oynamamalıydı bir süre...) Ama inatla oynatıldığından, bütün atakların ona ulaştırılmaya çalışılmasından hiçbir şey yapamaz hale geldik. Buna rağmen adam maçta olduğu her dakika uğraşıyor bir şeyler için bence.

Zaten saat 11'de başlayan maçı beklemek tam bir işkenceydi. Başladığı anda da başka bir baş ağrısı başladı. (Ne kadar baş içeren bir cümle oldu :D) Dedim ki tüm ŞL maçlarında böyle başladık, sonra açıldık biz. Düzelir şimdi.

Düzelmedi.

Berbat oynadık maalesef. Ve hak etmedik galibiyeti o yüzden. Tete'yi izlemek beni öldürdü zaten. Angelino nasıl bilmiyorum, istatistiklerde ilk yarı yüksek puan almış galiba ama ben bunu hiç göremedim. Zaten gideceğim diye düşündüğünden çok uğraşmadı mı artık...  (Ziyech de sanırım yine iyi hissetmediğinden ilk 11 başlamamış.)

Her şey farklı olabilirdi düşüncesi AKLIMDAN ÇIK!! Yapacak bir şey yok maalesef, Avrupa Kupasını almamız gerekiyor, şart. "Hiç olmazsa yarı final" bile diyemiyorum. Öyle gaza geldim, sinirlendim.
Aklıma sonradan başka yorumlarım da gelirse düzenlerim bu yazıyı... Aklım parça parça, ne düşünsem bilemiyorum.