Football Season Guide

Last season Galatasaray were absolutely incapable of meeting the expectations. In the season’s 1st part they never found stability, but then they did a great job with an 8-game winning run that brought them only 3 points from the top. After that, the nightmare started for coach Fatih Terim’s team as they had to cope with lots of injuries. Having recorded only one victory in the last 10 fixtures, they finished in the 6th place. They had to be without their great fans because of the COVID. No doubt that Falcao’s performance was the biggest disappointment of the season. The former Porto attacker had to miss many fixtures because of injury. Besides him, the coach was unable to use Muslera, Andone, Feghouli and Belhanda in some fixtures. Since Muslera’s return is likely to be in January 2021, they signed Fatih Ozturk who has just recorded 3 clean sheets in 20 fixtures. In order to replace Onyekuru, Emre Kilinc was signed in. There will be a big pressure on him following his great performances in the last season. Arda Turan also returned to the Lions, but he has been far from action for a long time. So he needs time to become a protagonist again. Following the departures of Lemina, Seri and Selcuk, they need some fresh faces in the midfield. They also seem short at center back, not in number, but in terms of quality... Teenager Emin, Ahmet and Luyindama are liable of making mistakes at any time. With a few new arrivals, the coach has enough experience to make his team competitive for the title again.