Turkish Football And The Dawn of a New Era
With all of the end of season excitement going on currently, the...
Besiktas are once again having some serious injury issues. In the previous couple of seasons, the Black Eagles have had significantly more players suffering injuries in comparisson to their rivals. It looks like that “injury nightmare” is persisting this season. With three more players, Ersan Gulum, Atiba Hutchinson and Cenk Tosun, who picked up injuries in the last game against Caykur Rizespor, the total number of injuries has increased to eight already in this early stage of the new season.. Veli Kavlak was obliged to watch his teammates from the stands in the Champions League third qualifying round first leg game against Feyenoord Rotterdam whilst Atiba Hutchinson missed the first leg play-off game against Arsenal FC.
Oguzhan Özyakup’s abdamon injury relapsed during the international break and was forced to leave the camp earlier than expected missing Turkey’s first group match against Iceland.
New signing Demba Ba got injured during a training session and could not appear in the week one and week two of the Spor Toto Süper Lig. Demba Ba, whose injury problems are referred to as “chronic” by several media outlets, has since denied these claims from the media. José Sosa was Besiktas’ latest injury victim prior to the C. Rizespor game.
Ersan Gülüm, Cenk Tosun and Atiba Hutchinson picked up some minor injuries in that game. Who will and who won’t be on the pitch on thursday against Greek side Asteras Tripolis on matchday one of the UEFA Europa Leauge?