Why was Galatasaray so good at the European Cups?
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Good? How many did they win?? How many finals did they play in?\n\nThey may be a difficult opponent at home but nowhere near the elite clubs like Barcelona, Milan, Chelsea, Liverpool, Juventus or Bayern Munich. Even teams like Man Utd, Inter and Real Madrid who haven't had great seasons recently are streets ahead of Galatasaray.\n\nYes, they did beat Arsenal to win a UEFA Cup some years back, but then they had quality players like Hagi, Popescu and Sukur at his peak. The current roster doesn't come close to being serious contenders for either the Champions League or UEFA Cup.
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They are an excellent team. No team can stop them. They will beat Germany and go on to win the Final. \nFORZA AZZURRI.
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because europe has the best teams
1095882
because they dont need it to win the world cup\nthey have a very good fighting spirit,and displayed a very good performance so far.\nwhat they lack is concentration but african teams can be the dark horse in the tournament.
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They played extremely well and were unbeaten in their Group which also featured France, Switzerland and the Irish Rep amongst others.\n\nHowever, there were too many drawn games in this group among the afore-said 4 teams. That proved Israel's undoing.\nMoreover, the draws they had at home were high scoring, whereas those away were low scoring. They were always going to lose out on 'head to head' considerations.\n\nHowever, the good news is that Israel have developed an ability to play against European teams and avoid defeat. This should be a good foundation for qualification in the future, with Euro 2008 the next big tournament. \n\nJust like Turkey, Israeli football will grow and reach a standard good enough to be amongst the better nations.
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3rd placed TURKS\n\n\n\nSuprise packets, Turkey, finished a great World Cup tournament with a well deserved third place.  Turkey were the closest team to beating champions Brazil, which they had to face twice throughout the tournament.
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Girondins De Bordeaux defeated Galatasaray SK 3-1 to finish third in Group C of the 2006-2007 UEFA Champions' League on Wednesday, 22 November 2006. the win for the French side give them the UEFA Cup spot ahead of Galatasaray SK. \n\n2006-2007 UEFA Champions' League Group C\nWednesday, 22 November 2006, 20:45 CET\nStade Chaban-Delmas, Bordeaux, France\nGirondins De Bordeaux 3-1 Galatasaray SK\n\nGoals:\n1-0 Alejandro Cesar Alonso 22'\n2-0 Lilian Laslandes 47'\n3-0 Julien Faubert 50'\n3-1 Junichi Inamoto 73'\n\nBookings:\nSabri Sarioglu (Galatasaray SK) 7'\nHasan Sas (Galatasaray SK) 45+1'\nJunichi Inamoto (Galatasaray SK) 49'\nJoseph Enakarhire (Girondins De Bordeaux) 55'\nGeraldo Mauricio Wendel (Girondins De Bordeaux) 67'\n\nReferee: Vladimír Hriňák (SVK)\nAssistant referee: Vladimír Medveď (SVK), Radomir Sluk (SVK)\nFourth official: Mário Vlk (SVK)
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because the other teams are scoring more goals than them. maybe they are not as good as everone thinks
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Because West Ham are more hungry for it, and the bigger clubs exspect a win. Beating bigger clubs gives West Ham more passion to go on and do it again and again. They were so unlucky in the FA cup final and were the better team by far!
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It's funny you say that, he's tied for first in La Liga in scoring goals, people think that just cause he had a bad world cup, it wasn't just him who had a bad world cup, the top scorer had only 5 goals, that's down considerably from previous world cups, so nobody did anything spectacular, Brasil's former coach even said it himself he had the wrong mix of players and that's why they failed, but most countries would've liked to make it to the quarter finals, everyone just expects to much from him, you know this game is a team sport and if your not pulling your weight for the team then they cant produce, and Barcelona has been very unfortunate with all of there injuries.....  he is still the best player out there talent wise and his creativity is unfathomable, he will prove himself again you wait and see....
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they kept on the hardwork. shut out milan. and mostly they got LUCKY on the nite... like that goal against chelsea in SF2. you just need luck in football when the teams are so evenly matched?? .
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Best player won it...\nMost consistent during 2006 and redefined the concept of "ABSOLUTE PERFECTION' at the World Cup!!\nNever seen anyone play 7 matches in a row, in a major tournament, with such an intensity, commitment and faultless performances...
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YES HE WAS,HE WON WORLD CUPS WITH ORDINARY ARGENTINIAN TEAM,PELE WAS PART OF GREAT BRAZILIAN TEAMS,A GREAT PLAYER BUT DIEGO WAS A GREAT INDIVIDUAL PLAYER WHO MADE A TEAM WIN.
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because they play better than the other team.\n\n:>peace
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They were well organised and worked hard.They were very hard to break down and always likely to nick a goal from a set-piece.And,it could be argued that they hit form at just the right time.I don't believe it was luck alone.
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Well first of all, I think that Serbia and Montenegro's girls are cuties! :)\n\nBut well, in the World Cup, they got hard teams to play. I personally like how Kezman plays in Atletico de Madrid, but seems that he didn't show his soccer abilities at this cup, part of that is because he got expelled in the match against Argentina, so he could show his good soccer against Cote dIvore.\n\nI don't know the other players in that team, but they maked Spain to go second in the Qualification round, when Spain was the favourite to win that group. So that is a lot for this team, that in the next world cup I think they are going to show good soccer.\n\nPD: I also like Kezmans beard style!.
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Galatasaray of course.\nhe is the ebst turkish team based in the carrier of the last 20 years.