Galatasaray legends to go up against World XI in neighborly

Two of the best outside footballers ever to have graced the Turkish Super League, Georghe Hagi and Alex de Souza will confront each other without precedent for an inviting match on May 17, composed to commend the seventeenth commemoration of Galatasaray winning the UEFA Cup title in 2000. With aficionados of Turkey's two greatest clubs and conventional archrivals, Fenerbahçe Galatasaray, as yet contending over who is the untouched best, Alex or Hagi, the occasion will incorporate some other huge names from Turkish football. Fenerbahçe fans revered Alex de Souza, who wore their shirt for eight long years, before he was demonstrated the entryway by club executive Aziz Yıldırım, in the aftermath from an altercation.Galatasaray, then again, delighted in significant victories, including the UEFA Cup and UEFA Super Cup titles, on account of the left-footed conjurer, Georghe Hagi, who marked for the Lions in 1996, after a two-year spell at FC Barcelona.

In Istanbul, he was exceptionally effective and turned out to be greatly prominent among the club supporters. Hagi was a critical individual from the group that won four sequential association titles. In 2000, at 35 years old, Hagi was at the apex of his profession, winning each conceivable trophy with Galatasaray. They won the UEFA Cup, in the wake of vanquishing Arsenal in the last, a match in which Hagi was sent off for punching Arsenal skipper Tony Adams. The UEFA Cup win was trailed by the catch of the European Super Cup title, with a noteworthy win against Hagi's previous club Real Madrid.

Both accomplishments were firsts for a Turkish group and stay unmatched right up 'til today. The wins incited mass festivals in Istanbul and raised Hagi's notoriety significantly further. Hagi resigned in 2001 and stays a standout amongst the most adored and loved players in Turkey and Romania. All things considered, his entry to Galatasaray, had brought forth the great serenade "I Love You Hagi!"

Concerning Alex, he touched base at Fenerbahçe from Cruzeiro in 2004. The Yellow Canaries star got the chief's armband in 2007. In the 2010-2011 season he helped Fenerbahçe assert the group title, as he hit the net 28 times. On Sep. 15, 2012, a statue of Alex, subsidized by Fenerbahçe fans, was divulged in Istanbul's Kadıköy Yoğurtçu Park. Be that as it may, taking after a break with then mentor Aykut Kocaman, his agreement with Fenerbahçe was ended on Oct. 1, bringing his noteworthy Fenerbahçe profession that included 136 helps and 171 objectives in 341 amusements, to an end.

Presently, these two incredible stars of the Turkish Super League will confront each other without precedent for the May 17 neighborly, mutually sorted out by Galatasaray and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP). Galatasaray have allegedly asked for Alex de Souza to play for the World XI, in the commemoration coordinate and as indicated by reports on Turkish dialect day by day, Sabah, he has acknowledged the offer. In the match, the Galatasaray will be comprise of previous footballers who were a piece of the UEFA Cup winning squad and Hagi will put on the Galatasaray shirt following 16 years. Close by Alex de Souza, different stars including Drogba, Elmander and Galatasaray's present mentor Igor Tudor will play for World XI. Turkey's national football group mentor Fatih Terim, who was the mentor of the Galatasaray group that won the UEFA Cup, will likewise be available as the visitor of respect.