Greetings Kankas
and Kankies.
Ankaragucu sank
deeper into the relegation zone last night in Istan......spit.....bul and now
prop-up the league in 2nd bottom position and only 2 points from the
bottom.
For the most
part, they were given a footie lesson last night by a slick and speedy
Basaksehir team which made the Ankaragucu defence work overtime. The scoreline tends to flatter Ankaragucu
and Basaksehir should have put the match to bed long before Ankaragucu’s
consolation goal.
Basaksehir 2 ANKARAGUCU 1
Team – Korcan,
Kitsiou, Kulusic, Pazdan, Mehmet, Faty, Sedat, Aydin, Moke, Ilhan and Orgill
Substitutes –
Yalcin, Canteros and Cebrail
I watched the
match in The Alerta Bar with my friend Halil and a few other Ankaragucu
supporters on a laptop which Halil had kindly fixed-up to find a stream. The effin Beshiktrash match being on at the
same time prevented us watching on the big screen to pander to the many Ankara
BJK ‘supporters’ !!!
The first goal
arrived after only 10 minutes and it was fashioned down the right where most of
Basaksehir’s dangerous moves originated.
Mehmet in particular had a howler of a match and couldn’t cope with the
speed of the Basaksehir right winger.
However, in this case it was Ilhan who didn’t mark the loose attacker
from a throw-in on the right. He therefore
had all the time in the world to cross perfectly for Crivelli to stroke the
ball in.
It was mostly
one way traffic as Basaksehir looked to kill the match off and by some miracle
they couldn’t find the killer touch thanks to some resolute defending by
Ankaragucu.
Ankaragucu did
have a few incursions into the Basaksehir half with Faty and Ilhan scorning
chances. Also, Orgill tried an audacious
bicycle-kick shot which was well off target.
Only one down at
half time was amazing, but I still felt an avalanche was imminent.
Basaksehir
started the 2nd half in all-out attack mode and it took a great
saving tackle from Yalcin 2 minutes in to steal the ball off an attacker’s foot
as he was about to score.
2 minutes later
and it was Korcan to the rescue as he saved a goal bound shot just inside the
post.
3 minutes later
and it was Mehmet who almost gifted Basaksehir a goal when he was caught
dithering on the ball, but the danger was cleared before any damage occurred.
15 minutes to go
and the 2nd goal unsurprisingly arrived but again it was fashioned
down the right with an express breakaway with Mehmet and others left for
dead. The precision cross was delivered
to the inrushing Crivelli who finished clinically.
The 3rd
goal was prevented by Pazdan who intercepted a dangerous cross from the left
and cleared the danger.
Then with 3
minutes remaining Ankaragucu scored against the run of play, Aydin sent in an
excellent cross from the right to Ilhan at the far post and I thought at the
time that Ilhan made contact with a glancing header. However, it seems that contact wasn’t made
and the ball drifted into the top left.
The goalkeeper should have saved it, but I think he was distracted by
Ilhan’s presence ?!
Anyway, the goal
obviously inspired Ankaragucu to search for the equaliser .......... better
late than never I suppose !!!
Ilhan and Orgill
had efforts past the post and over the bar before the final whistle and
Ankaragucu returned to Ankara empty handed.
I have to say
that Ankaragucu played some really nice footie IN THEIR OWN HALF, but for the
most part, when they ventured into Basaksehir’s half their passing and
penetration was woeful.
Thankfully there
will be an International Break next weekend to give the Coach more time to
prepare for the visit of Trabzon on 23 November. Trabzon is in fine form at the moment and
sit comfortably in 3rd top position in the league.
However, as we
have seen, the Ankaragucu players never throw in the towel, even when staring
defeat in the face. This will be a real
test of their character and a match which I intend to attend at The Eryaman
Stadium.
Bring it on !
All the best
from Eski Kanka Jim
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