Greetings Kankas
and Kankies.
Genclerbirligi
was blown away last Friday night in Istan.....spit.....bul in the 2nd
half after they received TWO red cards in the 1st half. I am unaware of the circumstances leading to
the red cards, but the referee, Firat Aydinus, received the maximum 3 stars for
his performance from that well known ‘lover of Ankara teams’ newspaper, The
Hurriyet (cough cough cough !!!).
Besiktas 4
GENCLERBIRLIGI 1
Team – Ertac,
Erdem, Bjarsmyr, Toure, Polomat, Yasin, Sessegnon, Candeias, Ayite, Sefa and
Nadir
Substitutes –
Ilker, Rahmetullah and Seuntjens.
The first to go
was Nadir in the 11 minute, followed by Yasin in the 36th
minute. Sandwiched in between was the
opening goal by Ayite in the 23rd minute. Miraculously, that’s how it stayed until
half time, but Coach, Hamza Bey, was given a headache of how to set out their
stall for the 2nd half playing with only 9 players !
It was a
mountain to climb for Gencler, and unfortunately a bridge too far !
Vida equalised 5
minutes from the resumption and the writing was on the wall when BJK went ahead
through Nkoudou half way through the 2nd half. Oguzhan killed the match off with 15 minutes
to go, before Atiba (Man of the Match with 3 assists) added the 4th
in time-added-on.
I don’t suppose
there will be an inquisition, since it was clear enough that you must have 11
players on the field to have any chance of challenging BJK when they are at
home. Gencler also had 4 yellow cards,
so it goes without saying that Hamza will need to work on their indiscipline in
the 2nd half of the season.
So, going into
the winter break, Gencler remain in 13th place and still 4 points
ahead of the relegation zone.
For their first
match after the winter break, Gencler will be away to Rize. Never an easy place to go when you
desperately need points.
A Happy New Year
to all the Gencler supporters who follow this blog !
All the best
from Eski Kanka Jim
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