Greetings Kankas
and Kankies.
The Gencler
defence was torn to shreds last night in Kadikoy by a resurgent Fenerbahce team
who attacked from start to finish. As
much as I hate to say it, this Fener team look strong favourites to overtake
current leaders Sivas, and on this form could also be pencilled-in as League
Champions.
Fenerbahce 5 GENCLERBIRLIGI 2
Team – Ertac,
Candeias, Flavio, Toure, Halil, Baiano, Berat, Sessegnon, Sio, Polomat and
Stancu
Substitutes –
Nadir, Rahmetullah and Sefa
I was fortunate
enough to see the match in snatches in the Red Lion Club when I was joined by
two Gencler supporters (Steve and Oguz) for a darts match.
When Sio opened
the scoring after only 8 minutes we were hoping for an upset and for Fener to
engage panic mode. However, our optimism
was soon dashed when Fener settled and hit 3 goals through Muric (2) and the
impressive Gustavo before the half time whistle.
On the
resumption, Fener continued to dictate matters and it was unsurprising when
they extended their lead through Ferdi with 15 minutes of the match remaining.
Gencler, to
their credit, never gave up their efforts to penetrate the Fener defence and
were rewarded with a 2nd goal with a slick attack on the right. The ball was played into Stancu just outside
the box and he fired in an angled shot beyond the reach of Altay in goal. A just reward for their efforts.
Fener was in no
mood to extend their generosity further and Kruse added the 5th near
the end when Fener split the Gencler defence open and Kruse had the easiest of
tasks to tap-in with Ertac left exposed.
Gencler have
another difficult match next Saturday at home against Goztepe who are Ankaragucu’s
opponents tonight. Irrespective of that
result, Goztepe will be a difficult nut to crack.
As always, watch
this space for the details.
All the best
from Eski Kanka Jim
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