Greetings Kankas
and Kankies.
A great result
last night in Ankara leaves the door ajar for Ankaragucu to record a famous
escape from relegation. BUT..........only if they can conjure up two
more victories in their last two matches, and hope that some of their fellow
strugglers slip-up.
The end of the
season at both ends of the league table are on a knife edge with still all to
play for. There would have been few
punters putting their money on an Ankaragucu win last night against last season’s
champions, but for followers of Ankaragucu, we have never given up hope,
especially with our famous fighting spirit and never-say-die attitude.
Of course,
Galata....spit.....saray is not the same team as last season, but that does not
detract from the result last night and Ankaragucu’s determination to refuse to
lie-down !
ANKARAGUCU 1 Galatasaray 0
Team – Ricardo,
Kitsiou, Kulusic, Pazdan, Pinto, Faty, Pukasik, Saba, Scarione, Michalak and
Orgill
I only managed
to see the highlights, and it seems to have been one of those end-to-end
matches with both goalkeepers kept busy.
Scarione, Orgill and Pazdan had chances and I noticed that Pazdan was
also busy in defence with his renowned blocking tackles.
Ricardo had
another good match in goal and is quite rightly forcing our other excellent
goalkeeper, Korcan, to warm the bench.
The crucial goal
came in the 60th minute when a penalty was correctly awarded when an
Ankaragucu player was tripped in the box.
Scarione made no mistake with his trademark accuracy !
With 3 successive
defeats, Galata.....spit.....saray is now struggling to qualify for the Europa
Cup, BUT ..........do we care ???!!!
With those 3 vital
points, Ankaragucu took closer order in the league with the bottom 5 who all
play tonight, Rize, Konya, Denizli and Malatya all having difficult matches
against teams in the top 5.
So, if Ankaragucu
needed motivation then perhaps they will have it later tonight ?!
Ankaragucu has
another home match next Sunday against Antalyaspor which falls into the
category of ‘only a win will suffice’
!!
Their destiny is
in their own hands now. Win the
remaining two matches and hope for the other 5 teams to slip-up. Will they manage ‘The Great Escape’ ??
As always, watch
this space for the answer.
All the best
from Eski Kanka Jim
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