Greetings Kankas
and Kankies.
Ankaragucu made
the perfect start to the match last night when they went ahead almost from the
kick off, but they failed to capitalise to put Konyaspor under any serious
pressure to build on their opening goal and put the match beyond Konya.
In Ali Sowe’s
absence (injured), it is apparent just how valuable he is to the team. His predatory skills, frequent tracking back
to support the defence, and ........of course ......his goals, have been sorely
missed !
Despite the fact
that Bajic scored the only goal last night, it doesn’t disguise the fact that
he just does not have the ability to worry defenders, especially when playing as
‘The Lone Ranger’ up front !! Time will tell if he can prove me wrong.
The match was
fairly evenly balanced and that is borne out by the statistic that both teams
had only one shot on target in the entire match.
ANKARAGUCU 1 Konyaspor 1
Team – Bahadir,
Kitsou, Radakovic, Mujakic, Hanousek, Dokanovic, Turkmen, Morutan, Bekiroglu,
Rodrigues and Bajic
Substitutes – Pedrinho,
Renaldo, Guneren, Macheda and Bilazer
The first goal
arrived in the 2nd minute from a fast break down the left wing. Hanousek sent in a perfect cross into the
box for Bajic to make contact before the defender alongside him. Great start and the kankas at this stage
were in optimistic mode for more to come.
However, that
was not to be as Konya came more into the match, and they found the equaliser
approaching the half hour mark. From a
fast attack on the left, the ball was crossed into the box which eluded the
attackers and defenders, and behind them completely unmarked was the lurking Oguz
who swept the ball in with Bahadir helpless.
Not much to say
about the 2nd half except an Ankaragucu claim for a penalty with 10
minutes of the match remaining.
Hanousek sent in an inviting cross from the left which was cleared for a
corner, but in doing so, a defender had used his arm and the referee pointed to
the penalty spot. However, the defender claimed that he had used
his chest and a VAR check was made.
Result ......... no penalty !!!
Having watched
the replay, it looked to me like he had used his forearm !!!
So, one point,
which moves Ankaragucu closer to mid-table .........BUT .........only 3 points
above the relegation zone !!
A huge test
awaits Ankaragucu next Saturday when they travel to play 2nd top of
the league (and reigning champions) Galatasaray.
It will be
interesting to see what formation Tolunay Bey deploys ?!
As always, watch this space for the outcome.
All the best
from Eski Kanka Jim
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