Greetings Kankas
and Kankies.
It was a fast
and furious match tonight in Istanbul, going from end-to-end with both teams
in attacking mode.
In all honesty,
the result was a fair reflection of play, but it could have been otherwise
without Ankaragucu’s defensive frailties
!!!
It was the type
of match which had me on the edge of my seat throughout and I was fully
expecting further goals before the final whistle !
Istanbul
Basaksehir 3 ANKARAGUCU 3
Team – Bahadir,
Hanousek, Mujakic, Radakovic, Bilazer, Efkan, Tolga, Tasos, Pedrinho. Rodrigues
and Ali
Substitutes –
Renaldo, Morutan, Ali Kaan, Atakan and Macheda
What a way to
start a match !
Ankaragucu went
ahead in the 1st minute from a throw-in on the right to Ali inside
the box. He back-headed the ball to
Rodrigues who played a return pass to Ali, and from an acute angle on the right
he shot past a bewildered goalkeeper.
Basak’s
equaliser 12 minutes later arose from a slack back-pass and was immediately latched
onto by Piatek who surged forward on the left towards the goal line inside the
box. Bahadir came out to intercept
but misjudged his timing and then back-tracked. Piatek then sent his shot from an acute
angle between Bahadir and Mujakic who had positioned himself at the wrong angle
on the goal line.
5 minutes later
and Ankaragucu was back in front.
Ali received a
pass on the left and sent a pass inside to Pedrinho who was just outside the
box. Pedrinho let fly and the ball went
whizzing in just inside the left post.
Then shortly
after that Basak and Ankaragucu hit the woodwork within the space of two
minutes of each other.
However, the 2nd
equaliser arrived approaching the half hour mark and it was all down to
defensive blunders.
Firstly. Bahadir
collided with Mujakic going for the same ball which then broke to an attacker
who shot, but the ball was deflected into a melee of players. Mujakic was too slow to hoof the ball to
safety, but Piatek’s reactions were quicker and he shot in for a scrappy
goal. (Emre needs to show a replay of
this incident in training this week to show how NOT to defend !!!).
Approaching half
time and Bahadir redeemed himself with a crucial save from a goal bound shot.
The 2nd
half was only 15 minutes old when Ankaragucu went into the lead for the 3rd
time. There may well have been some
good fortune to it when Tolga’s shot was deflected by a defender to loop over
the goalkeeper’s head, but good work from Ali and Efkan to set Tolga up for the
shot was quick thinking on their part !
Could Ankaragucu
hold on this time for all 3 points
? 15 minutes to go and the
answer was ........ NO !!
A Basak cross from the right was sent to the
far post and somehow Bahadir and Bilazer contrived to let Figueiredo have a
free header and in went the 3rd equaliser. (this is another replay which Emre should
show next week !!). Also, I have to say that the sooner
Kitsou is fit to resume playing the better
!!!
Ankaragucu had
one last chance to win the match when Renaldo crossed to Morutan but he scuffed
his shot well past when well placed to have done better.
Ankaragucu
remain in mid-table but still only 4 points above the relegation zone.
Next up is a
home match against Antalyaspor (1 point below Ankaragucu) next Friday KO 8pm.
As always, watch
this space for the outcome.
All the best
from Eski Kanka Jim
Omerrrr, Omerrrrr come back Omerrrr
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