Greetings Kankas
and Kankies.
Gencler missed a
golden opportunity last night to make a statement of intent in their bid for
promotion. Sitting in 9th
position in the league they are still not out of the play-off picture, but they
will need to make a move soon to pick-up points otherwise they will be dragged
down into mid-table oblivion.
True enough,
they were up against the league leaders, but Eyup were off the pace in the 2nd
half and Gencler failed to take advantage of it.
There are more
mountains looming for Gencler, and as I have said here many times over the
years, there are no ‘easy’ matches in The Championship League.
Eyupspor 1 GENCLERBIRLIGI 0
Team – Ertugrul,
Yasin, Nzaba, Babacan, Oguzhan, Kemaloglu, Jimmy Durmaz, Wu, M. Yatabare,
Kayode and Amilton
Substitutes –
Bostan, R. B. Cagiran, Oltan and Elias Durmaz
Gencler made a bright
start making the Eyup goalkeeper make 2 good saves in the first 10 minutes
before fading as the 1st half wore on.
Eyup gradually upped
the pace and were rewarded in the 20th minute with a well
constructed goal. From a throw-in on
the right, the ball was then chipped over a defender for the Eyup attacker to
collect. Almost at the goal line, he
looked up and sent in a perfect cut-back for Bruno to fire in.
From that point,
Eyup always looked the likelier team to add another goal, but their final
efforts on goal were not on target.
The pace of the
match slowed considerably in the 2nd half by both teams, and going
into the last 10 minutes Eyup seemed happy to keep possession to run the match
down.
Gencler took
advantage of this tactic and threatened to equalise twice, but the Eyup
goalkeeper was in fine form to deny the equaliser.
Taking
everything into account, it’s clear to see why Eyup are top of the league and 7
points clear of 2nd top Goztepe
!!
Next up for
Gencler is a home match against Bandirma next Monday, who are also in the play-off
area, so yet another chance for Gencler to move into a stronger league
position.
As always, watch
this space for the outcome.
All the best
from Eski Kanka Jim
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