Greetings Kankas
and Kankies.
Gencler lost a
golden opportunity yesterday to move into a more challenging position when they
could only draw with relegation threatened Sanliurfa (their 10th
draw this season !!). So, they remain stuck in 9th
position and are sorely in need of a win to reignite their challenge of
securing a play-off position.
GENCLERBIRLIGI 1 Sanliurfa 1
Team – Ertugrul,
Nzaba, Babacan, Yigit, Ozgur, James Siliki, Ensar, R. B. Cagiran, Gaetan,
Bostan and Amilton
Substitutes –
Otan, Akabueze, Kayoteand Elias Durmaz
I missed the
first 30 minutes of the match so can’t comment on the opening goal scored by
Fernando after 10 minutes.
The match was
played at The Aktepe Stadium (home of Keciorengucu) again and probably due to
the playing surface problem at The Eryaman Stadium, but I am unsure if this is
a temporary arrangement or permanent.
Any thoughts on this from our Gencler readers ?
Gencler found
the equaliser on the half hour mark which had some good fortune attached to
it. A free kick on the left was lofted
to the back post and headed into the centre for R . B. Cagiran. He sent his shot to the centre which the
goalkeeper appeared to have covered, but the ball took a cruel deflection off a
defender and ended up in the top right
!!
The tempo of the
match slowed in the 2nd half and with 10 minutes to go it looked
like both sets of players were happy with a point each, but it is more than
likely that 1 point will suit Urfa in their relegation struggle rather than
Gencler with an eye on the play-offs !!
Gencler did have
a good chance to find the winning goal almost on the full time whistle, but a
goalmouth scramble was eventually cleared by the Urfa defence.
On this showing,
Urfa has much work to do in their remaining fixtures if the are to avoid
relegation. There is no doubting Gencler’s
endeavours over the past few weeks, and yesterday, but they are gradually
losing touch with the play-off pack in the top half of the league.
Gencler has yet
another opportunity to get the show back on the road next Sunday 10 March when
they travel to 2nd bottom Altay. Bottom club Giresun have been cut
adrift, but Altay can still rescue their season, so it will be another close
encounter with both teams desperate for all 3 points !
As always, watch
this space for the outcome.
All the best
from Eski Kanka Jim
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