Greetings Kankas
and Kankies.
I think we are
all agreed that there is no doubting Ankaragucu’s determination to avoid
relegation, and that said, it was quite clear last night that the effort put-in
by the team reaped their just reward.
Coach Emre Bey has the players fighting for every ball and the will to
win is there for all to see.
Having gone a
goal down early in the match, Ankaragucu fought back to deservedly claim all 3
points and put a little more distance between them and the relegation zone.
True enough,
with 6 matches left to play, there is still a lot to do, but the performance
last night was encouraging for the final run-in.
ANKARAGUCU 3 Gaziantep 1
Team – Bahadir,
Kitsiou, Radakovic, Mujakic, Kazimcan, Ali Kaan, Tolga, Morutan, Efkan,
Bassogog and Ali Sowe
Substitutes –
Pedrinho, Tasos, Alexis, Macheda and Renaldo
Ankaragucu
received a wake-up call after only 7 minutes of the match when Gaziantep scored
the opening goal in their first attack, and it was basically down to the
defence failing to clear the ball from inside the 6 yard box. The ball fell kindly to Jevtovic in the
centre whose shot went in high centre with Bahadir static.
It was all
Ankaragucu after that shock opener and they equalised after 24 minutes when
Bassogog picked-up the ball in the Ankaragucu half and took off with Gaziantep
players in his wake. He ran straight
into the Gaziantep box and slid the ball to Ali Sowe in support and he tapped
in for an excellent goal. Wrong !!!
VAR was called into play and the goal ruled out for offside. Marginal, but unfortunately correct !
Ankaragucu
continued to attack and were duly rewarded 6 minutes later with a slick piece
of skill by Efkan. He received a long
pin-point pass in the centre, shrugged off a challenge and side-footed the ball
inside the right post.
In the run-up to
the half time whistle, Ankaragucu was denied by the woodwork on two
occasions. Firstly, Ali Sowe hit the bar with a header
and then Ali Kaan hit the post with a great shot.
However, into
the 2nd half, and the 2nd goal arrived at the half way
point when Ali Sowe received a lay-off pass in the centre and he made no
mistake.
3 minutes later
and the icing on the cake when Efkan’s fierce shot from outside the box in the
centre whizzed inside the left post.
An excellent
team performance and all credit to all the players who rose to the occasion.
The focus now
switches to next Friday when Ankaragucu travel to take on Besiktas in what will
be a dress rehearsal for their Cup Semi Final matches. However, thoughts of the Cup are sure to
be put on the back burner in favour of league points !!
As always, watch
this space for the outcome.
All the best
from Eski Kanka Jim
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