Team - Bayram Olgun, Metin Aydin, Aydin Toscali, Volkan Geyik, Mehmet Tasci, Mert Erdogan, Serhat Gulpinar, Gokhan Erdogan, Emre Tasdemir, Ibrahim Sahin, Veli Torun
Subs Used - Bilal Gundogdu, Teoman Erkan, Batuhan Aykildiz
Greetings Kankas and Kankies.
Sivas 3 ANKARAGUCU 1 (After Extra Time)
Giving the fringe players a run-out in
the 3rd Round of the Turkish Cup is a great tactic when it
is obvious to everyone that promotion to the PTT League is
Ankaragucu's priority. The Turkish Cup Final will be contested
between two Super League teams, so this is a journey of experience
for the players in what they are likely to come up against in the
seasons ahead.
Well done to AHaber TV for showing the
match live and this will be a brief report.
The match got underway with Sivas
taking the initiative and in the 3rd minute Bayram was
called upon to make a save from a goal bound effort.
10 minutes in and it is fairly even
with Ankaragucu holding their own. Great to hear the Ankaragucu
supporters making their presence 'heard' !
However, Sivas is starting to take
control at the half way mark in the 1st half with most of
the possession and goal efforts, but to their credit, Ankaragucu is
still attacking when possible.
Approaching half time and from a left
wing cross-cum-shot, Bayram saved and the ball was cleared to safety.
Well done Ankaragucu going in 0-0 at
half time, especially with Sivas having 65% of possession.
Man of the Match so far is definitely
Captain Aydin who is playing a stormer in defence. Emre is also
having a good match and continuing from where he left off last
weekend against Pazarspor. However, I have to say that Ibrahim
Sahin is too slow for a striker and looks out of his depth here.
I expect Sivas to up the pace in the
2nd half and make their pressure count.
Into the 2nd half then and
it was almost the breakthrough for Sivas from the kick-off. A
blatant miss in front of goal, first from a header, and then with a
gaping goal with only Bayram to beat, the Sivas attacker shot wide.
53rd minute, and from an
Ankaragucu breakaway, Mert's shot from outside the box was just
inches over the bar with the goalkeeper clawing air.
61st minute and Gokhan has
to go off injured with Akyildiz replacing him.
70th minute, and
Goooooooooooooool …................ against the run of play.
A great defence splitting pass from
Sahin (I don't retract what I said earlier !) to Emre who controlled
the ball and placed it in the corner of the goal with the goalkeeper
getting a slight touch.
72nd minute and almost the
equaliser but the effort well saved by Bayram.
75th minute and Veli goes
off injured to be replaced by Bilal.
84th minute and Sahin goes
off (at last !) to be replaced by Teoman.
87th minute and …..... it
eventually came after sustained pressure from Sivas. A cross from
the right and a precision header from the Nigerian forward, John,
into the path of the unmarked Hakan who blasted in for the equaliser.
To be honest, it is no more than Sivas
deserve for their continual attacking play. Their 62% possession
at this stage says it all.
5 minutes of time added on and this is
nail biting stuff.
Another crucial tackle from Aydin to
prevent a shot on goal. Definitely Man of the Match.
In the last minute now and some tired
legs in the Ankaragucu team. I think they are running on adrenalin.
Ahhhhhh ….... shit …....... Teoman missed an open goal at the
end !!!!
Well done Ankaragucu for a great team
performance and, for once, we can praise our normally leaky defence !
It's into Extra Time now …..........
106th minute and a scrappy
goal to put Sivas ahead. A cross came in from the right, which was
headed backwards to a Sivas forward who shot. Bayram parried the
save, but into the path of Aydin who couldn't prevent the ball
crossing the line. A pure accident on Aydin's behalf and a real
sickner.
Sivas was running the match down now,
but all credit to Ankaragucu for still plugging away with obviously
tired legs.
Almost at the final whistle now and a
catalogue of errors allowed Sivas in for a 3rd goal. A
free kick for Ankaragucu just outside the Sivas box had all the
Ankaragucu players up for it, including Bayram, who eventually
retreated to near the half way line.
However, the free kick was cleared and
the ball moved quickly down the right and over Bayram who was
scampering back to no avail. The ball was despatched into an empty
net to seal Ankaragucu's exit from the Cup.
A great effort by Ankaragucu but it is
obvious that the Coach needs to work on their fitness. There are
too many 'slow coaches' in the team !!! Who knows what might
have happened if Levent and Umut had been playing ??!!
All the best from Eski Kanka Jim
nice report Jim, the lads were so unlucky and put up a great performance despite it being the second string team. Teoman however will be wondering how he never won the game for Ankaragucu
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