Greetings Kankas and Kankies.
Maniac Kanka and
I entered the Stadium 20 minutes before KO to an eerie atmosphere with
Gecikondu and Maraton only half full, Kapali almost empty, and what was
surprising .......... no singing !
It was the ‘away
end’ who gave the ‘wake-up’ call ! There
was about 100 of them and when they unfurled a banner which read (Ankaragucu
will be born again) it drew lots of applause from all the tribunes.
Then, after the
National Anthem it was the ‘away end’ who called both teams over to welcome
them, and this prompted Maraton to do the same.
Well done you
Gumushane Supporters – you made lots of friends yesterday !
ANKARAGUCU 0
Gumushanespor 0
No sooner had
the match got underway than the anti-management chants started, the basis of
which was .............. Management, don’t be afraid – do something to save our
Club !!!
Gumushane
started on the front foot and should have been 2 up within the first 20 minutes
with 2 fierce shots just whizzing past the post.
On the 20 minute
mark, Hasan had Ankaragucu’s first chance but his shot was blocked by a timely
tackle.
Ankaragucu had
only one more chance before half time when an inviting cross came in from the
left from Hasan and all Teoman had to do was meet it with his head, but he
elected to just look at the ball as it flashed past and out of danger !
Gumushane had 2
more chances to score before the half time whistle but Gokhan made 2 saves to
thwart them, and Ankaragucu went in fortunate not to be a goal or two behind.
The Gumushane
goalkeeper didn’t have anything to do in the first half due to Ankaragucu’s old
failings re-surfacing, ie, lots of passing between Gokhan, Volkan, Onur and
Andac in their own half, but then the breakdown in the opposing half with too
many passes going astray and losing possession too easily to the busy Gumushane
players. The chief culprits being
Gokhan Erdogan and Teoman who obviously climbed out of bed on the wrong side
yesterday morning !!
Ankaragucu upped
the tempo in the 2nd half but their performance was still below
par. However, they should have opened the
scoring 10 minutes into the 2nd half when they had 3 attempts in the
box at headers, but the goalkeeper and the woodwork came to Gumushane’s aid in
what was like a ping-pong game !
However, just
prior to that comedy show, Gumushane were denied a goal from a freekick which
Gokhan saved spectacularly.
Halfway through
the 2nd half Eski Kanka was able to cheer at last when Emir replaced
Teoman, and 10 minutes later Maniac Kanka was able to cheer when Gokhan Erdogan
was replaced !
5 minutes to the
final whistle, Ankaragucu broke away down the right and in a smart exchange of
passes, Emir was in a great position to score, but blasted over. At that moment I was thinking .................. hmmmmmm ...............
maybe Teoman would have scored, but then I said ................. Nah !!!
Into the last minute
and Gokhan (my Man of the Match) saved the day by tipping over a goal bound
free kick.
So, having
re-read my report, it didn’t sound like a boring match, but ..................
believe me, yes it was for the most part !
Back to The Chopin Bar we went where we met up with Barnsley Kanka Nigel who will hopefully try to
attend Ankargucu’s last home match against Nazilli in a few weeks time.
All the best
from Eski Kanka Jim
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