Greetings Kankas
and Kankies.
With only 4
matches left to avoid relegation, there is little or no hope left for
Ankaragucu to remain in the Super League next season. However, some supporters may still dream
of a miracle in the next 3 weeks, and of course, it is still mathematically
possible to stay up, but for the realists among us, the door slammed shut last
night in Ankara !!
ANKARAGUCU 1 Alanyaspor 4
Team – Ricardo,
Atila, Pazdan, Kulusic, Kitsiou, Faty, Pinto, Lukasik, Saba, Michalak, and
Orgill
Unfortunately,
Scarione is injured and our playmaker was sorely missed last night !
Ricardo was in
fine form to deny Alanya in the 1st half, but Ankaragucu had a
golden opportunity to go in 1-0 up at half time when Ankaragucu was awarded a
penalty just before the break when Orgill was brought down in the box.
Orgill took the
penalty and his shot to the left was easily saved. How to score from a penalty was ably
demonstrated by Alanya’s Bakasetas in the 2nd half with a ferocious
shot to the right which gave Ricardo no chance.
I must admit to
having high hopes for Orgill this season, but I very much doubt if he will be
around next season !! After all, a strike rate of 4 goals in a
season is an unacceptable statistic for a supposed striker !!
Ankaragucu paid
for their profligacy with the impressive Cisse opening the flood gates in the
64th minute, and 2 minutes later it was all over when Bulut added
the 2nd.
The penalty
which I mentioned followed 10 minutes later, before substitute Rivas scored for
Ankaragucu. Fernandes put the nail into
Ankaragucu’s coffin just before the final whistle.
So, Ankaragucu
remain the team propping up the league on 25 points. The 3 teams above them all play tonight and
could possibly isolate Ankaragucu even further.
The Konya v Rize
match has a draw written all over it, while improving Kayseri has the
wherewithal to cause an upset when they host Beshiktrash.
As for
Ankaragucu, the summit is beyond them now.
It looks like the slide downhill to The Championship League with a visit
to Goztepe on Wednesday, followed by a home match against Galata.....spit.....saray
next Sunday.
Sad to say, I
have cancelled my new order of optimism pills
!!!
All the best
from Eski Kanka Jim
Thank you very much for the report, Jimmy.
ReplyDeleteI'm afraid that the penaly missed by Orgill will be seen as the defining moment of the season.
Vitória Kanka
Thanks Miguel, and unfortunately you may well be right. Probably, like me, you are not looking forward to tomorrow night !! If we don't win all 3 points we will be firmly rooted to the bottom.
DeleteKayseri are doing what we should have been doing !!!