Greetings Kankas
and Kankies.
There is no
doubting Ankaragucu’s effort and will to win attitude, but again their deficiencies
were laid bare when their strike force failed to deliver tonight.
I lost count of
the times when Ankaragucu had fast breaks and as soon as they entered the final
3rd ....... they froze !!
They would then pass from left to right, right to left and back, and
eventually in most cases .......... lose possession.
The present
Basaksehir team is not the team which won the league last season, and it is
clear why they will not win it again this season because they are not a great
team. However, Basak’s one touch
passing had the Ankaragucu defence running in circles at times, and if they had
the killer touch it would have been much worse for Ankaragucu.
ANKARAGUCU 1 Istanbul Basaksehir 2
Team – Ricardo,
Atila, Erdi, Sarlija, Atakan, Lukasik, Diousse, Endri, Bolingi, Saba and
Borven.
Substitutes –
Voca, Paintsil, Cetin, Cebrail and Orkan
The first real
action of the match came in the 7th minute when a Basak goal bound
shot just inside the box was saved by Ricardo at full stretch at the right
post.
Then 10 minutes
later Ankaragucu gave us a football lesson on how NOT to defend a corner !!! The ball was whipped into a crowded
penalty box and the ball fell near the 4 Ankaragucu players who looked as
though they were in a daze and ball watching.
Borven was one of them (what was he doing there ??!!) and he back-heeled
the ball instead of hoofing it away to safety.
The ball rolled out to the left, just inside the box, and the unmarked
Visca fired in a great shot to the top right.
Ankaragucu
attacked straight from the re-start and Borven had a great chance to make
amends for his sloppy defending when he mis-hit his shot in the 6 yard box when
it should have been nestling in the back of the net.
One minute later
with Ankaragucu still on the attack, they were awarded a free kick on the left
about 5 yards in from the corner flag.
Endri took it and it sailed into the top right much to his delight. I’m not sure if it was meant as a cross or
a shot, but ....... hey ....... who cares !!!
There was almost
time before the half time whistle for Basak to grab a 2nd , and
again, Ankaragucu’s fragility at corners were their undoing. They allowed a Basak forward to be first to
the in-swinger but fortunately his header went narrowly past the post.
Into the 2nd
half and the crucial 2nd was scored from a free kick on the
right. Sarlija tried to head the ball
for a corner but only succeeded in nodding it down near the unmarked Dembaba
who had the easiest of tasks to poke it in.
As an ex-Class 1
referee, I don’t normally like to criticise them, knowing how difficult it is
to be correct in all decisions for 90 plus, but ............ I must point the
finger at today’s referee who missed a glaring act of violent conduct when Rafael
pulled Paintsil down and then kicked him in the nuts. A yellow was produced !!!
Shame !!!
There was a late
flurry of attacks by Ankaragucu, but too little ........ too late. Paintsil had a great chance to equalise approaching
the final whistle when he was one on one with the goalkeeper, but he was too
slow to react and the chance was lost.
I’m normally a
patient person, but ............... I’m really losing it with Bolingi and
Borven. They are supposed to be strikers and score
goals on a regular basis. True, Borven
hasn’t started in most matches recently, but Bolingi is fast becoming a burden
for the team !!
It is true that
Ankaragucu has missed 4 of their best players in recent matches through
injuries (Pazdan, Pinto, Kitsiou and Emre), but that cannot be used as an
excuse which affects all teams from time to time. However, it has certainly been an
influence on recent results and it is to be hoped that they are back again
.............. and soon !!!
Next up is an
away match against Fener.....spit.....bahce next Monday 18 January. Let’s keep the faith !!!
All the best
from Eski Kanka Jim
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