Greetings Kankas
and Kankies.
There is no
doubting Gencler’s fighting spirit, but they were outclassed by a rampant and
clinical Galatasaray team tonight who look in ominous form.
Gencler was
without their regular goalkeeper, Nordfeldt, but no criticism meant towards
stand-in goalkeeper, Adiyaman, who had no chance with the Galatasaray
onslaught.
Galatasaray was
in complete control of the match throughout and Gencler can have no complaints
with the score line.
Galatasaray 6 GENCLERBIRLIGI 0
Team – Adiyaman,
Polomat, Arda, Toure, Johanssen, Piris, Soner, Yilmaz, Yildirim, Candeias and
Ayite
Substitutes –
Ilker, Altiparmak, Pehlivan and Berisbek
The match was
only 30 seconds old when Galatasaray stormed into the lead from a break on the
left. The ball was sent into the centre
where Diagne controlled the ball and fired into the right corner.
Adiyaman had to
be smart to save after 10 minutes from a clever Galatasaray attack as they
poured forward looking for No2.
They should have
made it 2 after 24 minutes when Ogulcan blasted over inside the 6 yard box.
However, the 2nd
goal came 5 minutes later from the impressive Belhanda when his shot from
outside the box on the right was sent into the left corner. It was a great effort, but I have to say
that Adiyaman was slow to get down to try and save it !!
Adiyaman will no
doubt want to forget this match, especially in the 43rd minute when
from a back-pass he sent the ball straight to Belhanda who had the easiest of
tasks of punishing his wayward pass.
Then with the
referee poised to blow for half time, Belhanda punished some slack defending to
use the outside of his right foot to lob the ball over Adiyaman. At this level of football, mistakes
usually get punished !!
The match was
over as a contest, but Galatasaray made sure in the 63rd minute when
they took a quick throw-in on the left and the ball was passed into the centre
where the unmarked Ogulcan had the easiest of tasks to slot-in.
Adiyaman’s night
wasn’t quite finished 2 minutes later when he brought down a Galatasaray
attacker in a tackle more suited to a Rugby match. Babel stepped up and sent the ball into the
left corner just out of reach of Adiyaman’s despairing dive.
So, Gencler are
still in the relegation zone, 3 points above 4th bottom Kayseri, and
as I said before, it is very tight in the bottom half of the league with all
the teams desperate for points now as we head into the 2nd half of
the league fixtures.
Next up is a
home match next Friday against Fatih Karagumruk. As always, watch this space for the
outcome.
All the best
from Eski Kanka Jim
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