Greetings Kankas
and Kankies.
It was almost
another surprise win for Gencler tonight after Kayseri dictated play in the
first half and went in 1-0 up. In
actual fact, the Kayseri build-up play in the first half was impressive but the
final pass in the final 3rd and the poor finishing did not really
trouble the Gencler defence and Adiyaman in goal.
However, Kayseri
was given a wake-up call within 5 minutes of the re-start when Gencler scored
two quick goals, but they responded near the end of the match to claim one
point.
Kayseri 2 GENCLERBIRLIGI 2
Team – Adiyaman,
Pehlivan, Mert, Diego, Polomat, Piris, Soner, Berisbek, Candeias, Stancu and
Lima
Substitutes –
Ayite, Sio and Ilker
There were only
2 moments of excitement in the first half.
In the 8th minute Gencler had a great chance to open the
scoring when they broke out fast from defence which caught the Kayseri defence
unawares. The ball was played to
Candeias just inside the box on the right and his angled shot was just past the
left post.
Then, 5 minutes
before the half time whistle and a smart piece of football by Kayseri with
Henrique opening the scoring. It was
a fast move and when the through ball was played to Henrique on the right, the
linesman’s flag went up for offside just as he was rounding Adiyamn and firing
in from a tight angle. However,
before awarding the goal, the referee received a message in his earpiece. After a delay and VAR, the goal was
confirmed.
Into the 2nd
half and straight from the kick-off Gencler went into the attack and some
inter-passing took the ball to Piris just inside the box on the right and he
shot across the goalkeeper just inside the left post.
Kayseri was obviously
still in shock 4 minutes later when Gencler went ahead. A fast attack was mounted down the left and
the ball was played to Stancu who skilfully flicked the ball with the outside
of his boot from the left post to just inside the right post.
It was looking
like an unlikely win for Gencler with only 10 minutes of the match remaining,
when ‘old Ankaragucu boy’, Ilhan, equalised.
He had only come off the bench a few minutes before his moment of
glory. A cross came in from the right
to the near post and his shot crept inside the left post past the despairing
hand of Adiyaman.
The statistics
from Gencler’s last 18 matches don’t make for encouraging reading –
Won – 3
Drawn – 4
Lost – 11
Also, with only
6 matches left, optimism in the Gencler camp will probably not be on the menu, especially
as 3 of them will be against Hatay, Galatasaray and Trabzon !
However, first
things first, and on Friday they are at home to fast improving Rize who will
come to Ankara buoyed by their 5-3 win against Konya today.
As always, watch
this space for the outcome.
All the best
from Eski Kanka Jim
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