Greetings Kankas
and Kankies.
Ankaragucu was
crowned League Champions last night when they defeated Keciorengucu and so both
Ankaragucu and Umraniye finished the campaign on equal points. Therefore, the Head-to-Head rule was
applied, and with Ankaragucu having defeated Umraniye and drawn the other
match, Ankaragucu take the title !
All credit to
both teams taking the League Title to the last match, and it was anything but
plain sailing last night for Ankaragucu.
Mid-table Kecioren, with no pressure on them, made life very difficult
for Ankaragucu, especially in the final 20 minutes when Ankaragucu was wavering
and hanging onto their lead.
In all honesty
it was a huge relief when the final whistle was blown !!!
Keciorengucu 1 ANKARAGUCU 2
Team – Akin,
Yasin, Sinan, Yusuf, Erdem, Abdullah, Sahverdi, Ali Kaan, Aatif, Murat and Eren
Substitutes –
Ariyibi, Cem, Babacan, Ishak and Ulas
Similar to last
week’s match against Bolu, the Kecioren players gave a Guard of Honour welcome to
the Ankaragucu players as they entered the field of play. However, they made it quite clear that they
meant to spoil Ankaragucu’s party with an attacking display for the entire
match !!
It didn’t take
long for Kecioren to apply the pressure when they were awarded a penalty in the
7th minute when Erdem and Yusuf between them brought an attacker
down needlessly in the box. The referee
quite rightly pointed to the spot and Eze stepped-up to power in an unstoppable
shot inside the left post.
Head in hands
and a few choice words from us Kankas, but we were all smiles again 2 minutes
later when Eren headed in the equaliser from Erdem’s inch perfect cross.
There was only
one more serious attempt on goal in the 1st half when Aatif’s
powerful shot was well saved by the goalkeeper. The rebound fell kindly for Ali Kaan, but
he snatched at his shot which was easily saved.
Eren was making
a nuisance of himself to the Kecioren defence and he almost scored 10 minutes
into the 2nd half, but his shot was deflected for a corner.
However, the
winning goal eventually came with 20 minutes of the match remaining when Ali Kaan
made amends for his 1st half miss with a well taken goal. Ariyibi started the move on the left and
passed inside to Eren who in turn fed the ball to Ali Kaan on the right. He took aim and sent his shot through the
goalkeeper’s legs to send us wild in celebration.
Akin came to the
rescue near the end with a great save from a header which was heading inside
the right post.
The final
whistle and high fives all round.
There was also relief that Umraniye’s win against Genclerbirligi didn’t
affect the destination of the League Title
!!
There will now be
little or no respite for the Ankaragucu management and Coach, Mustafa Dalci, as
they begin preparations to have Ankaragucu ready for the Super League.
The present
group of players did well to win the League, but it doesn’t require a genius to
see that the team needs strengthening in most positions.
Also, Mustafa
Bey must find time to work with the Youth Development Squad and try to drip-feed
them into the first team squad to replace some of the aging players of the
present squad !!
We will attempt
to give details of comings and goings during the summer months here, so please
check from time-to-time to stay informed.
Well done
Champions Ankaragucu !!!
All the best
from Eski Kanka Jim
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