Greetings Kankas
and Kankies.
Gencler started
the match as obvious favourites against newly promoted Pendik and deservedly
went in ahead at half time.
Pendik was not
for lying down, and although they played the ball around in the 1st half,
they came unstuck in the final 3rd.
However, it was
a different scenario in the 2nd half as Pendik grew in
confidence !
GENCLERBIRLIGI 1 Pendikspor 2
Team – Adiyaman,
Muhammed, Metehan, Mert, Musa, Hrechyshkin, Aksel, Baris, Serdarcan, Ahmet and
Ilker
Substitutes –
Sahindere, Altiparmak and Kagan
The first real
action of the match in the 10th minute saw Muhammed stretchered off
with what looked like a broken bone in the leg. Hopefully it’s not as serious as it looked.
Gencler was
dictating the pace of the match and 10
minutes later they opened the scoring with a fast attack on the right. A cut-back was made to the far post and the
unmarked Ahmet stroked the ball inside the left post for a well constructed
goal.
Gencler was well
worth their half time lead, but Pendik refused to be ‘lambs to the slaughter’,
and although they continued to attack, they were having difficulty penetrating
in the final 3rd.
Pendik came out
a different team in the 2nd half and almost snatched the equaliser 8
minutes in when a goal bound shot was turned round the post by Adiyaman for a
corner.
From the
resulting corner, the referee pointed to the spot when he noticed a Pendik
player sent sprawling to the turf in a blatant push. Adrien stepped up and sent in a fierce
shot to the left which Adiyaman almost managed to save.
4 minutes later
and Pendik snatched the lead with the goal of the match. A
break down the left and impressive persistence shown by the Pendik attacker to
beat a tackle on the goal line and cross to the far post where Leandro was able
to rise above the defenders and power a header in.
Gencler searched
for the equaliser, but Pendik’s tails were up and they held out easily for a
famous win.
What next for
Gencler ? They will lick their wounds and prepare
for a visit to Izmir on Friday to take on relegated Goztepe from last season.
Goztepe and
Gencler are presently in mid-table, so another battle is anticipated with the
winner moving into the top 4 positions.
As always, watch
this space for the outcome.
All the best
from Eski Kanka Jim
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