Greetings Kankas
and Kankies.
The season has
not yet reached the halfway stage, but Gencler seem to be cast adrift at the
bottom of the league with only one win in 12 matches to show for their
endeavours so far.
Gencler has
staged late recoveries in the past and that’s what they must do this season
........ and soon ! The consequences of relegation to the 2nd
league is not worthy of consideration, eg, no TV money, no foreign players
allowed and a vicious scrap to bounce back to The Championship League at the
first time of asking !!
It looked likely
at one point in the 2nd half last night that Gencler might hold out
and salvage a point, but a silly hand-ball by Muhammed and the subsequent
penalty put paid to that !!
GENCLERBIRLIGI 0 Eyupspor 2
Team – Adiyaman,
Metehan, Gokhan, Mert, Muhammed, Hrechyshkin, Baris, Byelyayev, Serdarcan,
Abdullah and Altiparmak
Substitutes –
Ahmet and Aksel
The 1st
half was a ..............yawn ..............yawn .............. bore. One shot by both teams with both off
target was the only action of note.
Also, I have to say that Eyup didn’t look like a team sitting on top of
the league. Thankfully there was a
little more action in the 2nd half, with most of it coming from
Eyup.
Serdarcan and
Babel should both have done better with their shots when in ideal positions. Serdarcan sent his shot over the bar and
Babel sent his shot past the post.
A mistake by an
Eyup defender almost gifted Gencler the opening goal 10 minutes into the 2nd
half. The ball was played to
Altiparmak but he blasted the ball high and wide when in a good scoring
position.
It was Gencler’s
turn to screw up in defence 5 minutes later.
Dibba latched onto the ball and his shot went from left to right past
the post.
5 minutes later
and that unnecessary hand-ball by Abdullah which gifted Eyup a penalty. A harmless looking cross came in from the
right and Abdullah sent it out of play with his hand. A VAR check was made, but it clearly was a
hand-ball and the penalty was quite rightly given.
Babel stepped up
and sent his fierce shot to the top left with Adiyaman diving the wrong way.
Eyup ‘smelled
blood’ and went on full-on attack. 5
minutes later it was Adiyaman to the rescue when he saved a goal bound free
kick.
It was no
surprise when the 2nd goal came 5 minutes before the final
whistle. A fast break and the ball was
sent to Dibba who had found space on the left. He surged forward and just inside the box
curled an exquisite shot around Adiyaman inside the right post.
There will be no
World Cup Break for Gencler to ‘catch their breath’ ! They
must travel to Izmir on Monday 21st November to play mid-table
Altay. Another mountain for Gencler
to climb and they need to start picking up points now before the half way stage
in the league !
As always, watch
this space for the outcome.
All the best
from Eski Kanka Jim
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