Greetings Kankas
and Kankies.
Football resumed
in Turkey this weekend after a break due to the horrendous earthquakes which
have devastated lots of cities, town and villages in the South East of Turkey
in recent weeks. Hatayspor and
Gaziantepspor will not participate further this season, but they will both
retain their Super League status for next season. Adanaspor and Yeni Malatyaspor will also be
affected in a similar way in the Championship League.
As for today’s
match, I have to say that it was one of the most boring matches I have
watched........well, until the 2nd half goal woke me up !!!
Tuzla 1 GENCLERBIRLIGI 0
Team – Nurullah,
Erkan, Thomas, Alperen, Ugur, Yasin, Khadfi, Mete Kaan, Tiago, Gabriel and
Jaime
Substitutes –
Ivan, Enes, Suleymanay, Altiparmak and Muhammed
Ankaragucu old
boy, Yasin, started for Gencler and I doubt he will be missed by Ankaragucu...........
unless I include his long throw-ins !!!
Lots of
attacking intent in the 1st half but nothing to trouble both
goalkeepers. Tuzla had 3 shots on
target and Gencler had ............ zero
!
Gencler only had
one shot on target in the match and it almost produced a goal in the 60th
minute when a goal bound shot from the centre of the box was heading into the
top left, but the Tuzla goalkeeper pulled off a great save to tip the ball over
the bar for a corner.
15 minutes later
and Tuzla swept down the right in a fluid move and when the goal bound shot was
made, Nurullah made a great save for a corner.
From the
resulting corner on the right, the ball was sent in to the near post which was
met by the tallest player on the field, Awuku, who wasn’t marked properly, and
he powered in a great header inside the right post. Gencler will not want to see a replay of
this goal ! With Nurullah on his line in the centre
there wasn’t a defender guarding the right post !!!
There was no further
action of note and Gencler can’t complain about returning to Ankara without any
points. On the balance of play, Tuzla
fully deserved to take the spoils !
Gencler remain
stuck in the relegation zone, but only 3 points separate the bottom 6 Clubs, so
it looks like being a messy scrap towards the end of the season.
Another hurdle
for Gencler to negotiate arises on Wednesday 8 March when they host fellow
relegation strugglers Denizli. All
matches at this crucial stage of the season fall into the ‘must win’ category
with every point vital to survival !!
As always, watch
this space for the outcome.
All the best
from Eski Kanka Jim
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