Greetings Kankas
and Kankies.
Gencler can
consider themselves fortunate to escape unscathed from a potential Cup Shock
today when they were only minutes away from being eliminated in time added on
in the 2nd half !!
With 5 matches
in the 3rd Round of The Turkish Cup kicking off around the same time
this afternoon, thr Gencler match was not selected by the TV Channel. Therefore, I only have sketchy details !
Unsurprisingly,
Gencler started with most of their ‘2nd String’ players against an
amateur team from The Antalya Regional League.
GENGLERBIRLIGI 3 Burdur MAKU Spor 3 (After 90 minutes)
GENCLERBIRLIGI 4 Burdur MAKU Spor 3 (After extra time)
Team – Ensar,
Atalay, Erdal, Melih Bostan, Ozgur Cek, Ugur, Chukwuma, Wu, Yigit, Oltan and
Eralp
Substitutes – Firat
It was obviously
all going to plan in the 1st half when Gencler went in at half time
2-0 up.
Melih Bostan
opened the scoring after only 4 minutes and Ozgur Cek added the 2nd
20 minutes later.
However, Burdur
was obviously not just in Ankara to make up the numbers when they pulled a goal
back 4 minutes into the 2nd half through Demirok.
I can just
imagine the panic stations on the touch line with the Gencler Coaching staff going
mental when Mercan scored the equaliser for Burdur with 15 minutes to go !!!
More drama was
to follow when Gencler's Yigit Demir scored an own goal 3 minutes into time added on at
the end.
Even more drama
when Gencler’s Oltan Karakullukcu snatched an equaliser 5 minutes later just
before the full time whistle !!
Gencler finally
broke Burdur down when Oltan scored again in the 2nd period of Extra
Time.
Burdur can no
doubt be proud of their performance today in almost taking the scalp of a
professional team. Well done to
them !!
Gencler go into
the hat for the draw for the 4th Round rather fortuitously !!!
All the best
from Eski Kanka Jim
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