Greetings Kankas
and Kankies.
After some
recent disappointing performances and results, Gencler returned to the play-off
zone last night with a fortunate late winner and all 3 points.
It wasn’t a
pretty match to watch and I thought it was heading for another 0-0 draw until Gencler
broke the deadlock almost on the final whistle.
Giresun is
looking doomed even at this stage of the season. Stuck in 2nd bottom position in
the league, they had zero shots on target last night against an average Gencler
team.
Giresun 0 GENCLERBIRLIGI 1
Team – Orkun,
Erturk, Yasin, M. Cagiran, Nzaba, Ugur, R. B. Cagiran, Akabueze, Rodrigues,
Amilton and M. Yatabare
Substitutes –
Oltan, Kemaloglu, Ozturk, Enes and Yigit
Gencler almost
had a dream start when they were awarded a penalty inside the first 2
minutes. A Gencler attacker was heading
towards the goal line with the ball going out of play and a follow-through
tackle brought him down. A harsh
decision in my opinion !
Anyway, R. B.
Cagiran stepped up and sent in a fierce shot which hit the bar, rebounded into
play and was cleared.
Not much else of
interest in the 1st half with play going from end to end and both
goalkeepers untroubled.
It was mostly
all Gencler in the 2nd half as they searched for the opening goal
which their play deserved.
Amilton almost
scored 5 minutes in when he waltzed into the Giresun box, avoiding 4 attempted
tackles but his shot was deflected for a corner.
10 minutes later
Amilton was brought down just outside the box on the left as he was about to
shoot. The goal bound free kick was
well saved by the goalkeeper and from the subsequent corner, he made another
crucial save.
10 minutes to go
and Oltan’s goal bound shot was well saved.
Then with 2
minutes to go till the final whistle, Amilton received his reward for an
industrious performance when he finally broke the deadlock.
It arose out of
pathetic defending when the Giresun defenders were dithering to clear the ball
from the box. Quick as a flash,
Amilton picked up the loose ball, and surrounded by 3 defenders, shot inside
the right post.
Next up for
Gencler is a home match against 3rd bottom of the league Tuzla. A golden opportunity for Gencler to stake a
claim for 2nd top spot and put the frighteners up Kocaeli in the
automatic promotion position.
As always, watch
this space for the outcome.
All the best
from Eski Kanka Jim
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