Greetings Kankas
and Kankies.
It was mostly
all one-way traffic yesterday towards the Gencler goal in the 1st
half with Goztepe unable to find the opening goal which their general all round
play probably deserved. Gencler on the
other hand was unable to test the Goztepe goalkeeper !
Goztepe 2 GENCLERBIRLIGI 0
Team – Ertugrul,
Yasin, Babacan, Yigit, Nzaba, Akabueze, Oguzhan, Ensar, James, Amilton and
Melih
Substitutes –
Musa, M. Yatabare, Bugra, Ozgur and Oltan
Goztepe laid siege
to the Gencler goal in the 1st half and had 4 opportunities to open
the scoring.
Firstly,
Ertugrul made a great save when he thwarted a one-on-one situation. Shortly after that narrow escape, from a
Goztepe corner on the left, the ball was headed to an unmarked forward at the
back post, and with the goal at his mercy, he blasted the ball over the bar.
Then inside the
6 yard box a Goztepe forward side-footed the ball over the bar with the goal at
his mercy.
Finally, and
just before the half time whistle, a Goztepe forward blasted the ball over the
bar when well placed in the box.
I was unable to
watch the 2nd half, but according to the statistics, it was more of
the same with Goztepe pressure for the most part.
Goztepe finally
made the breakthrough with 10 minutes to go when Uzum scored the opening
goal. The icing on the cake came in
time-added-on through Lundqvist.
Gencler only
managed one shot on target in the match and that came late in the 2nd
half.
This result
means that Goztepe join Eyupspor in the Super League next season.
Gencler might
still make the play-offs, but they must win their last two matches and hope
that some of the teams in their vicinity in the league drop points.
Next up is a
home match against already relegated Giresun on 5 May. Giresun has had a torrid season having
won only 2 matches, drawn 4 and lost an incredible 26 !!
As always, watch
this space for the outcome.
All the best
from Eski Kanka Jim
I hope Gencler will make play offs.
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