Greetings Kankas
and Kankies.
Ankaragucu seem
determined to spurn golden chance after chance in their efforts to retain their
Super League status, and in the process, squandered the opportunity of taking 6
points from their closest rivals over the past 2 weeks. It speaks volumes that they only managed a
measly 1 point from these matches !!
With only one
match left to play, they now find themselves in the unenviable position of
being relegation favourites, unless they can pull a rabbit out of the hat next
weekend.
They must travel
to 3rd top of the league Trabzon and look to take all 3 points
(unlikely !!). In the event of failure to
do so, and Hatay beat Rize (likely !!), then relegation will be assured.
As for last
night’s match, there is very little to say, except that Pendik may have
surprised Ankaragucu with their willingness to go toe-to-toe with them and
dispel the notion that they were the ‘under-dogs’.
Sad to say that
Bassogog was the only Ankaragucu player who looked capable of breaking the deadlock,
and he almost did !
ANKARAGUCU 0 Pendikspor 0
Team – Bahadir,
Kitsiou, Radakovic, Mujakic, Kazimcan, Tolga, Bassogog, Efkan, Pedrinho,
Rodrigues and Ali Sowe
Substitutes –
Alexis, Tasos, Ali Kaan, Macheda and Mert
Both goalkeepers
were untroubled in the 1st half.
Ankaragucu’s only real chance arrived just before the half time whistle
when a cut-back was made to Rodrigues in the 6 yard box and he screwed his shot
well wide.
Ankaragucu old-boy,
Umut Nayir, almost scored for Pendik 10 minutes into the 2nd half
when he sent his well directed header inches over the bar.
With 15 minutes
to go, Ankaragucu did score when a cross was sent from the left to the unmarked
Bassogog on the right. His first time
shot went whizzing inside the right post ............BUT ........the goal was
correctly chalked off for offside !!
The match then
fizzled out to an unsatisfactory conclusion.
So, the bottom
line is that Ankaragucu only have themselves to blame for allowing themselves
to be dragged into this position.
A bleak outlook
to dwell upon for this week !!!
As always, watch
this space for the outcome of next weekend’s match.
All the best
from Eski Kanka Jim
Grim, hazy unhappy last week, the team is composed of low quality players.( mostly)
ReplyDeleteWe could even have lost had the dude from Pendik scored in the stoppage time.
ReplyDeleteWe are in deep trouble but let's pray that Rizespor...