Greetings Kankas
and Kankies.
One week into
the new season and I say .........here we go again with our usual gripes of
recent seasons !!
Defensive
blunders, panic stations and hoofing the ball anywhere from goalmouth danger
areas, and Ali playing The Lone Ranger up front and being policed by 2 or 3
defenders.
With all due
respect to Kasimpasa, this was a fixture where Ankaragucu should be taking something
from to kick-start the season and they almost did, but almost meant returning
to Ankara empty handed !
It was a cruel
ending to the match for Ankaragucu who had fought back from 2-0 down and seemed
like they had played their ‘get out of jail card’, but a brilliant strike from
Ouanes in time added on put paid to Ankaragucu’s efforts of salvaging a
point !
Kasimpasa 3 ANKARAGUCU 2
Team – Rafal,
Kitsiou, Uros, Atakan, Mujakic, Hanousek, Tolga, Djokanovic, Beridze, Efkan and
Ali
Substitutes –
Tasos, Turkmen, Uudag, Renaldo and Pedrinho
Ankaragucu was
on the back foot from the kick-off and almost conceded 15 minutes in when the
Ankaragucu defence was caught out with a fast Kasimpasa break, but the final
shot was well saved by Rafal.
5 minutes later
Ali almost scored when he was put through on the left but the ball seemed to be
too far in front of him, but that didn’t stop the goalkeeper bringing him down
as he rushed out to clear the danger.
Zero points to the referee for not having a look at VAR for a possible
penalty !!
10 minutes later
and Kasimpasa was in front after a defensive aberration. A free kick was awarded on the left and the
Ankaragucu defence lined up along the 6 yard line but allowed Kara to stand in
front of them at the near post. The
ball was sent over and Kara glanced his header in at the far post with no cover
for Rafal. Unforgivable that Kara
wasn’t covered in the front and from behind ............. aaaargh !!!
Kasimpasa almost
made it 2 near the end of the 1st half when from another fast break
they hit the bar.
Into time added
on in the 1st half and Ankaragucu almost equalised when a shot from
outside the box hit the post.
Almost on the
half time whistle and the dangerous and speedy Gomis almost scored from another
Kasimpasa fast break but Rafal saved his goal bound shot with his outstretched
leg.
Into the 2nd
half and Kasimpasa was still looking the likelier of the 2 teams to find the
next goal, and it came in the 69th minute from yet another
Ankaragucu defensive blunder.
The ball was
gifted to a Kasimpasa player by an Ankaragucu defender half way inside his own
half who played a through ball to Fall who had the easiest of chances to beat
the unprotected Rafal.
It looked all
over at this point, but 3 minutes later Ankaragucu was back in the match.
From a free kick
just outside the box in the centre, Efkan curled his shot into the top left to
lift the morale of the team.
Yet another
let-off for Ankaragucu 3 minutes later when Kasimpasa hit the bar again.
Then 2 minutes
later came the unlikely equaliser when new boy, Renaldo, opened his account on
his debut. A cross came in from the
left and an attempted clearance by a defender was screwed into the path of
Renaldo who made no mistake from close range.
Only one minute
into time added on and the 3 kankas watching were happy enough with one point,
but with the Ankaragucu defence all at sea, Kasimpasa contrived to miss putting
the match to bed when Rafal saved a goal bound shot and the rebound hit the
post and was cleared.
However, our
relief lasted only one minute when Ouanes sent a long range shot from outside
the box at the right into the top left corner giving Rafal no chance.
What a bummer of
an ending !!!
Ankaragucu will
be in action again at home next Monday evening 21 August at ‘stupid KO time’
9pm against Adana Demirspor.
Adana Demir is
going great guns in the European Conference League this season and will be a
stern test of Ankaragucu’s ability to bounce back after last night’s
disappointment.
Hopefully
Renaldo will have had another week to find full fitness and be in the starting
line-up.
All the best
from Eski Kanka Jim
