Maintained by Erdinç Sivritepe
THE KONYA WAGON KEEPS ROLLING ON Konyaspor seal another three points in a hard fought game with Elazığspor. Downloaded from Fanatik. Date: 25/2/2001 12:00 Venue: Atatürk Stadyumu, Elazığ Ref: İbrahim Çınar Elazığspor 0-2 Kombassan Konyaspor Elazığspor: Candan Genç, Osman Yeşilmeşe (46' Mehmet Altıparmak), Ercüment Eren, Alican Biçici (66' Ali Uğur Balibey), Murat Esen, Doğan, Ferit Alper Sargın, Sedat Altıntaş, Eyüp Yıldırım, Tufan Apaydın, Ekrem Onuk (72' Erdem Genç) Konyaspor: Recep Öztürk, İhsan Burak Özsaraç, Altay Can, Emre Güsar, Birol Demirhan, Cahit Paşa (82' Hayri Yılmaz), Bülent Bölükbaşı, Fatih Sezer, Ercüment Şahin (61' Serkan Bensol), Yunus Altun (79' Metin Karaca), Serdar Samatyalı Elazığspor: Doğan 43'-own Konyaspor: Birol Demirhan 76'-pen Elazığspor: Erdem Genç, Ercüment Eren Colours corner: Konyaspor: White shirts with Green trim, Green shorts and socks Elazığspor: Maroon shirts with White band on neck, Maroon shorts, White socks Playing conditions: Cold and dry with a touch of snow 5' Bülent (K) picks the ball up on the wing and runs to the corner flag and crosses into the box where Ercüment volleys over 6' Konya win a free kick 30 yards out. It is played short to Cahit whose shot from the same distance goes wide 10' Serdar (K) plays a delightful ball into the box and Altay Can shoots straight at goalkeeper Candan 12' In the next attack for Konya, Serdar gets the ball on the edge of the area and shoots over 17' Bülent gets to the goal line for Konya and crosses for Yunus to volley over the bar at the near post 19' Fatih crosses for Konya and Yunus heads wide from 7 yards 20' Elazığ get a rare chance to break and Ekrem crosses and Eyüp shoots wide from 10 yards 24' Elazığ come forward again and this time Doğan shoots from 30 yards and it goes wide 29' From another corner for Konya taken by Fatih, Cahit heads straight to the goalkeeper 34' Alper (E) recieves a long ball into the box and shoots wide 35' Serdar (K) crosses into the box and an unmarked Yunus heads wide 36' Konya come forward again and Serdar shoots and Candan has to turn the dipping shot over the bar 41' From the edge of the Elazığ area, Fatih (K) shots wide 42' Konya win a free kick 30 yards out. It is taken short to Altay Can who crosses and Yunus gets his head to it and the ball hits the post 43' GOALLLLL 0-1: Konya get a free kick on the touchline level with the area and when the ball is played in it misses everyone except Doğan who turns it into his own goal 45' Into time added on in the first half and Serdar (K) shoots over from 40 yards Time of half: 45 minutes 37 seconds 46' Elazığ bring on Mehmet Altıparmak in place of Osman 48' Doğan (E) shoots over form 30 yards 51' Mehmet Altıparmak gets the ball just inside the Konya area and turns and shoots wide 57' Doğan (E) crosses into the box and Eyüp heads wide 59' Serdar (K) recieves the ball 25 yards out and shoots wide 61' Konya bring on Serkan to replace Ercüment 64' Bülent crosses the ball into the box and Candan has to save well from Yunus from 7 yards 66' Uğur replaces ali Can for Elazığ 68' Alper shoots from the edge of the area for Elazığ and goalkeeper Recep catches it at the 2nd attempt 69' Mehmet Altıparmak goes into the Konya box and drags his shot wide 70' Konya win a free kick from 28 yards out and Serdar shoots over 71' Erdem replaces Ekrem for Elazığ 72' From a threatening Konya corner Candan punches to safety 73' Konya are awarded a penalty when Bülent is tripped in the box 74' GOALLLLL 0-2: Birol scores the peanlty into the roof of the net 79' Metin replaces Yunus for Konya 80' Elazığ get a free kick on the edge of the area but Mehmet Altıparmak shoots over 82' Hayri replaces Cahit for Konya 84' Serdar (K) shoots from 30 yards and it is just over 85' Erdem gets the first yellow card of the game for Elazığ for a foul 88' Eyüp has a good chance to pull a goal back when he volleys in the box but it goes wide 90' Ercüment gets a yellow card for Elazığ for a deliberate handball 90' Into stoppage time and Tufan shoots for Elazığ but it is easily saved by Recep 90' Konya ataack again and Candan makes agood save from Emre 90' Final chance goes to Elazığ but Uğur shoots wide Time of half: 49 minutes 24 seconds Crowd rating:6 Ref rating: Mr.İbrahim Çınar 8 (excellent game) MVP of the game: This was a difficult one for me as there were good performances in both sides, but I think I will give it to Altay Can of Konya for excellent wing play and defending Goal of the game: How can I choose between a penalty and a own goal? Entertainment value: Elazığ 6 - Konya 7 Sight of the match: There was snow before the game and someone built a snowman on behind one of the goals and dressed it up in Elazığ colours with an Elazığ scarf Match facts: ELAZIĞ KONYA 16 shots 24 5 corners 8 10 fouls 13 2 offsides 10 2 yellow cards 0 0 red cards 0 52% pocession 48% Summary: Elazığ did well defensively in this game but they were lacking ideas on going forward against a formidable Konya side and really should just enjoy the play off ride because they will not get any further Konya on the other hand did find it difficult to break down the Elazığ defence and at times found it hard to play on this bobbly pitch but they did get 3 points to keep the dream moving on
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