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In One Game: Saka Doubles & Belal Off The Mark!

Date: 18-9-2005
Wrote: EP's reporter in Konya Abdullah Apaydin

Egyptian players at Konyaspor shone tonight as El Saka scored twice in the 36th and 44th minutes while Belal scored his first ever goal for Konya in the 53rd minute. The game ended in a 5-1 win for Konya with the Egyptians scoring the first three of the five goals!



Konyaspor played against Diyarbakirspor in the 6th week of the Turkcell Super League. Despite this, Konyaspor had only collected 6 points in the first 5 weeks.

Konyaspor's board and fans were still delighted with the team and Aykut Kocaman's performance, because Konyaspor had played very collective and offensive football. Despite their offensive football, the strikers couldn't finish well enough. So Konyaspor solved this problem by bringing in Ahmed Belal from Al-Ahly.

Konyaspor played perfectly in that match and so score was very good for the fans and the board, 5-1.

In the match El Saka played perfectly too, getting the man of the match, as he scored two incredible headed goals. He was excellent both in the defence and in attacks. Konyaspor aren't concerned how many goals El Saka gets, but he is always impressing.

Ahmed Belal was very good too, as he scored a goal on his full debut in Turkey.

Match Highlights:


2.min: Konya keeper Ozden caught the ball after Cumhur's strong shot from outside the box.

8.min: Diyarbakir's Atilla entered the box with Ilyas. He was one on one with the goalkeeper, but defender Umit Bozkurt interfered with a superb tackle.

24.min: Erhan shot very strongly but the post denied a Konya goal.

26.min: Erhan crossed from the left flank. The Egyptian striker Ahmed Belal and Murat Hacioglu both couldn't touch the dangerous ball.

34.min: FIRST GOAL FOR SAKA! Konyaspor won a free-kick. Ceyhun crossed very well and El Saka scored a goal with a well placed header. 1-0.

42.min: ANOTHER FOR EL SAKA! Ahmet Sahin sent the ball for a corner after Ceyhun's shot from a free-kick. Murat crossed from the corner and El Saka scored another goal with yet another header!

Second Half was to start with a 2-0 lead for El Saka.

53.min: NOW BELAL SCORES! Ahmed Belal met the ball after Murat's pass. He shot very well from inside the box, scoring his first goal for Konyaspor. 3-0.

55.min: Ceyhun scored another goal after Murat's pass from the left flank. 4-0.

61.min: Murat scored with a very good volley, after Erhan's cross from the left hand side. 5-0.

64.min: Serdar scored a magnificent consolation goal from free-kick. 5-1.

76.min: Ahmed Belal shot very strongly after Ceyhun's pass, but Goalkeeper Ahmed collected the ball, denying Belal a second goal.


EP Ratings:

Konyaspor: Ozden 7, Yasin 7, El Saka 9, Ümit Bozkurt 6, Erhan 7, Batista 6 (min. 73 Mustafa 5), Levent ? (min. 14 Erman 6), Ceyhun 7, Zafer Demir 6, Murat Hacioglu 7 (min. 73 Eray 6), Belal 7

Diyarbakirspor: Murat 4, Sedlovski 4 (min. 56 Sinan Turan 6), Tolga 6, Sinan Demircioglu 4 (min. 60 Talip 4), Ahmet 5, Ilyas 4, Cumhur 4, Goksel 4 (min. 30 Serdar 7), Atilla 6, Hasan 4, Stavrevski 4

Match Details:

Stadium: Konya Atatürk

Referees: Yýlnur Onen xxx, Serdar Akçer xxx, Alpaslan Acýmert xxx

Goals: El Saka (min. 34 and 42), Ahmed Belal (min. 53), Ceyhun (min 55), Murat Hacýoðlu (min. 61), Serdar (min. 64)

Yellow Cards: El Saka (Konyaspor), Talip (Diyarbakýrspor)

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