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Belal Scores as Konya beat Samsun 4-2

Date: 7-11-2005
Wrote: EP's webmaster

Egyptian striker Ahmed Belal scored his third goal this season for Konyaspor against Samsunspor today. The game ended in a 4-2 win for Konya with Belal scoring the 2nd for his side. The Egyptian received the ball inside the box and fired it home into the lower corner to make the score 2-1. Belal also had a disallowed goal just before the one he scored.



In the opening minutes of the game, El Saka was on the verge of scoring for Konya. A freekick was played long to the Egyptian in front of goal, he tried to bury the ball home with his left from narrow angle but El Saka's shot went just wide.

A few minutes later, Konya continued their pressure and a header from Bela's teammate striker Murat Hacioglu gazed the bar.

In the 26th minute, Samsunspor's goalkeeper played a long searching ball, Konya's last man Ömer xx jumped high to clear the ball with his head but it fell behind him to Samsun's forward Rafael who faced the keeper and buried the ball home into the bottom corner with ease to give the guests the lead which was totally against the run of play.

In the last minute of the first half, Ceyhun managed to pull level for Konya, he moved very well to receive a through pass and he sent a bullet drive with his foot that came off the hand of the goalkeeper and went in. 1-1.

A few minutes after the kick off of the 2nd half, Belal received a fine through pass which made him one on one with the keeper, he controlled the ball with his right and buried the ball into the far bottom corner with his left foot. However, the referee's assistant raised his flag for offside on Belal and the goal was disallowed.

In the 52nd minute, and after some confusion in Samsun's defense, the ball was laid to Ahmed Belal, who was onside this time and he buried the ball home in an identical fashion to his disallowed goal 2-1.

Just a minute later and from another defensive mistake from El Saka's teammate defenders, Samsun managed to score the equalizer. The ball was played high into the area after a freekick from the left, a Konya defender failed to clear the ball and he dropped it in front of Serkan who had no problems in sending it home with a gentle touch.

In the 67th minute, Ahmed Belal came off and was replaced by Tayfun after playing a fine game.

After Belal's exit, Konya fought hard in order to reclaim their lead. They had a chance from a freekick that was denied by the goalkeeper and another goal which was disallowed for offside.

In the 75th minute, Ceyhun scored his second goal for Konya after making a good follow on a shot that was parried away by the goalkeeper. Ceyhun was anticipating and fired the ball home to make the score 3-2 for Konya.

In the last minute of the game, Konya added their 4th goal through Murat Haciogllu who received a low cross from the right wing and buried the ball into the bottom corner with his left foot to end the game in a 4-2 win for El Saka and Belal.


Player Ratings:

Konyaspor: Özden xx, Yasin xxx, Ömer xx (min. 67 Mustafa Er xx), El Saka xxx, Ümit Bozkurt xx, Erhan xxx, Ceyhun xxx (min. 84 Eray ?), Erman xx, Zafer Demir xx, Murat Hacioglu xxx, Belal xxx (min. 67 Tayfun)

Samsunspor: Ali Uyank x, Ayari xx, Kaies xx (min. 84 Musa ?), Ali Akdeniz xx, Adnan x, Kenan x, Celil xx, Muhammed xx, Marciel xx (min. 89 Fatih ?), Serkan xxx (min. 70 Alper xx), Rafael xxx

Goller: min. 26 Rafael, min. 45 and 75 Ceyhun, min. 52 Belal, min. 53 Serkan, min. 90 Murat Haciogllu

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