"Bye-bye Sebat" was the title from the Turkish press, as Genclerbirligi defeated the bottom placed club and sent them down to the lower division with a convincing win.

El Saka, captain, celebrates with his team-mates (Image source: club's official site)

A 5-0 win made Gencler fans content, as the players look to impress in the final games to compensate an unstable and very unsuccessful season.

On-form striker Sertan scored a hat-trick, with a goal in the first half and two in the second. Ayman Abdelaziz and Abdelzaher El Saka played the 90 minutes in their usual positions, with El Saka playing a comfortably good game.

The first goal of the game came after a quarter of the encounter when the magnificent Youla evaded Hakan and found Sertan. The latter did the rest.

The two linked up superbly again. This time it was Sertan's turn to assist Youla, who hit a shot at the goalkeeper but it went in nonetheless. Just 3 minutes between the two goals, and Sebat knew they were down. Their misery also increased as an attacking midfielder was sent off for unsporting behaviour.

The second half promised more, and when the pair worked again it was an inevitable third goal. Again Youla picked out Sertan and the score became 3-0.

Ayman's team-mate in the midield Gtari somehow managed to beat keeper Osman to get the fourth. And the tale was finished off in the final minutes of the game when Sertan got his hat-trick, and the icing on the cake.

But Gencler's season has been a poor one, and their mid-table position and number of managers will not go down well in the fans' books.

Moreover, star players Ali Tandogan and Souleyman Youla are on quite possible their way to Besiktas, while El Saka has constantly reiterated to EgyptianPlayers.com he will not be at Alkaralar next year. Is the future even worse for Gencler?..

Ratings (Ajans):

Akçaabat Sebatspor: Osman x, Serdal x, Muhammed x, Ali Sen x (Dk. 44 Selahattin xx), Hakan Bayraktar x, Hamza x, Ogün x (Dk. 57 Ekrem x), Yusuf xx, Bayram xx, Anderson x, Orhan x

Genclerbirligi: Omer xxx, Erkan xxx, El Saka xxx, Baki xx (Dk. 66 Tuna x), Ismail xx, Erhan xxx, Ayman xx, Gtari xxx (Dk. 72 Mehmet Nas x), Kerem xxx, Youla xxx (Dk. 77 Atilla x), Sertan xxx

Match Details:

Goals: Min. 22, 51 and 88 Sertan, Min. 25 Youla, Min. 63 Gtari.

Bookings: Ogün, Selahattin (Akçaabat Sebatspor), Baki, Gtari, Erkan (Gençlerbirligi)

Dismissals: Min. 45 Yusuf (Akçaabat Sebatspor).

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