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They almost went into the lead when Erkan struck the
bar not long later from yet another header. The resulting
counter-attack was fast and dangerous and El Saka made
a tactical foul just outside the area in which he clearly
tripped Kerim.
El Saka apologises for the foul...
Istanbul's Sertan had earlier received a yellow card
for wasting time in a free-kick, and as he stood at
this one, he received another for something which only
the referee could have seen or heard. Konya had just
under half an hour against ten men. Arguments began
as well as protests from Istanbul's staff but El Saka
was on hand to play a part in calming things down.
El Saka tries to appease the opposition
players...
The football started again and once more El Saka was
lazy at the back, a nice move beating him and his team-mates
easily but the goalkeeper making a low save. Konya tried
to use their man advantage and came very close three
times from various efforts. They did leave gaps at the
back and one counter-attack saw three Istanbul attackers
against a single defender, but luckily one of the forwards
mis-controlled a pass and wasted a certain chance to
win the game in the last minute. Meanwhile, El Saka
helped in the attack as the following long ball was
headed down in style by the Egyptian, before he received
the ball again on the left wing, cut out and made a
right-footed cross. It was cleared but to a Konya player,
who crossed again, and the header from Murat Hacioglu
found the net. Hacioglu began to take his shirt off
to celebrate but El Saka urged him not to and tried
to physically stop him from doing so in order not to
get a yellow card. He ended up shrugging El Saka away
and taking it off anyway!
El Saka tries to stop Murat from taking
his short off...
But fails even with a head-lock!
It was a needed win for Konyaspor, but they have a
lot of thinking to do particularly if they are going
to lose their captain El Saka.
Konyaspor: Özden, Ömer, El Saka, Erkan Sekman,
Mertol Karatay(Sedat), Washington Luiz (Erman Özgür),
Murat Hacioglu, Kaue Da Silva, Mustafa Er, Veysel Cihan
(Cedric Sabin), Neca
Istanbul Belediye: Hasagiç, Efe, Tjikuzu, Ilyas
(Erman Kiliç), Sertan, Ekrem, Adriano, Cesario,
Mert Korkmaz (Rizvan), Kerim (Mahmut), Volkan Koçaloglu
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