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Galatasaray Clinch Points Against Ayman
Date: 15-3-2007
Wrote by: EP's editor Islam Issa

Ayman Abdelaziz's late assist marked Trabzonspor's dramatic come-back, as they beat Ahmed Hassan's former team Besiktas 3-2, despite being two goals down at half time!

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Ayman and his team-mates celebrate the equaliser...

The Egyptian played in the centre of the park once again and performed brilliantly. He stopped many Gala attacks, but didn't have enough pace to deny the winner.

From the start, Ayman put great pressure on the Gala players, and on an occasion, pressurised twice before making a superb sliding challenge and playing the ball to a team-mate.

Both sides tried to get a goal early on but there was a sense of caution all round. However, when a cross was played in from the right, Trabzon's defence was unable to clear the danger and the ball cannoned across the danger zone before being hit into the net by Arda.

Before the half ended, Ayman produced a superb long ball deep into the right wing, but Tomas was able to block the Trabzon attacker conceding a corner.

After the break, Trabzon looked for the equaliser but former Arsenal centre-back Igor Stepanov's header was saved after a good cross from Ceyhun. The resulting corner was dangerous, and after being cleared, was put back into the box. There, Gala keeper Aykut jumped to claim the ball
but was put to the ground by Erdinc who was trying to head in. Though it was a clear foul on the keeper, nothing was given and Erdinc tapped the ball into the empty goal.


The tension began, and a knife was thrown in the direction of the linesman by a Galatasaray fan. But before the game was over, Gala managed to get the winner. A short corner was played to Ayhan, and Ayman was the only player to recognise this danger. However, Ayhan turned away from the Egyptian in style, put the ball low into the box, where Sasa Ilic made use of slow defending and scrambled the winner home.

Trabzonspor: Tolga, Musa (min. 42 Ufukhan), Hüseyin, Stepanov, Erdinç, Celaleddin, Mustafa, Ayman, Ceyhun (min. 68 Yattara), Gökdeniz, Umut

Galatasaray: Aykut, Tomas, Emre, Ayhan, Ilic (min. 89 Mehmet), Inamoto, Sabri, Arda (min. 83 H. Kabze), Ergun (min. 63 Ferhat), Hakan, Necati

On another note, EP can reveal that Turkish champions Galatasaray are expected to play a friendly game against Ayman Abdelaziz's former club Zamalek, in Cairo, in around a week and a half's time.

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