Joseph Paintsil’s Brace Not Enough As Ankaragucu Lose To Rizespor

Ghanaian forward, Joseph Paintsil scored a brace on Saturday when his MKE Ankaragucu outfit lost 3-5 to Rizespor in the Turkish Super Lig.

The former Tema Youth star joined the Turkish club this summer from Belgian Pro League side KRC Genk.

Following a very good start to life in the new country, Joseph Paintsil has gradually established himself as a key man for Ankaragucu.

Deservedly, the 22-year old earned a starting role today to help MKE Ankaragucu in their away clash against Rizespor.

Paintsil had an outstanding game and opened the scoring for his team after just 6 minutes of play after being teed up by Saba Lobzhanidze.

He will continue the fine form in front of goal to score again 10 minutes later to complete his brace.

Three minutes on, Fernando Santos found the back of the net to reduce the deficit for Rizespor while giving them a chance to fight back.

Although Torgeir Boerven registered his name on the scoresheet to restore the 2-goal lead for the visitors in the 44^th minute, an equalizer from Fernando Boldrin meant that Rizespor trailed by just one goal at the break.

Due to a knock, Joseph Paintsil received in the first half, he was substituted at the end of the 45 minutes as his place was taken by Zvonimir Sarlija.

The attacking midfielder pulled through with impressive stats for his efforts with top statistics providers, SofaScore handing him a match rating of 8.0.

Below is Joseph Paintsil’s detailed Match stats:

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In the second half, Rizespor made good use of the advantage in personnel and climbed from behind to win 5-3. It was all thanks to Loic Remy who bagged a hat-trick for himself to earn all 3 points for his team.