League

Tokat Park
Spectators: 7528 (Terracing: 5647, Seating: 1731, VIP seats: 150) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Bedri Başbuğoğlu made the kick off which started today's match. Christoffer Rabben showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ataman Sara in the 6th minute of the match. Latif Acarbay could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 9th minute of the match, but Kamuran Orcun made a huge save. In the 10th minute Tolga Semdin shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Christoffer Rabben saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 12 minutes into the match, Ulus's goalkeeper Kamuran Orcun had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Başaran Okan. Kamuran Orcun showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Bedri Başbuğoğlu in the 14th minute of the match. In the 15th minute, Bedri Başbuğoğlu fired away a killer shot towards the goal that, to the delight of Kamuran Orcun, passed just outside the right post. 17 minutes into the game, Başaran Okan was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Tokatspor's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Ulus the free kick. Christoffer Rabben showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Tolga Semdin, who was totally free with the ball in the 19th minute. After a rather tough play, Tokatspor's Sait Zahir got a free kick in the 20th minute. After 24 minutes of play, Tokatspor's Latif Acarbay made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Kamuran Orcun was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 27th minute, Tokatspor's Nuralp Serkan seemed to kick out at an opponent. The referee saw this and, surprisingly, showed Nuralp Serkan the red card, dismissing him from the pitch. The coaching staff of Tokatspor protested bitterly, but the referee would have none of it, and Nuralp Serkan had no choice but to slowly walk off the pitch. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sermet Özdel in the 31st minute of play forced Tokatspor's goalkeeper Christoffer Rabben to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Bedri Başbuğoğlu had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 33rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Bedri Başbuğoğlu fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 36th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Kamuran Orcun having to interfere. After 40 played minutes Ulus got a freekick which was hit by Berkant Songün. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 1-0 at half-time.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Ataman Sara stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Bedri Başbuğoğlu received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 52nd minute. Kamuran Orcun tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Christoffer Rabben made a fantastic save in the 59th minute, when Sermet Özdel sent off a good shot on target. A collision led to Tokatspor getting a freekick after 60 minutes play. Marc Mostofizadeh hit a great ball. Christoffer Rabben acted impressively in front of the goal and made a superb save when he, in the 61st minute, took the ball on the long shot from Tolga Semdin. With an all-out effort, Ulus's Christoffer Rabben threw himself towards the right post 63 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Tolga Semdin, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. After a defensive mix-up in Ulus's zone, Sait Zahir stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Kamuran Orcun came out of the goal and Sait Zahir tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Bedri Başbuğoğlu in the 71st minute of play forced Ulus's goalkeeper Kamuran Orcun to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Bedri Başbuğoğlu recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 72nd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Sait Zahir received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 76th minute. Kamuran Orcun tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Christoffer Rabben showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Sermet Özdel in the 77th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, Ulus's Aykan Toraman got a free kick in the 79th minute. In the 80th minute of the match Sait Zahir shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Kamuran Orcun showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Kamuran Orcun came out of the goal in the 81st minute to try and stop a shot by Tokatspor's Bedri Başbuğoğlu. But to his dismay, Bedri Başbuğoğlu quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-0. Başaran Okan sent away a hard shot on goal in the 86th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. A collision led to Tokatspor getting a freekick after 89 minutes play. Bedri Başbuğoğlu hit a great ball. Tokatspor's Christoffer Rabben played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Sermet Özdel in the 90th minute of play. 92 minutes into the match, Tokatspor's Bedri Başbuğoğlu sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Kamuran Orcun narrowly saved just below the crossbar. 95 minutes into the match, Tokatspor's goal looked a bit too open when Tolga Semdin came free, but Christoffer Rabben reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The audience thought a goal was coming when Ataman Sara got free with Christoffer Rabben in the 96th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Tokatspor were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of Ulus for a fine match.