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Spectators: 6654 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1654, VIP seats: 0) Cankatylcn's Mansur Tanacan started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. If Cihan Arslanoğlu had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 3rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Yiğitcan Baltaş showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Anıl Cenk Bayraktar in the 5th minute of the match. Cankatylcn's Anıl Cenk Bayraktar managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Cihan Arslanoğlu in the 6 minute of the game. Alkın Ergunalp received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 9th minute. Saruhan Işılay tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Mansur Tanacan sent away a hard shot on goal in the 11th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 15th minute Mansur Tanacan shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Yiğitcan Baltaş saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 16th minute Cankatylcn were awarded a corner. Murathan Şahiner went to the cornerflag to take it. It was a well-played corner which Mansur Tanacan managed to volley towards the net. Unfortunately, he didn't get a great hit on the ball and it went out into the grandstand. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Mansur Tanacan in the 20th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Yiğitcan Baltaş saved Boztepe from getting behind. Yiğitcan Baltaş didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Sufi Cezlan went, in the 21st minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. After some careless play in the Boztepe defense, Mansur Tanacan kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Yiğitcan Baltaş. The Boztepe fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Yiğitcan Baltaş should have stopped the shot. Mansur Tanacan recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 28th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Anıl Cenk Bayraktar fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 30th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Yiğitcan Baltaş having to interfere. Anıl Cenk Bayraktar recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 35th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. After some fancy dribbling in the 36th minute, Özer Ezelhan managed to get in a good position for a shot. Cankatylcn's supporters rose to their feet, but Özer Ezelhan was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Yiğitcan Baltaş breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Yiğitcan Baltaş made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Mansur Tanacan in the 39th minute of play. If Özer Ezelhan had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 40th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Cihan Arslanoğlu charged in rather forcefully in the 42nd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Cihan Arslanoğlu the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. A collision led to Boztepe getting a freekick after 42 minutes play. Cihan Arslanoğlu hit a great ball. Yiğitcan Baltaş took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Mansur Tanacan, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After the first half Cankatylcn were leading 0-2. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Alkın Ergunalp stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Yiğitcan Baltaş acted impressively in front of the goal and made a superb save when he, in the 55th minute, took the ball on the long shot from Anıl Cenk Bayraktar. After 57 minutes, Anıl Cenk Bayraktar mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Cankatylcn and the Boztepe players grew even worse after the yellow card. Mansur Tanacan sent away a hard shot on goal in the 60th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. If Sufi Cezlan had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 62nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Mansur Tanacan succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 0-3 in the 66th playminute. In the 70th minute, Ruhi Tokgöz got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. The audience was convinced that Mansur Tanacan's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Yiğitcan Baltaş was relentless in the 72nd minute of the game. Yiğitcan Baltaş showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ruhi Tokgöz, who was totally free with the ball in the 74th minute. With a little luck, Boztepe's Yiğitcan Baltaş got control of the ball when Anıl Cenk Bayraktar tried to sneak it across the goal line. If Anıl Cenk Bayraktar had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 78th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After 84th play minutes Mansur Tanacan shot 0-4, a short shot which went by Yiğitcan Baltaş and just under the crossbar into goal. Mansur Tanacans short, quick shot in the 89thth minute got Yiğitcan Baltaş to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. If Ahmet Nasir Ankara had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 90th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After a defensive mix-up in Boztepe's zone, Mansur Tanacan stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Yiğitcan Baltaş came out of the goal and Mansur Tanacan tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Mansur Tanacan's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 95thth minute, Yiğitcan Baltaş skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. When the final whistle sounded Cankatylcn left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Boztepe.