League Play-Off

BAŞKAYA ARENA
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Cevher Alişan started the match with the kick off. Fahri Bozkurt showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Cevher Alişan, who was totally free with the ball in the 3rd minute. 3 minutes into the match, FINDICAK FC's goal looked a bit too open when Cevher Alişan came free, but Fahri Bozkurt reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Emrah Nurtekin received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 5th minute. Dino Miranda tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After some fancy dribbling in the 6th minute, Dino Marzo managed to get in a good position for a shot. FINDICAK FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Dino Marzo was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Dino Miranda breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Asım Arif Nesim hit a great freekick 7 minutes into the match. Dino Miranda made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Dino Marzo in the 10th minute of play. Devran Aktürk 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. With his leg Fahri Bozkurt managed to avoid a goal in the 14thth minute, when PoleStarIV's Cevher Alişan fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. After 15 minutes FINDICAK FC's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Asım Arif Nesim who took care of the corner kick. PoleStarIV's Asım Arif Nesim was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Fahri Bozkurt in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. The audience was convinced that Emrah Nurtekin's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Dino Miranda was relentless in the 19th minute of the game. Dino Miranda showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Dino Marzo, who was totally free with the ball in the 22nd minute. 25 minutes into the match, PoleStarIV's goal looked a bit too open when Dino Marzo came free, but Dino Miranda reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Emrah Nurtekin hit a great freekick 28 minutes into the match. After 32 played minutes PoleStarIV got a freekick which was hit by Berk Özcebe. An unexpectedly hard shot by Osman Zeyrek in the 36th minute of play forced PoleStarIV's goalkeeper Dino Miranda to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 38 minutes PoleStarIV's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Gencal Kocakalp who took care of the corner kick. A well-hit corner resulted in Benjamin Sarracino heading the ball towards the goal, but to his dismay he misdirected it and missed the goal completely. Dino Miranda showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Dino Marzo, who was totally free with the ball in the 40th minute. 41 minutes into the match, PoleStarIV's goal looked a bit too open when Dino Marzo came free, but Dino Miranda reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Dino Marzo in the 46th minute of play forced PoleStarIV's goalkeeper Dino Miranda to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. FINDICAK FC's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Gencal Kocakalp in the 47th minute. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

Fahri Bozkurt stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Cevher Alişan's shot from short distance in the 55th minute. In the 60th minute the ball was on its way in behind PoleStarIV's goalkeeper Dino Miranda, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 63rd match minute, FINDICAK FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by André Cruz to maneuver through the defense. Fahri Bozkurt showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Cevher Alişan, who was totally free with the ball in the 65th minute. In the 71st match minute, FINDICAK FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Osman Zeyrek to maneuver through the defense. Dino Marzo did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 0-1 to the left of a surprised Dino Miranda 72 minutes into the match. Wouter Weghorst kicked well hit freekick during the 77th minute of the match. Dino Miranda took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Dino Marzo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The audience thought a goal was coming when Emrah Nurtekin got free with Dino Miranda in the 93rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 95 minutes into the game, Dino Marzo recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Dino Miranda. Dino Marzo showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 0-2.