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Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Antal Valentin made the kick off which started today's match. Rafettin Bostan showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Antal Valentin, who was totally free with the ball in the 2nd minute. In the 5th match minute, Araklılı Avareler 1961 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Arif Gaffar Tanırcan to maneuver through the defense. After 9 minutes of play, Hungary's Major Barna made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Rafettin Bostan was left in no man's land by his defense there! After 13 minutes Hungary's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Zheng Xiang Chong who took care of the corner kick. Major Barna sent away a hard shot on goal in the 15th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Major Barna sent away a hard shot on goal in the 16th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. In the 18th minute, Major Barna ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Rafettin Bostan was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-3. Arif Gaffar Tanırcan hit a great freekick 21 minutes into the match. With an all-out effort, Araklılı Avareler 1961's Fodor Daniel threw himself towards the right post 23 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Karahan Salikbey, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. 25 minutes into the match, Nuri Sabri had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Fodor Daniel. Hungary's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Nuri Sabri was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-3. Antal Valentin scored 1-4 in the 28th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Rafettin Bostan, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. 34 minutes into the match, Araklılı Avareler 1961's goal looked a bit too open when Antal Valentin came free, but Rafettin Bostan reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 38th minute, Major Barna made a precise shot to the right of Rafettin Bostan. Araklılı Avareler 1961's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-5. Major Barna fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 41st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Rafettin Bostan having to interfere. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 1-5.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Karahan Salikbey stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. When the match had gone on for 54 minutes, Major Barna took a quick shot and it went in 1-6 without a chance for Rafettin Bostan to make any attempt to save it. The audience was convinced that Major Barna's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Rafettin Bostan was relentless in the 58th minute of the game. Major Barna fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 61st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Rafettin Bostan having to interfere. Fodor Daniel made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Karahan Salikbey in the 66th minute of play. Karahan Salikbey blasted a shot towards the goal in the 68th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Fodor Daniel having to make a save. Araklılı Avareler 1961's defense didn't have a chance, in the 69th minute, when Major Barna scored to the left of an out of position Rafettin Bostan, making the score, 1-7. Fodor Daniel showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ferdinando Michelini, who was totally free with the ball in the 72nd minute. 78 minutes into the match, Araklılı Avareler 1961's goalkeeper Rafettin Bostan had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Antal Valentin. Fodor Daniel came out of the goal in the 80th minute to try and stop a shot by Araklılı Avareler 1961's Zheng Xiang Chong. But to his dismay, Zheng Xiang Chong quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-8. In the 83rd minute, Major Barna 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. Antal Valentin blasted a shot towards the goal in the 85th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Rafettin Bostan having to make a save. Takacs Tibor was extremely unlucky when he, in the 90th minute, took a shot that hit the right post and went out. Zheng Xiang Chong charged in rather forcefully in the 93rd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Zheng Xiang Chong the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Zheng Xiang Chong hit a great freekick 93 minutes into the match. With a little luck, Araklılı Avareler 1961's Rafettin Bostan got control of the ball when Major Barna tried to sneak it across the goal line. Erdal Ege hit a great freekick 94 minutes into the match. Hungary played a much better game than Araklılı Avareler 1961 and deserved their victory. The Araklılı Avareler 1961 players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.