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SAYA Park
Spectators: 7600 (Terracing: 5500, Seating: 2000, VIP seats: 100) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Müfit Ulusan started the match with the kick off. When Julius Vabadus fell near the penalty area in the 4th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Ingatestone's protests and gave Julius Vabadus a yellow card for diving instead. After 4 played minutes Ingatestone got a freekick which was hit by Julius Vabadus. Cihan Birsen took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Paolo Vachon, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Cihan Birsen showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Elliot Smed in the 8th minute of the match. 9 minutes into the match, Ingatestone's goal looked a bit too open when Olimpiu Merișor came free, but Riad Bahroh reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Gustl DuLin sent away a hard shot on goal in the 11th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. 12 minutes into the match, Ingatestone's Müfit Ulusan sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Cihan Birsen narrowly saved just below the crossbar. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gustl DuLin in the 13th minute of play forced SAYA ᶠᵘᶜ ⁸³'s goalkeeper Cihan Birsen to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 15th minute, Micah Levy hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Cihan Birsen didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Abdulvahit Doğanten went, in the 16th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. Cihan Birsen showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Müfit Ulusan, who was totally free with the ball in the 21st minute. After 23 minutes of play, Ingatestone's Abdulvahit Doğanten made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Cihan Birsen was left in no man's land by his defense there! Riad Bahroh showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Olimpiu Merișor, who was totally free with the ball in the 26th minute. 28 minutes had been played when some careless play by Ingatestone's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Sultan Boften was slow to take the kick. During this time SAYA ᶠᵘᶜ ⁸³'s players had a chance to rest. SAYA ᶠᵘᶜ ⁸³'s Sultan Boften was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Riad Bahroh in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. Erik Linqvists short, quick shot in the 34thth minute got Riad Bahroh to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Müfit Ulusan in the 37th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Cihan Birsen saved SAYA ᶠᵘᶜ ⁸³ from getting behind. A collision led to Ingatestone getting a freekick after 40 minutes play. Esmael Al Hashash hit a great ball. The SAYA ᶠᵘᶜ ⁸³ players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Ingatestone were winning 0-2.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Olimpiu Merișor to make the kick off. 52 minutes into the match, Olimpiu Merișor notched a goal, 1-2, to the right of Ingatestone's Riad Bahroh. Riad Bahroh was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Cihan Birsen was out of position in the 55 minute of play, and Abdulvahit Doğanten capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Abdulvahit Doğanten really showed his touch with that goal: 1-3. Gustl DuLin might have been able to make a better finish in the 59th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Cihan Birsen. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Gustl DuLin ran back to his position shaking his head. Riad Bahroh showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Erik Linqvist in the 64th minute of the match. Raed Al Holey hit a great freekick 67 minutes into the match. After a rather tough play, SAYA ᶠᵘᶜ ⁸³'s Steve Mallaerts got a free kick in the 68th minute. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Müfit Ulusan in the 74th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Cihan Birsen prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Ingatestone's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Esmael Al Hashash in the 81st minute. A nice corner shot did that Esmael Al Hashash got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Cihan Birsen quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. In the 83rd minute Müfit Ulusan shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Cihan Birsen saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Müfit Ulusans short, quick shot in the 84thth minute got Cihan Birsen to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. 90 minutes into the match, Müfit Ulusan notched a goal, 1-5, to the right of SAYA ᶠᵘᶜ ⁸³'s Cihan Birsen. Cihan Birsen was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Cihan Birsen made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gustl DuLin in the 93rd minute of play. 93 minutes into the game, Adem Al Mahmed was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. SAYA ᶠᵘᶜ ⁸³'s manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Ingatestone the free kick. SAYA ᶠᵘᶜ ⁸³'s defense didn't have a chance, in the 95th minute, when Abdulvahit Doğanten scored to the left of an out of position Cihan Birsen, making the score, 1-6.