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Salda Kaplan Stadı
Spectators: 7682 (Terracing: 5762, Seating: 1767, VIP seats: 153) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Fazıl Bozoğluer got the match started through his kick off. Hadi Tunç received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 2nd minute. Kadir Akpolat tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Adriano De Lellis took the ball and in the 9 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Kadir Akpolat. Kadir Akpolat dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-1. Kadir Akpolat made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Hadi Tunç in the 19th minute of play. After 22 minutes, Şükrü Ahıska made it 0-3 with a short kick to the right side. SaldaKaplanSK's Kadir Akpolat tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Şükrü Ahıska hit a great freekick 26 minutes into the match. 28 minutes into the match, Şükrü Ahıska notched a goal, 0-4, to the right of SaldaKaplanSK's Kadir Akpolat. Kadir Akpolat was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. An unexpectedly hard shot by Hadi Tunç in the 34th minute of play forced SaldaKaplanSK's goalkeeper Kadir Akpolat to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Rahmi Vala made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Rahmi Tümerkin in the 35th minute of play. In the 39th minute Şükrü Ahıska shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Kadir Akpolat saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 40th minute Adriano De Lellis shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Kadir Akpolat saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After a rather tough play, SaldaKaplanSK's Rahmi Tümerkin got a free kick in the 41st minute. 0-6 became the score in the 42nd minute when Adriano De Lellis elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. Adriano De Lellis scored 0-7 in the 45th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Kadir Akpolat, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-7.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Adriano De Lellis was the one to do the kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Adriano De Lellis in the 52nd minute of play forced SaldaKaplanSK's goalkeeper Kadir Akpolat to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 54th minute, Hadi Tunç ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Kadir Akpolat was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-8. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Şükrü Ahıska in the 60th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Kadir Akpolat prevented the ball from getting in the gole. In the 61st minute the ball was on its way in behind SaldaKaplanSK's goalkeeper Kadir Akpolat, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 65th minute, Orbay Samin made a precise shot to the right of Kadir Akpolat. SaldaKaplanSK's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-9. Kadir Akpolat showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Adriano De Lellis in the 70th minute of the match. Şükrü Ahıska in the 74thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Kadir Akpolat, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. Şükrü Ahıska fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 76th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Kadir Akpolat having to interfere. Kadir Akpolat took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Adriano De Lellis, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. GÖZTEPE SK's Şükrü Ahıska got a good chance for a goal in the 81st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. The audience was convinced that Şükrü Ahıska's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Kadir Akpolat was relentless in the 83rd minute of the game. The audience was convinced that Adriano De Lellis's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Kadir Akpolat was relentless in the 85th minute of the game. In the 86th minute of the match GÖZTEPE SK got a corner. SaldaKaplanSK's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Orbay Samin ran over to the corner to take the kick. The corner went over the outstretched arms of SaldaKaplanSK's goalie and right to Iakovos Papadimas. He fired away a shot at goal, but the shot had too much spin, and it went just outside the goal. SaldaKaplanSK's manager breathed a sigh of relief on the sidelines as his team had managed to escape an almost certain goal. Kadir Akpolat made a fantastic save in the 88th minute, when Şükrü Ahıska sent off a good shot on target. GÖZTEPE SK played a much better game than SaldaKaplanSK and deserved their victory. The SaldaKaplanSK players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.