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Gürserçağ STADIUM
Spectators: 6786 (Terracing: 5786, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Ömer Afacan made the kick off which started today's match. Feyyaz Tozan took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ömer Afacan, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Bektaş Ali Savtekin's late challenge caught a Imperio Safávida's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Bektaş Ali Savtekin helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, Gürsercağ SK's Bektaş Ali Savtekin got a free kick in the 6th minute. After having played for 12 minutes, Hüsrev Sancaktar managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Imperio Safávida's supporters crossed their fingers, but Hüsrev Sancaktar was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 15th minute Ömer Afacan shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Feyyaz Tozan saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Ömer Afacan received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 22nd minute. Feyyaz Tozan tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Ömer Afacan might have been able to make a better finish in the 32nd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Feyyaz Tozan. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Ömer Afacan ran back to his position shaking his head. Feyyaz Tozan showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ömer Afacan in the 39th minute of the match. In the 43rd minute Gürsercağ SK were awarded a corner. Ali Güralp Topçam went to the cornerflag to take it. Ali Güralp Topçam made a great header on Gürsercağ SK's corner, it was just that Imperio Safávida's Zacarias Ourente managed to reach the ball for a save. 45 minutes into the match, Hüsrev Sancaktar had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Feyyaz Tozan. Gürsercağ SK's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Hüsrev Sancaktar was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-3. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-3 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

Feyyaz Tozan made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ömer Afacan in the 53rd minute of play. Ali Güralp Topçam kicked well hit freekick during the 60th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ömer Afacan in the 62nd minute of play forced Gürsercağ SK's goalkeeper Feyyaz Tozan to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 63 minutes in the game Ali Güralp Topçam did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Stoyo Kozhuharov. Feyyaz Tozan made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ömer Afacan in the 64th minute of play. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Ömer Afacan in the 66th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Feyyaz Tozan prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Imperio Safávida's Ömer Afacan got a good chance for a goal in the 68th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Imperio Safávida were furious when Göktuğ Karan was red carded, 70 minutes into the game, but the referee dismissed their protests. Gürsercağ SK made a substitution. Baykan İlkin replaced Ayberk Yağızhan. Gürsercağ SK made a substitution. Oğuzcan Okatan replaced Ahmet Reha Toktamış. After some fancy dribbling in the 81st minute, Rüknettin Mukremin managed to get in a good position for a shot. Gürsercağ SK's supporters rose to their feet, but Rüknettin Mukremin was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Zacarias Ourente breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Ali Güralp Topçam made in the 83rd minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Eyüp Kani. An unexpectedly hard shot by Hüsrev Sancaktar in the 85th minute of play forced Gürsercağ SK's goalkeeper Feyyaz Tozan to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 88th minute, Hüsrev Sancaktar left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Imperio Safávida fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-5. Feyyaz Tozan made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Hüsrev Sancaktar in the 92nd minute of play. Ahmet Koralp Karabulut kicked well hit freekick during the 94th minute of the match. Imperio Safávida's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.