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RİZE ARENA
Spectators: 7660 (Terracing: 5747, Seating: 1761, VIP seats: 152) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Liam Salamone got the match started through his kick off. After a rather tough play, ÇAYKUR RİZESPOR's Liam Salamone got a free kick in the 2nd minute. ÇAYKUR RİZESPOR were furious when Köksal Genç was red carded, 4 minutes into the game, but the referee dismissed their protests. In a very dangerous position, a player in ÇAYKUR RİZESPOR fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 3rd minute. Penalty! Şentürk Özkutlu scored 0-1 in the 5th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Dursun Ali Hekimbaşı, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Gerasim Chepikov received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 8th minute. Melquiades Cameno tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. ÇAYKUR RİZESPOR's Dursun Ali Hekimbaşı played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ahmet Ozan Dalan in the 13th minute of play. After a defensive mix-up in ÇAYKUR RİZESPOR's zone, Ahmet Ozan Dalan stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Dursun Ali Hekimbaşı came out of the goal and Ahmet Ozan Dalan tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ahmet Ozan Dalan in the 18th minute of play forced ÇAYKUR RİZESPOR's goalkeeper Dursun Ali Hekimbaşı to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Dursun Ali Hekimbaşı made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ahmet Ozan Dalan in the 23rd minute of play. 25 minutes into the match, ÇAYKUR RİZESPOR's goal looked a bit too open when Şentürk Özkutlu came free, but Dursun Ali Hekimbaşı reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Gerasim Chepikov received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Melquiades Cameno came out and tried to block the shot, but Gerasim Chepikov slotted it home off the left post making it 1-1 in the 29th minute. Gerasim Chepikov fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 32nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Melquiades Cameno having to interfere. A collision led to ÇAYKUR RİZESPOR getting a freekick after 36 minutes play. Ahmet Gökalp Enginalp hit a great ball. In the 38th match minute, ÇAYKUR RİZESPOR was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Gerasim Chepikov to maneuver through the defense. When the match clock showed 42 minutes, the score became 1-2 when Şentürk Özkutlu sped through ÇAYKUR RİZESPOR's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Dursun Ali Hekimbaşı. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 1-2 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Ahmet Ozan Dalan made a kick off. Dursun Ali Hekimbaşı took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Şentürk Özkutlu, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Şentürk Özkutlu could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 54th minute of the match, but Dursun Ali Hekimbaşı made a huge save. A collision led to ÇAYKUR RİZESPOR getting a freekick after 55 minutes play. Gerasim Chepikov hit a great ball. The crowd rose to their feet as BİGA FC's Şentürk Özkutlu slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Dursun Ali Hekimbaşı. That made the score 1-3 after 58 minutes of play. BİGA FC's Şentürk Özkutlu got a good chance for a goal in the 65th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 71 minutes into the match, Şentürk Özkutlu had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Dursun Ali Hekimbaşı. ÇAYKUR RİZESPOR's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Şentürk Özkutlu was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-4. Dursun Ali Hekimbaşı made an important save on a dangerous shot by Ahmet Ozan Dalan in the 81st minute. After a rather tough play, ÇAYKUR RİZESPOR's Gerasim Chepikov got a free kick in the 86th minute. When BİGA FC's Ahmet Ozan Dalan in the 87th minute got a chance for a shot 87th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye ÇAYKUR RİZESPOR's goalie prevented a goal. In the 93rd minute, Şentürk Özkutlu ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Dursun Ali Hekimbaşı was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-5. The away crowd were delighted with the way their team had played and cheered loudly when the final whistle sounded. BİGA FC walked away with the win, even though the match was close until the end.