League

Hacilar Stadium
Spectators: 7771 (Terracing: 5829, Seating: 1787, VIP seats: 155) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Korcan Askeroğlu started the match with the kick off. In the 3rd minute Michail Antonio shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Kahraman Umurbay saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 5th minute, Michail Antonio left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Atak fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. An unexpectedly hard shot by Arif Buğra Subutay in the 9th minute of play forced BATIK's goalkeeper Kahraman Umurbay to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Kahraman Umurbay made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ferdinand Petran in the 11th minute of play. In the 19th minute, Arif Buğra Subutay made a precise shot to the right of Kahraman Umurbay. BATIK's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-3. An unexpectedly hard shot by Michail Antonio in the 24th minute of play forced BATIK's goalkeeper Kahraman Umurbay to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Michail Antonio in the 24th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Kahraman Umurbay prevented the ball from getting in the gole. When the match clock showed 24 minutes, the score became 0-4 when Michail Antonio sped through BATIK's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Kahraman Umurbay. After a defensive mix-up in BATIK's zone, Arif Buğra Subutay stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Kahraman Umurbay came out of the goal and Arif Buğra Subutay tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. 30 minutes into the match, Kerem Peker had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Kahraman Umurbay. BATIK's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Kerem Peker was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-5. After 34 minutes of play, Atak's Michail Antonio made it 0-6 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Kahraman Umurbay was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 37th minute Michail Antonio shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Kahraman Umurbay saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 38 played minutes Atak got a freekick which was hit by Kerem Peker. Korcan Askeroğlu's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 39thth minute, Boruc Tscherner skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. If Kerem Peker had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 41st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Kahraman Umurbay made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Michail Antonio in the 47th minute of play. Everyone was convinced a goal was close when BATIK's Nuh Dilhan in the 48th minute lifted the ball towards the upper right corner, but Boruc Tscherner was perfectly placed and prevented a goal for Atak through an amazing save. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-6.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Michail Antonio was the one to do the kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Arif Buğra Subutay in the 51st minute of play forced BATIK's goalkeeper Kahraman Umurbay to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Boruc Tscherner made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Korcan Askeroğlu in the 53rd minute of play. Michail Antonio's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Kahraman Umurbay firmly grabbed it by the left post. The audience thought a goal was coming when Michail Antonio got free with Kahraman Umurbay in the 60th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Nuh Dilhan might have been able to make a better finish in the 63rd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Boruc Tscherner. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Nuh Dilhan ran back to his position shaking his head. Atak's Boruc Tscherner played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Nuh Dilhan in the 65th minute of play. Boruc Tscherner showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Korcan Askeroğlu in the 66th minute of the match. Michail Antonio succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 0-7 in the 67th playminute. BATIK's Kahraman Umurbay proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 73rd minute of the match, managed to save BATIK from getting a goal against them. 75 minutes into the match, BATIK's goal looked a bit too open when Arif Buğra Subutay came free, but Kahraman Umurbay reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. BATIK's Kahraman Umurbay played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Michail Antonio in the 78th minute of play. Kahraman Umurbay took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Michail Antonio, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Boruc Tscherner showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Korcan Askeroğlu in the 84th minute of the match. Michail Antonio who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 87thth minute tested the skills of Kahraman Umurbay when he managed to save the team from getting behind. The audience thought a goal was coming when Arif Buğra Subutay got free with Kahraman Umurbay in the 92nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After a defensive mix-up in BATIK's zone, Ferdinand Petran stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Kahraman Umurbay came out of the goal and Ferdinand Petran tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Atak's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.