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Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Kubilay Tercan started the match with the kick off. After 10 played minutes kings got a freekick which was hit by Mehmet Bilge Ceri. Kubilay Tercans short, quick shot in the 13thth minute got Altuğ Ulusoy to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. If Ahmet Hamdi Tuğkun had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 16th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. A collision led to kings getting a freekick after 21 minutes play. Mehmet Akif Zahir hit a great ball. Ahmet Hamdi Tuğkun struck a weak shot in the 22nd minute. Altuğ Ulusoy didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for ZONGULDAK. Kubilay Tercan recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 25th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. In the 28th minute, ZONGULDAK's Ahmet Hamdi Tuğkun dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-0. Ahmet Hamdi Tuğkun sent away a hard shot on goal in the 31st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Mehmet Hakkı Dengizer received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 32nd minute. Altuğ Ulusoy tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When Gencalp Erakıncı fell near the penalty area in the 37th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored kings's protests and gave Gencalp Erakıncı a yellow card for diving instead. In the 40th minute, kings's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Ahmet Hamdi Tuğkun fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. Ahmet Hamdi Tuğkun sent away a hard shot on goal in the 42nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance.

An unexpectedly hard shot by Ahmet Hamdi Tuğkun in the 55th minute of play forced kings's goalkeeper Altuğ Ulusoy to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 57 minutes into the match, Gencalp Erakıncı had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Mehmet Oğuz Özerk. ZONGULDAK's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Gencalp Erakıncı was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-1. Mustafa Numan Talat's late challenge caught a ZONGULDAK's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Mustafa Numan Talat helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to kings getting a freekick after 61 minutes play. Mustafa Numan Talat hit a great ball. In the 61st minute of the match Ahmet Bülent Sezmen shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Altuğ Ulusoy showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. After a defensive mix-up in kings's zone, Ahmet Hamdi Tuğkun stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Altuğ Ulusoy came out of the goal and Ahmet Hamdi Tuğkun tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. ZONGULDAK's Ogün Onsoy quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Cebrail Kürşat, made in the 69th minute of the game. If Kubilay Tercan had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 70th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 71st minute, Rüştü Erçivan hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. kings's Altuğ Ulusoy played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Kubilay Tercan in the 73rd minute of play. 74 minutes into the match, kings's goal looked a bit too open when Ahmet Hamdi Tuğkun came free, but Altuğ Ulusoy reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 74 minutes into the game, ZONGULDAK's Ahmet Hamdi Tuğkun nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Altuğ Ulusoy made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 2-1. 77 minutes into the game, Balaban Rıfat was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. ZONGULDAK's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave kings the free kick. After a rather tough play, ZONGULDAK's Balaban Rıfat got a free kick in the 77th minute. Atay Hepyener could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 79th minute of the match, but Mehmet Oğuz Özerk made a huge save. Baransel İzgi fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 88th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Mehmet Oğuz Özerk having to interfere. When Ahmet Hamdi Tuğkun came up free with the goalie in the 90th minute, the ZONGULDAK fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Ahmet Hamdi Tuğkun couldn't finish the play. kings's Altuğ Ulusoy played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Mehmet Hakkı Dengizer in the 94th minute of play. After 94 played minutes kings got a freekick which was hit by Baransel İzgi. Ahmet Hamdi Tuğkun fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 96th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Altuğ Ulusoy having to interfere. ZONGULDAK's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.