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Menekse
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Doğan Akgün kicked off to start the match. After 3 minutes, Abdulhamit İltay mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Iscehisar and the Menekse players grew even worse after the yellow card. The supporters of Menekse booed when Iscehisar was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 3 match minutes in a wonderful position. Abdulhamit İltay didn't get a good kick on the ball. Menekse's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Ahmet Reha Çakıroğlu in the 6th minute. The referee felt a red card was in order, 10 minutes into the game, when Atabek Değirmencioğlu put in a rough tackle. Doğan Akgün fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 17th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Hıdır Mengübay having to interfere. Lütfi Tankut could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 29th minute of the match, but Cevat Toygun made a huge save. Lütfi Tankut could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 32nd minute of the match, but Cevat Toygun made a huge save. Lütfi Tankut's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Cevat Toygun firmly grabbed it by the left post. The audience thought a goal was coming when Lütfi Tankut got free with Cevat Toygun in the 35th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After 40 minutes Iscehisar's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Ahmet Reha Çakıroğlu who took care of the corner kick. A collision led to Menekse getting a freekick after 43 minutes play. Sezen Cezri hit a great ball. Lütfi Tankut received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 46th minute. Cevat Toygun tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 1-0.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Arif Başeğmez was the one to do the kick off. Cevat Toygun stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Arif Başeğmez's shot from short distance in the 52nd minute. Arif Başeğmez received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 53rd minute. Cevat Toygun tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. A collision led to Menekse getting a freekick after 56 minutes play. Sezen Cezri hit a great ball. Doğan Akgün sent away a hard shot on goal in the 58th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. A collision led to Iscehisar getting a freekick after 60 minutes play. Abdulhamit İltay hit a great ball. After having played for 61 minutes, Arif Başeğmez managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Menekse's supporters crossed their fingers, but Arif Başeğmez was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. After a rather tough play, Iscehisar's Yüce Eraltay got a free kick in the 62nd minute. In the 65th minute, Lütfi Tankut left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Menekse fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-0. After 67 played minutes Menekse got a freekick which was hit by Lütfi Tankut. After 77 minutes, Hacı Ali Şerafeddin mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Menekse and the Iscehisar players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 77th minute, one of Menekse:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Menekse. An unexpectedly hard shot by Arif Başeğmez in the 82nd minute of play forced Iscehisar's goalkeeper Cevat Toygun to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Cevat Toygun took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Arif Başeğmez, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When Menekse's Lütfi Tankut in the 85th minute got a chance for a shot 85th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Iscehisar's goalie prevented a goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lütfi Tankut in the 91st minute of play forced Iscehisar's goalkeeper Cevat Toygun to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball.