League

Enez Arena
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Haddini Bilbao's Bayram İlke started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Güray Erdem made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Necip Fazıl Tülün in the 4th minute of play. 6 minutes into the match, Sulusaray JK's goal looked a bit too open when Necip Fazıl Tülün came free, but Güray Erdem reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Mehdi Sulhi showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Hakan Akcebe, who was totally free with the ball in the 7th minute. In the 10th minute, Seyfi Esir left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Sulusaray JK fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. After a rather tough play, Haddini Bilbao's Feridun İstanbullu got a free kick in the 13th minute. When Muhsin Kurumer fell near the penalty area in the 15th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Sulusaray JK's protests and gave Muhsin Kurumer a yellow card for diving instead. When Bayram İlke fell near the penalty area in the 17th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Haddini Bilbao's protests and gave Bayram İlke a yellow card for diving instead. Bayram İlke hit a great freekick 17 minutes into the match. In the 19th minute, Haddini Bilbao's Hüseyin Akadlı ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Güray Erdem. Güray Erdem yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-1. 22 minutes into the match, Haddini Bilbao's goal looked a bit too open when Hakan Akcebe came free, but Mehdi Sulhi reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 23 minutes into the game, Hakan Akcebe cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-2. Mehdi Sulhi was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Bayram İlke received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 27th minute. Güray Erdem tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Mehdi Sulhi took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Asrın Ayman, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Mehdi Sulhi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Muhsin Kurumer in the 36th minute of the match. In the 39th minute Asrın Ayman shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Mehdi Sulhi saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After some careless play in the Haddini Bilbao defense, Muhsin Kurumer kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Mehdi Sulhi. The Haddini Bilbao fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Mehdi Sulhi should have stopped the shot. In a very dangerous position, a player in Haddini Bilbao fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 47th minute. Penalty! In the 50th minute there was a penalty for Sulusaray JK. Behram Akkaynak stepped forward and shot the ball to the right of a diving Mehdi Sulhi. 1-4. Disappointed in the 1-4 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Hakan Akcebe to strike the kick off in the second half. In the 56th minute of the game, Asrın Ayman landed unfortunately after trying to head the ball, and pulled a muscle in the back, so badly that he had to leave the field. After 57 minutes, Eyüp Şahbaz mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Haddini Bilbao and the Sulusaray JK players grew even worse after the yellow card. If Hakan Akcebe had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 62nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. It was beautiful to see Haddini Bilbao's Necip Fazıl Tülün in action when he in the 66th minute dribbled his way through a couple of opponents and the fired away a shot from almost standing still. First the ball seemed to get in, but turned out to be on the outside of the net. A great chance! Hüseyin Akadlı sent away a hard shot on goal in the 71st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. If Hakan Akcebe had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 75th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The audience was convinced that Muhsin Kurumer's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Mehdi Sulhi was relentless in the 77th minute of the game. After having played for 79 minutes, Hakan Akcebe managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Sulusaray JK's supporters crossed their fingers, but Hakan Akcebe was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. When Hakan Akcebe came up free with the goalie in the 81st minute, the Sulusaray JK 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 Hakan Akcebe couldn't finish the play. Mehdi Sulhi made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Hakan Akcebe in the 84th minute of play. In the 86th minute, Hakan Akcebe hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Hüseyin Akadlı received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 88th minute. Güray Erdem tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Eyüp Namal's late challenge caught a Haddini Bilbao's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Eyüp Namal helped the player get up and apologised. In the 89th match minute, Sulusaray JK was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Eyüp Namal to maneuver through the defense. 94 minutes into the match, Erkin Pekdeger dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Mehdi Sulhi, 1-6. Mehdi Sulhi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Hakan Akcebe in the 98th minute of the match. In the 101st minute Muhsin Kurumer shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Mehdi Sulhi saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched Sulusaray JK eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.