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Barzo Arena
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Hurşit Baran got the match started through his kick off. After 2 played minutes BARZO got a freekick which was hit by Alkın Batıray. After having played for 5 minutes, İskender Baki Özver managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Sakaryaspor's supporters crossed their fingers, but İskender Baki Özver was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Haldun Özdinçer showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Cihangir Çimen, who was totally free with the ball in the 7th minute. When Sakaryaspor's Hurşit Baran in 11 game minutes managed to cut through with the ball in front of the goal, only having to shoot. Haldun Özdinçer guarding the goal like a pit bull was extremely focused and managed to reach the ball just by the crossbar before it went in. In the 12th minute Şenel Toköz shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gökcan Sefa saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 14 minutes had been played when some careless play by Sakaryaspor's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Gökcan Kahya was slow to take the kick. During this time BARZO's players had a chance to rest. The corner led BARZO's Gökcan Kahya to fire away a dangerous shot which Gökcan Sefa despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. When Şenel Toköz came up free with the goalie in the 15th minute, the BARZO 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 Şenel Toköz couldn't finish the play. Şenel Toköz's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 18thth minute, Gökcan Sefa skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. In the 24th minute İskender Baki Özver shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Haldun Özdinçer saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 27 minutes into the match, BARZO's goal looked a bit too open when Hurşit Baran came free, but Haldun Özdinçer reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Haldun Özdinçer took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from İskender Baki Özver, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 30 minutes of play, Sakaryaspor's İskender Baki Özver made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Haldun Özdinçer was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 36th minute, Okan Özpinar left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Sakaryaspor fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-2. Cihangir Çimen might have been able to make a better finish in the 39th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Haldun Özdinçer. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Cihangir Çimen ran back to his position shaking his head. An unexpectedly hard shot by Hurşit Baran in the 41st minute of play forced BARZO's goalkeeper Haldun Özdinçer to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After some careless play in the BARZO defense, Hurşit Baran kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Haldun Özdinçer. The BARZO fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Haldun Özdinçer should have stopped the shot. In the 48th minute the ball was on its way in behind BARZO's goalkeeper Haldun Özdinçer, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. The BARZO players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Sakaryaspor were winning 0-3.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Şenel Toköz made a kick off. İskender Baki Özver received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 51st minute. Haldun Özdinçer tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. BARZO's Haldun Özdinçer proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 57th minute of the match, managed to save BARZO from getting a goal against them. In the 59th minute of the match İlkan Buminhan shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Gökcan Sefa showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Hurşit Baran's late challenge caught a BARZO's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Hurşit Baran helped the player get up and apologised. In the 60th minute, Hurşit Baran hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. BARZO's Haldun Özdinçer proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 66th minute of the match, managed to save BARZO from getting a goal against them. In the 67th match minute, BARZO was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ateş Akadlı to maneuver through the defense. Cihangir Çimen could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 68th minute of the match, but Haldun Özdinçer made a huge save. Hurşit Baran did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 0-4 to the left of a surprised Haldun Özdinçer 72 minutes into the match. In the 75th minute Hurşit Baran shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Haldun Özdinçer saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. BARZO's Haldun Özdinçer proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 89th minute of the match, managed to save BARZO from getting a goal against them. Ateş Akadlı was astounded when the referee showed him the red card after a seemingly innocent challenge, 97 minutes into the match. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 96th minute of the game. One of BARZO:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Sakaryaspor:s goal. When the match had been going on for 99 minutes, Sakaryaspor's Serter Savgat got an opportunity to shoot a penalty. He stayed cool and waited for the goalkeeper to move, before he confidently shot the ball into the goal, to the left of Haldun Özdinçer. Sakaryaspor's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.