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NİĞDE ARENA
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) NİĞDESPOR's Emil Barbăneagră 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. When the match had gone on for 4 minutes, Emil Barbăneagră put it in 1-0 from a short distance just to the right of Merih Ongul. Merih Ongul made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Emil Barbăneagră in the 10th minute of play. Özkan Şükür hit a great freekick 16 minutes into the match. Merih Ongul made an important save on a dangerous shot by Marcial Eufrasio in the 22nd minute. Durmuş Eskici hit a great freekick 24 minutes into the match. In the 32nd minute, Seyfi Memduh got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Mümtaz Sezal fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 34th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Merih Ongul having to interfere. Marcial Eufrasio blasted a shot towards the goal in the 36th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Merih Ongul having to make a save. Merih Ongul showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Emil Barbăneagră, who was totally free with the ball in the 37th minute. After some fancy dribbling in the 39th minute, Marcial Eufrasio managed to get in a good position for a shot. NİĞDESPOR's supporters rose to their feet, but Marcial Eufrasio was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Merih Ongul breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Emil Barbăneagră fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 41st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Merih Ongul having to interfere. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 47th minute of the game. One of NİĞDESPOR:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of DEV BİR TÜRK:s goal. The fans had the chance to grab some refreshments as the whistle went for half-time. The score stood at 1-1 after a close first half.

The wind increased when Seyfi Memduh made the kick off in the second half. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Emil Barbăneagră in the 59th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Merih Ongul prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Merih Ongul took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Emil Barbăneagră, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Merih Ongul made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Emil Barbăneagră in the 65th minute of play. Ruhi Semir sent away a hard shot on goal in the 69th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. DEV BİR TÜRK's Merih Ongul played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Marcial Eufrasio in the 73rd minute of play. Samet Başaydın received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 75th minute. Merih Ongul tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Merih Ongul didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Emil Barbăneagră went, in the 77th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-1 was the resulting score. Marcial Eufrasio received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 80th minute. Merih Ongul tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 88 minutes into the match, Emil Barbăneagră notched a goal, 3-1, to the right of DEV BİR TÜRK's Merih Ongul. Merih Ongul was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 91st minute, Marcial Eufrasio got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. In the 94th minute Emil Barbăneagră shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Merih Ongul saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 97 minutes into the match, NİĞDESPOR's goalkeeper Miki Dillmark had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Ruhi Semir. Miki Dillmark showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Seyfi Memduh in the 100th minute of the match.