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Spectators: 7499 (Terracing: 5663, Seating: 1736, VIP seats: 100) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Teoman Osman made the kick off which started today's match. Alfred Burowski received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 3rd minute. Kemalettin Refik tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 16 minutes into the game, AFC Richmond's Songur Kultigin nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Kemalettin Refik made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-0. In the 20th match minute, AFC Richmond was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Stig-Arne Möller to maneuver through the defense. Alfred Burowski's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Kemalettin Refik read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 24th minute of play. Songur Kultigin received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 27th minute. Kemalettin Refik tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Songur Kultigin sent away a hard shot on goal in the 28th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Sertel Orun received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 30th minute. Kemalettin Refik tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Yusuf Ziya Ersal received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 32nd minute. Cihan Ekiner tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. AFC Richmond's Songur Kultigin got a good chance for a goal in the 35th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Teoman Osman hit a great freekick 39 minutes into the match. Kemalettin Refik made a fantastic save in the 45th minute, when Sami Eraslan sent off a good shot on target. Stig-Arne Möller hit a great freekick 47 minutes into the match. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 1-0.

With a little luck, AFC Richmond's Cihan Ekiner got control of the ball when Yusuf Ziya Ersal tried to sneak it across the goal line. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Sertel Orun during the 62nd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After 62 played minutes AFC Richmond got a freekick which was hit by Sertel Orun. AFC Richmond's Cihan Ekiner proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 64th minute of the match, managed to save AFC Richmond from getting a goal against them. After a rather tough play, Ceylanspor's Ertaç Hamurcuoğlu got a free kick in the 65th minute. 67 minutes into the match, AFC Richmond's goalkeeper Cihan Ekiner had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Yusuf Ziya Ersal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alfred Burowski in the 69th minute of play forced Ceylanspor's goalkeeper Kemalettin Refik to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The corner ended in Songur Kultigin almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Ceylanspor's Kemalettin Refik did a great save. Kemalettin Refik showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Abdullah Kotuz in the 72nd minute of the match. After some fancy dribbling in the 73rd minute, Songur Kultigin managed to get in a good position for a shot. AFC Richmond's supporters rose to their feet, but Songur Kultigin was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Kemalettin Refik breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Yusuf Ziya Ersal kicked well hit freekick during the 75th minute of the match. In the 77th minute, Reis Binışık hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Yusuf Ziya Ersal could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 84th minute of the match, but Cihan Ekiner made a huge save. If Teoman Osman had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 93rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Ceylanspor succeeded in salvaging a draw, even though AFC Richmond had controlled the match.