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Eskipazar
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Yiğit Can Saylan started the match with the kick off. Baransel Sarıdoğan in the 3rdth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Galip Savtuna, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. Necip Kayrak kicked well hit freekick during the 12th minute of the match. Galip Savtuna was out of position in the 14 minute of play, and Semail Emir capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Semail Emir really showed his touch with that goal: 1-0. Azmi Birtan kicked well hit freekick during the 16th minute of the match. Orhan Geylanoğullarından took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 17th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Deniz Kurtaran. Eskipazar's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Deniz Kurtaran made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Yiğit Can Saylan in the 22nd minute of play. Deniz Kurtaran took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Yiğit Can Saylan, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 28 minutes into the game, Yiğit Can Saylan cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-1. Deniz Kurtaran was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. If Semail Emir had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 34th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Galip Savtuna made a fantastic save in the 36th minute, when Baransel Sarıdoğan sent off a good shot on target. Deniz Kurtaran showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Yiğit Can Saylan, who was totally free with the ball in the 38th minute. In the 39th minute Nuratay Yavuzer shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Deniz Kurtaran saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After a defensive mix-up in Eskipazar's zone, Bülent Keçili stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Deniz Kurtaran came out of the goal and Bülent Keçili tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Deniz Kurtaran showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Yiğit Can Saylan, who was totally free with the ball in the 42nd minute. 44 minutes into the match, Eskipazar's goal looked a bit too open when Yiğit Can Saylan came free, but Deniz Kurtaran reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 45th minute, Azmi Birtan hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

Galip Savtuna showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Semail Emir in the 51st minute of the match. Eskipazar's Deniz Kurtaran played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Yiğit Can Saylan in the 55th minute of play. In the 56th minute Semail Emir shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Galip Savtuna saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 59th minute Yiğit Can Saylan shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Deniz Kurtaran saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Necip Kayrak got his second yellow card in the match during the 60th minute which meant that he had to leave the ground. Galip Savtuna stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Semail Emir's shot from short distance in the 64th minute. Semail Emir might have been able to make a better finish in the 67th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Galip Savtuna. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Semail Emir ran back to his position shaking his head. A collision led to Eskihisar getting a freekick after 68 minutes play. Nuratay Yavuzer hit a great ball. Semail Emir fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 71st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Galip Savtuna having to interfere. In the 74th minute, Semail Emir left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Eskipazar fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-1. Özgün Arıhan fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 77th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Deniz Kurtaran having to interfere. After some fancy dribbling in the 80th minute, Nuratay Yavuzer managed to get in a good position for a shot. Eskihisar's supporters rose to their feet, but Nuratay Yavuzer was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Deniz Kurtaran breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 83rd minute, Semail Emir 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. When Işık Kamran came up free with the goalie in the 84th minute, the Eskipazar 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 Işık Kamran couldn't finish the play. In the 87th minute, Yiğit Can Saylan hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 88 minutes into the game, Semail Emir cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 3-1. Galip Savtuna was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 94th minute, Yiğit Can Saylan ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Deniz Kurtaran was frozen by the shot and now it was 3-2. Eskihisar's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.