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Rio Arena
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Raşit Oskay made the kick off which started today's match. The supporters of Rio Puerta booed when Özalp FK was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 3 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ayvaz Balcıoğlu didn't get a good kick on the ball. The throw-in from Gürel Taylak in the 8th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Rio Puerta's Gazi Acarbey. When Mehmet Özbala came up free with the goalie in the 9th minute, the Rio Puerta 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 Mehmet Özbala couldn't finish the play. Müfit Tayuk showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Raşit Oskay, who was totally free with the ball in the 11th minute. Mehmet Özbala took the ball and in the 14 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Feyzullay Rafetoğulları. Feyzullay Rafetoğulları dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-0. When Özalp FK's Devran Cansefa in the 19th minute got a chance for a shot 19th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Rio Puerta's goalie prevented a goal. Mehmet Özbala could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 20th minute of the match, but Feyzullay Rafetoğulları made a huge save. When the match had gone on for 20 minutes, Mehmet Özbala took a quick shot and it went in 2-0 without a chance for Feyzullay Rafetoğulları to make any attempt to save it. The audience was convinced that Devran Cansefa's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Müfit Tayuk was relentless in the 24th minute of the game. If Mehmet Özbala had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 28th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Müfit Tayuk showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Devran Cansefa in the 36th minute of the match. The crowd rose to their feet as Rio Puerta's Mehmet Özbala slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Feyzullay Rafetoğulları. That made the score 3-1 after 38 minutes of play. Müfit Tayuk showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Devran Cansefa, who was totally free with the ball in the 41st minute. After some fancy dribbling in the 42nd minute, Mehmet Özbala managed to get in a good position for a shot. Rio Puerta's supporters rose to their feet, but Mehmet Özbala was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Feyzullay Rafetoğulları breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. 44 minutes into the match, Umut Yücel had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Feyzullay Rafetoğulları. Özalp FK's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Umut Yücel was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 4-1. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 4-1 at half-time.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Mehmet Özbala to make the kick off. Mehmet Özbala fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 51st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Feyzullay Rafetoğulları having to interfere. If Umut Yücel had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 53rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Feyzullay Rafetoğulları didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Mehmet Özbala went, in the 55th minute, to the upper right corner, 5-1 was the resulting score. Rio Puerta's Müfit Tayuk played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Raşit Oskay in the 58th minute of play. Feyzullay Rafetoğulları showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mehmet Özbala in the 64th minute of the match. After 66 minutes, Mehmet Özbala made it 6-1 with a short kick to the right side. Özalp FK's Feyzullay Rafetoğulları tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. After a defensive mix-up in Özalp FK's zone, Mehmet Özbala stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Feyzullay Rafetoğulları came out of the goal and Mehmet Özbala tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 73rd minute of the match Bektaş Ali Salur shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Feyzullay Rafetoğulları showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. 82 minutes into the match, Özalp FK's goal looked a bit too open when Mehmet Özbala came free, but Feyzullay Rafetoğulları reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Tuncer Keskiner during the 86th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. 6-2 became the score in the 90th minute when Raşit Oskay elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. 96 minutes into the match, Mehmet Özbala notched a goal, 7-2, to the right of Özalp FK's Feyzullay Rafetoğulları. Feyzullay Rafetoğulları was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Rio Puerta's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.