League

Gerede
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) FC Leylekspor's Rıfkı Neşat 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 Arif Bilge Yasun fell near the penalty area in the 3rd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored FC Leylekspor's protests and gave Arif Bilge Yasun a yellow card for diving instead. A collision led to FC Leylekspor getting a freekick after 3 minutes play. Arif Bilge Yasun hit a great ball. Arif Nihat Vargın received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 7th minute. Aşır Ergümen tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 10th minute Melih Taşkesen shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Aşır Ergümen saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After a rather tough play, FC Leylekspor's Köksal Özyurek got a free kick in the 16th minute. Rıfkı Neşat's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 19thth minute, Eyüp Eyüpoğlu skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. In the 20th match minute, kutlucafc was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ahmet Koralp Gülsoy to maneuver through the defense. kutlucafc's Eyüp Eyüpoğlu proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 21st minute of the match, managed to save kutlucafc from getting a goal against them. An unexpectedly hard shot by Arif Bilge Yasun in the 22nd minute of play forced kutlucafc's goalkeeper Eyüp Eyüpoğlu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Ahmet Hamdi Dertsiz's late challenge caught a kutlucafc's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Ahmet Hamdi Dertsiz helped the player get up and apologised. In the 26th match minute, FC Leylekspor was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ahmet Hamdi Dertsiz to maneuver through the defense. 28 minutes into the match, kutlucafc's Melih Taşkesen sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Aşır Ergümen narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Eyüp Eyüpoğlu showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Rıfkı Neşat in the 34th minute of the match. Rıfkı Neşat sent away a hard shot on goal in the 35th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After a defensive mix-up in kutlucafc's zone, Ferhan Hanönü stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Eyüp Eyüpoğlu came out of the goal and Ferhan Hanönü tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After 47 minutes of play, FC Leylekspor's Ferhan Hanönü made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Eyüp Eyüpoğlu was left in no man's land by his defense there! Af the end of the first half the score was 1-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Melih Taşkesen to strike the kick off in the second half. Arif Bilge Yasun recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 52nd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. 58 minutes into the match, FC Leylekspor's goalkeeper Aşır Ergümen had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Arif Nihat Vargın. Eyüp Eyüpoğlu made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ferhan Hanönü in the 64th minute of play. Aşır Ergümen took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Melih Taşkesen, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After having played for 80 minutes, Ferhan Hanönü managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. FC Leylekspor's supporters crossed their fingers, but Ferhan Hanönü was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Besim Lütfi hit a great freekick 89 minutes into the match. Aşır Ergümen made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Melih Taşkesen in the 90th minute of play. Arif Nihat Vargın received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 97th minute. Aşır Ergümen tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. FC Leylekspor were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of kutlucafc for a fine match.