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Pehlivanköy
Spectators: 7257 (Terracing: 5444, Seating: 1669, VIP seats: 144) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Barış Kuluk started the match with the kick off. Aktaç Taşkın kicked well hit freekick during the 4th minute of the match. In a very dangerous position, a player in Pehlivanköy fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 5th minute. Penalty! In the 6th minute there was a penalty for Kirsehir JK. Turgay Sabir stepped forward and shot the ball to the right of a diving Korkut Çelebioğlu. 0-1. İslam Karanalp charged in rather forcefully in the 9th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed İslam Karanalp the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. A collision led to Pehlivanköy getting a freekick after 9 minutes play. İslam Karanalp hit a great ball. Kemalettin İkbal hit a great freekick 12 minutes into the match. In the 13th minute, Orhan Canpolat sent off a long shot on goal, but the shot was nowhere near the goal and Kirsehir JK's Abdullah Bekdemir didn't even have to move. A collision led to Kirsehir JK getting a freekick after 14 minutes play. İlkan Paksan hit a great ball. Abuzer Malkoç fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 18th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Korkut Çelebioğlu having to interfere. Korkut Çelebioğlu took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Abuzer Malkoç, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. İslam Karanalp hit a great freekick 23 minutes into the match. Pehlivanköy's Korkut Çelebioğlu played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Barış Kuluk in the 23rd minute of play. When İslam Karanalp was, once again, overly rough in his play he received his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. 24 minutes had been played. Abuzer Malkoç received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 27th minute. Korkut Çelebioğlu tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Korkut Çelebioğlu showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Barış Kuluk in the 29th minute of the match. Korkut Çelebioğlu made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Barış Kuluk in the 37th minute of play. After some fancy dribbling in the 42nd minute, Abuzer Malkoç managed to get in a good position for a shot. Kirsehir JK's supporters rose to their feet, but Abuzer Malkoç was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Korkut Çelebioğlu breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. 43 minutes into the game, Gazi Sabih was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Pehlivanköy's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Kirsehir JK the free kick. In the 43rd minute, Gazi Sabih hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After the first half Kirsehir JK were leading 0-1. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The wind increased when Anıl Berk Kutlutekin made the kick off in the second half. Abuzer Malkoçs short, quick shot in the 55thth minute got Korkut Çelebioğlu to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. With an all-out effort, Kirsehir JK's Korkut Çelebioğlu threw himself towards the right post 56 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Barış Kuluk, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. An unexpectedly hard shot by Barış Kuluk in the 60th minute of play forced Pehlivanköy's goalkeeper Korkut Çelebioğlu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 61 minutes into the match, Abuzer Malkoç had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Korkut Çelebioğlu. Pehlivanköy's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Abuzer Malkoç was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-2. After 68 minutes, İlkan Paksan mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Kirsehir JK and the Pehlivanköy players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to Kirsehir JK getting a freekick after 68 minutes play. İlkan Paksan hit a great ball. When Pehlivanköy's Anıl Berk Kutlutekin in the 69th minute got a chance for a shot 69th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Kirsehir JK's goalie prevented a goal. 71 minutes in the game, Barış Kuluk fired away an excellent shot, which passed to the side of the right post without Korkut Çelebioğlu having to interfere. Korkut Çelebioğlu acted impressively in front of the goal and made a superb save when he, in the 79th minute, took the ball on the long shot from Turgay Sabir. Ergincan Akşit kicked well hit freekick during the 79th minute of the match. Kirsehir JK's Abuzer Malkoç got a good chance for a goal in the 81st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. An unexpected shot in the 85th minute by Abuzer Malkoç got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. Barış Kuluk sent away a hard shot on goal in the 86th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Korkut Çelebioğlu was out of position in the 89 minute of play, and İlkan Paksan capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. İlkan Paksan really showed his touch with that goal: 0-3. Korkut Çelebioğlu made an important save on a dangerous shot by Abuzer Malkoç in the 92nd minute. Korkut Çelebioğlu showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Barış Kuluk, who was totally free with the ball in the 95th minute. In the 97thth minute of the game Barış Kuluk who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Pehlivanköy's Korkut Çelebioğlu was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Kirsehir JK played a much better game than Pehlivanköy and deserved their victory. The Pehlivanköy players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.