League

METİS Stadium
Spectators: 7223 (Terracing: 5419, Seating: 1661, VIP seats: 143) Rize Cadde FC's Selim Kerimhan 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. After some fancy dribbling in the 3rd minute, Abdi Refiğ managed to get in a good position for a shot. ΛПƬЯΛKƬ's supporters rose to their feet, but Abdi Refiğ was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Kasım Tarkan breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. After 4 played minutes ΛПƬЯΛKƬ got a freekick which was hit by Hüsnü Tarab. İsmail Safih didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Selim Kerimhan went, in the 6th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. After a rather tough play, Rize Cadde FC's Acar Kayrak got a free kick in the 8th minute. İsmail Safih made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ahmet Kutsi Güzir in the 14th minute of play. In the 16thth minute of the game Deniz Fırat who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Rize Cadde FC's Kasım Tarkan was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Cevher Biçim kicked well hit freekick during the 17th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ahmet Kutsi Güzir in the 19th minute of play forced ΛПƬЯΛKƬ's goalkeeper İsmail Safih to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 22nd minute, Selim Kerimhan left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Rize Cadde FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-2. Abdi Refiğ sent away a hard shot on goal in the 27th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After having played for 31 minutes, Abdi Refiğ managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. ΛПƬЯΛKƬ's supporters crossed their fingers, but Abdi Refiğ was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Deniz Fırat might have been able to make a better finish in the 37th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Kasım Tarkan. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Deniz Fırat ran back to his position shaking his head. Nuri Temren's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Kasım Tarkan firmly grabbed it by the left post. In the 40th minute of the match ΛПƬЯΛKƬ got a corner. Rize Cadde FC's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Hüsnü Tarab ran over to the corner to take the kick. A well-hit corner resulted in Abdi Refiğ heading the ball towards the goal, but to his dismay he misdirected it and missed the goal completely. Deniz Fırat sent away a hard shot on goal in the 42nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The audience thought a goal was coming when Hüsnü Tarab got free with Kasım Tarkan in the 47th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Disappointed in the 1-2 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The supporters of Rize Cadde FC booed when ΛПƬЯΛKƬ was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 54 match minutes in a wonderful position. Hilmi Polatkan didn't get a good kick on the ball. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 55th minute of the game. One of ΛПƬЯΛKƬ:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Rize Cadde FC:s goal. The referee gave Rize Cadde FC a penalty, 57 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Mehmet Ediz Gazzal, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of ΛПƬЯΛKƬ's İsmail Safih. 1-3. The audience was convinced that Deniz Fırat's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Kasım Tarkan was relentless in the 66th minute of the game. In the 70th minute the ball was on its way in behind Rize Cadde FC's goalkeeper Kasım Tarkan, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Mithat Günaydın kicked well hit freekick during the 71st minute of the match. In the 76th minute, Arslan Süleymanoğlu ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Kasım Tarkan was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-3. Kasım Tarkan showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Deniz Fırat in the 83rd minute of the match. If Hüsnü Tarab had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 88th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Abdi Refiğ blasted a shot towards the goal in the 93rd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Kasım Tarkan having to make a save. Abdi Refiğ's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Kasım Tarkan read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 93rd minute of play. 95 minutes into the match, ΛПƬЯΛKƬ's goal looked a bit too open when Selim Kerimhan came free, but İsmail Safih reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The ΛПƬЯΛKƬ manager could be seen shouting at his players as they walked down the tunnel after the match. He was clearly angry that they had squandered their superior possession, allowing Rize Cadde FC to win.