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Merinos
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Afşar Hekimbaşı kicked off to start the match. The crowd rose to their feet as Merinos JK's Nazil Özmen slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Battal Gazi Zümer. That made the score 1-0 after 4 minutes of play. Genesis's Battal Gazi Zümer played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Sefa Soysaldı in the 7th minute of play. After 9 minutes, Kerem Okaner mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Merinos JK and the Genesis players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a rather tough play, Merinos JK's Kerem Okaner got a free kick in the 9th minute. Afşar Hekimbaşı received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 10th minute. Hamdi Tanbolat tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Battal Gazi Zümer made an important save on a dangerous shot by Ender Kamaci in the 14th minute. 15 minutes into the match, Genesis's goal looked a bit too open when Sefa Soysaldı came free, but Battal Gazi Zümer reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Sefa Soysaldı received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Battal Gazi Zümer came out and tried to block the shot, but Sefa Soysaldı slotted it home off the left post making it 2-0 in the 16th minute. In the 20thth minute of the game Behiç Yörükoğlu who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Merinos JK's Hamdi Tanbolat was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Merinos JK's Hamdi Tanbolat played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Afşar Hekimbaşı in the 23rd minute of play. In the 27th minute, Ender Kamaci ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Battal Gazi Zümer was frozen by the shot and now it was 3-0. 31 minutes into the match, Genesis's goal looked a bit too open when Sefa Soysaldı came free, but Battal Gazi Zümer reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Battal Gazi Zümer made an important save on a dangerous shot by Müjdat Uman in the 34th minute. Behiç Yörükoğlu 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. The supporters of Merinos JK booed when Genesis was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 37 match minutes in a wonderful position. Neşat Oğuzkan didn't get a good kick on the ball. Nazil Özmen charged in rather forcefully in the 40th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Nazil Özmen the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The supporters of Genesis booed when Merinos JK was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 40 match minutes in a wonderful position. Nazil Özmen didn't get a good kick on the ball. Ender Kamaci fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 43rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Battal Gazi Zümer having to interfere. 44 minutes into the match, Genesis's goal looked a bit too open when Sefa Soysaldı came free, but Battal Gazi Zümer reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Battal Gazi Zümer made a fantastic save in the 46th minute, when Ender Kamaci sent off a good shot on target. The audience thought a goal was coming when Ender Kamaci got free with Battal Gazi Zümer in the 48th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Af the end of the first half the score was 3-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Sefa Soysaldı to make the kick off. Battal Gazi Zümer didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Ender Kamaci went, in the 52nd minute, to the upper right corner, 4-0 was the resulting score. 55 minutes into the match, Genesis's goal looked a bit too open when Nazil Özmen came free, but Battal Gazi Zümer reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 58th minute, Süleyman Baldemir hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Battal Gazi Zümer showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Kerem Okaner in the 59th minute of the match. After some careless play in the Genesis defense, Ender Kamaci kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Battal Gazi Zümer. The Genesis fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Battal Gazi Zümer should have stopped the shot. Battal Gazi Zümer showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Arif Gaffar Vaha in the 64th minute of the match. After 65 played minutes Genesis got a freekick which was hit by Aras Işıldar. Battal Gazi Zümer showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ender Kamaci, who was totally free with the ball in the 66th minute. Battal Gazi Zümer made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Arif Gaffar Vaha in the 74th minute of play. Battal Gazi Zümer made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ender Kamaci in the 75th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sefa Soysaldı in the 78th minute of play forced Genesis's goalkeeper Battal Gazi Zümer to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Genesis's Battal Gazi Zümer played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Arif Gaffar Vaha in the 80th minute of play. Genesis's Battal Gazi Zümer played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Arif Gaffar Vaha in the 84th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sefa Soysaldı in the 85th minute of play forced Genesis's goalkeeper Battal Gazi Zümer to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Behiç Yörükoğlu 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. Afşar Hekimbaşı kicked well hit freekick during the 88th minute of the match. When Merinos JK's Ender Kamaci in the 89th minute got a chance for a shot 89th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Genesis's goalie prevented a goal. Aras Işıldar hit a great freekick 90 minutes into the match. In the 91st minute, Ender Kamaci made a precise shot to the right of Battal Gazi Zümer. Genesis's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 6-1. After 95 minutes of play, Merinos JK's Ender Kamaci made it 7-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Battal Gazi Zümer was left in no man's land by his defense there! It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. Merinos JK had played much better football throughout.