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Match Report
Kadiköy
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000,
Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Birol İmran started the match with the kick off. The crowd rose to their feet as Kutlay Arıhan kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Gencer Süngü. That made the score 1-0 in the 9 minute of play. After some careless play in the Kadiköy defense, Nurtekin Yağan kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Altay Zikri. The Kadiköy fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Altay Zikri should have stopped the shot. Altay Zikri showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Birol İmran, who was totally free with the ball in the 24th minute. Kutlay Arıhan received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 30th minute. Gencer Süngü tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Altay Zikri made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Nurtekin Yağan in the 33rd minute of play. Kutlay Arıhan sent away a hard shot on goal in the 34th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 39 minutes into the match, Kadiköy's goal looked a bit too open when Birol İmran came free, but Altay Zikri reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Nurtekin Yağan received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 42nd minute. Altay Zikri tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Altay Zikri showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Birol İmran in the 44th minute of the match. After 47 played minutes Galatasaray got a freekick which was hit by Cem Beyhan. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.
Gencer Süngü showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Burhan Sipahi in the 53rd minute of the match. When Kaptan Ustam came up free with the goalie in the 59th minute, the Galatasaray 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 Kaptan Ustam couldn't finish the play. Nurtekin Yağan didn't miss a given chance and shot in short distance 1-2 via right post in the game's 61st minute. Galatasaray's supporters showed their exhuberating excitement! After 67 minutes of play, Kadiköy's Kutlay Arıhan made it 2-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Gencer Süngü was left in no man's land by his defense there! Gencer Süngü showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Burhan Sipahi, who was totally free with the ball in the 70th minute. 72 minutes into the match, Kadiköy's goalkeeper Altay Zikri had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Nurtekin Yağan. Altay Zikri made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Birol İmran in the 76th minute of play. If Kutlay Arıhan had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 77th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 85th minute of the game, Kaptan Ustam landed unfortunately after trying to head the ball, and pulled a muscle in the back, so badly that he had to leave the field. Cengizhan Çapan charged in rather forcefully in the 85th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Cengizhan Çapan the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After 86 played minutes Kadiköy got a freekick which was hit by Cengizhan Çapan. Kadiköy's Altay Zikri proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 89th minute of the match, managed to save Kadiköy from getting a goal against them. Kadiköy's Altay Zikri proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 98th minute of the match, managed to save Kadiköy from getting a goal against them. Both teams had looked equal from kick-off, and no-one was surprised when the match finally ended in a draw.
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