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Van Stadium
Spectators: 7246 (Terracing: 5436, Seating: 1666, VIP seats: 144) Kubat Ruçhan charged in rather forcefully in the 4th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Kubat Ruçhan the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 7th minute Çaykur Rize Spor Klubü were awarded a corner. Alemdar Cantürk went to the cornerflag to take it. A nice corner shot did that Alemdar Cantürk got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Suphi Perkin quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. In the 9th match minute, Çaykur Rize Spor Klubü was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Kılıç İmge to maneuver through the defense. Arif Nihat Razi made an important save on a dangerous shot by Göktuğ Yalkı in the 11th minute. Çaykur Rize Spor Klubü's Arif Nihat Razi played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Baysal Muhsin in the 12th minute of play. Çaykur Rize Spor Klubü's Yusuf Bahadır Özkutlu got a good chance for a goal in the 15th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After having played for 18 minutes, Yusuf Bahadır Özkutlu managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Çaykur Rize Spor Klubü's supporters crossed their fingers, but Yusuf Bahadır Özkutlu was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Suphi Perkin made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Buğra Özboga in the 20th minute of play. In the 21st match minute, Van was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Mete Akpolat to maneuver through the defense. In the 24th match minute, Van was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Abdulkerim Sarpkan to maneuver through the defense. In the 26th minute Buğra Özboga shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Suphi Perkin saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 27th minute, Ünsal Huzur hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Göktuğ Yalkı sent away a hard shot on goal in the 30th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The crowd rose to their feet as Baysal Muhsin kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Arif Nihat Razi. That made the score 1-0 in the 32 minute of play. Aykan Arıtan charged in rather forcefully in the 35th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Aykan Arıtan the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After a rather tough play, Çaykur Rize Spor Klubü's Aykan Arıtan got a free kick in the 35th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Kılıç İmge in the 41st minute of play forced Van's goalkeeper Suphi Perkin to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 48 played minutes Çaykur Rize Spor Klubü got a freekick which was hit by Kılıç İmge. Van's Yakut Tardu couldn't find anyone to pass the ball to, so he shot a long shot towards the goal in the 49th minute. The shot went wide which resulted in a goal kick for Çaykur Rize Spor Klubü. Af the end of the first half the score was 1-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Baysal Muhsin made a kick off. Suphi Perkin didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Buğra Özboga went, in the 55th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-1 was the resulting score. Çaykur Rize Spor Klubü's Aykan Arıtan got a good chance for a goal in the 61st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 64 minutes into the match, Van's goal looked a bit too open when Yusuf Bahadır Özkutlu came free, but Suphi Perkin reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Arif Nihat Razi took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Baysal Muhsin, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Göktuğ Yalkı in the 70th minute of play forced Çaykur Rize Spor Klubü's goalkeeper Arif Nihat Razi to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Güralp Suersan hit a great freekick 71 minutes into the match. If Göktuğ Yalkı had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 74th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Abdulkerim Sarpkan charged in rather forcefully in the 76th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Abdulkerim Sarpkan the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 76th minute, Abdulkerim Sarpkan hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When Yusuf Bahadır Özkutlu came up free with the goalie in the 79th minute, the Çaykur Rize Spor Klubü 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 Yusuf Bahadır Özkutlu couldn't finish the play. Suphi Perkin showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Yusuf Bahadır Özkutlu in the 80th minute of the match. Yusuf Bahadır Özkutlu received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 88th minute. Suphi Perkin tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 92nd match minute, Çaykur Rize Spor Klubü was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Sungurbey Kura to maneuver through the defense. The Çaykur Rize Spor Klubü players were the happier at the end of the match as they had prevented Van from taking control. The game ends in a draw.