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Karapinar Stadium
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Göztepe Sk's Remzi Çeliksu 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. Umur Tanyol didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Ahmet Necdet Boran went, in the 3rd minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. Seyfettin Hozatlı's late challenge caught a Karapinar's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Seyfettin Hozatlı helped the player get up and apologised. The audience thought a goal was coming when Bünyamin Akçakan got free with Volkan Eryiğit in the 14th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After 16 minutes of play Göztepe Sk's Seyfettin Hozatlı was too eager in his attempt to stop his opponent and brought him down. With that he got his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. The supporters of Karapinar booed when Göztepe Sk was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 17 match minutes in a wonderful position. Seyfettin Hozatlı didn't get a good kick on the ball. 24 minutes into the match, Göztepe Sk's Ahmet Necdet Boran sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Umur Tanyol narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Bünyamin Akçakan recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 26th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. In the 28th minute, Ahmet Necdet Boran got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Hilmi Özsan received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 30th minute. Umur Tanyol tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. If Semail Akersoy had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 37th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. When the match had gone on for 39 minutes, Semail Akersoy took a quick shot and it went in 1-1 without a chance for Volkan Eryiğit to make any attempt to save it. The first half was very even, with the score at 1-1 when the whistle went for half-time. The players welcomed the break and quickly retired to the dressing rooms.

53 minutes into the game, Karapinar's Bünyamin Akçakan nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Volkan Eryiğit made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 2-1. When Bünyamin Akçakan came up free with the goalie in the 60th minute, the Karapinar 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 Bünyamin Akçakan couldn't finish the play. Hüseyin Rahmi Timurcan fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 62nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Volkan Eryiğit having to interfere. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 65th minute of the game. One of Göztepe Sk:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Karapinar:s goal. In the 66th minute there was a penalty for Karapinar. Vedat Safvetullah stepped forward and shot the ball to the right of a diving Volkan Eryiğit. 3-1. After 69 played minutes Karapinar got a freekick which was hit by Kerimhan Necdet. 74 minutes into the game, Karapinar's Semail Akersoy nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Volkan Eryiğit made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 4-1. Volkan Eryiğit took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Semail Akersoy, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. If Bünyamin Akçakan had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 87th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. If Semail Akersoy had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 87th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Semail Akersoy in the 87th minute of play forced Göztepe Sk's goalkeeper Volkan Eryiğit to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Ahmet Necdet Boran sent away a hard shot on goal in the 89th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 93rd minute, Ahmet Necdet Boran got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Ahmet Necdet Boran received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 99th minute. Umur Tanyol tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. For all the effort they put into the match, the Göztepe Sk players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for Karapinar.