League

Serpent Arena
Spectators: 7311 (Terracing: 5519, Seating: 1692, VIP seats: 100) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Mustafa İzzet Ağaverdi took the kick off in the first half of the match. In the 10th minute, Istanbul Serpents's Doğuş Suay ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Bektaş Veli Özerdinc. Bektaş Veli Özerdinc yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-0. The audience was convinced that Mustafa İzzet Ağaverdi's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Batıkan Akergin was relentless in the 17th minute of the game. Yalınspor's goalkeeper couldn't reach when Doğuş Suay 18 minutes into the game got a good kick on the ball which found its way into goal just inside left pole. 2-0. Istanbul Serpents's Stavros Krikos suffered a concussion in the 21st minute, after a hard challenge, and had to leave the field. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Mustafa İzzet Ağaverdi during the 22nd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After a rather tough play, Yalınspor's Mustafa İzzet Ağaverdi got a free kick in the 23rd minute. Bektaş Veli Özerdinc was in exellent shape and made a fantastic save when he, in the 24th minute of the match, managed to get hold of the ball after a long shot from Mustafa Yaşar Akburçak. In the 25th minute, Cuma Mümtaz 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. Cuma Mümtaz in the 26thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Bektaş Veli Özerdinc, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. Cuma Mümtaz could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 33rd minute of the match, but Bektaş Veli Özerdinc made a huge save. Cuma Mümtaz succeeded in the game's 40th minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 4-0. Gafur Asır might have been able to make a better finish in the 43rd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Bektaş Veli Özerdinc. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Gafur Asır ran back to his position shaking his head. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Cuma Mümtaz in the 45th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Bektaş Veli Özerdinc prevented the ball from getting in the gole. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 4-0.

The wind increased when Cuma Mümtaz made the kick off in the second half. Demir Yastıkcığlu made in the 52nd minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Istanbul Serpents's Mustafa Yaşar Akburçak. 5-0 became the score in the 53rd minute when Doğuş Suay elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. Yalınspor's Bektaş Veli Özerdinc played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Doğuş Suay in the 57th minute of play. Cuma Mümtaz might have been able to make a better finish in the 59th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Bektaş Veli Özerdinc. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Cuma Mümtaz ran back to his position shaking his head. Bektaş Veli Özerdinc came out of the goal in the 62nd minute to try and stop a shot by Istanbul Serpents's Cuma Mümtaz. But to his dismay, Cuma Mümtaz quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 6-0. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Doğuş Suay in the 68th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Bektaş Veli Özerdinc saved Yalınspor from getting behind. Bektaş Veli Özerdinc stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Doğuş Suay's shot from short distance in the 70th minute. In the 74thth minute of the game Cuma Mümtaz who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Yalınspor's Bektaş Veli Özerdinc was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Bektaş Veli Özerdinc made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Doğuş Suay in the 76th minute of play. Bektaş Veli Özerdinc showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Doğuş Suay, who was totally free with the ball in the 78th minute. When Istanbul Serpents's Cuma Mümtaz in the 79th minute got a chance for a shot 79th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Yalınspor's goalie prevented a goal. Cuma Mümtaz scored 8-0 in the 85th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Bektaş Veli Özerdinc, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Cuma Mümtaz in the 92nd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Bektaş Veli Özerdinc saved Yalınspor from getting behind. Bektaş Veli Özerdinc took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cuma Mümtaz, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. There was no doubt that Istanbul Serpents were the better team. Istanbul Serpents's players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.