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DRAGON ARENA
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Red Dragons F.C's Cüneyd Cesman 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. Cüneyd Cesman sent away a hard shot on goal in the 4th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Şinasi Hancı kicked well hit freekick during the 6th minute of the match. Nuri Demiroğlu showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Türkeş Baybora in the 8th minute of the match. After 11 played minutes Karasu got a freekick which was hit by Salih Zeval. After a rather tough play, Karasu's Özal İleri got a free kick in the 12th minute. Red Dragons F.C's Cüneyd Cesman got a good chance for a goal in the 13th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. If Hayrettin Onur had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 15th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Cüneyd Cesman sent away a hard shot on goal in the 17th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Erdi Özen showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Cüneyd Cesman, who was totally free with the ball in the 18th minute. In the 21st minute Cüneyd Cesman shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Erdi Özen saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After having played for 22 minutes, Hayrettin Onur managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Red Dragons F.C's supporters crossed their fingers, but Hayrettin Onur was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 29th minute Cüneyd Cesman shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Erdi Özen saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Red Dragons F.C's Cüneyd Cesman got a good chance for a goal in the 31st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Erdi Özen made a fantastic save in the 33rd minute, when Hayrettin Onur sent off a good shot on target. If Hayrettin Onur had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 41st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Erdi Özen showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Cüneyd Cesman, who was totally free with the ball in the 42nd minute. In the 45th minute of the match, Şinasi Hancı got a very nice opportunity to score, but Erdi Özen was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. Türkeş Baybora sent away a hard shot on goal in the 48th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance.

An unexpectedly hard shot by Cüneyd Cesman in the 52nd minute of play forced Karasu's goalkeeper Erdi Özen to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The supporters of Karasu booed when Red Dragons F.C was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 60 match minutes in a wonderful position. Şinasi Hancı didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 61st minute, Türkeş Baybora 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. In the 69th minute, Cüneyd Cesman left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Red Dragons F.C fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-0. In the 74thth minute of the game Hayrettin Onur who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Karasu's Erdi Özen was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. When the match clock showed 76 minutes, the score became 2-0 when Cüneyd Cesman sped through Karasu's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Erdi Özen. When Cüneyd Cesman came up free with the goalie in the 81st minute, the Red Dragons F.C 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 Cüneyd Cesman couldn't finish the play. Oğuzalp Uruz hit a great freekick 84 minutes into the match. Hayrettin Onur struck a weak shot in the 85th minute. Erdi Özen didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Red Dragons F.C. In the 87th minute, Hayrettin Onur 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. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cüneyd Cesman in the 89th minute of play forced Karasu's goalkeeper Erdi Özen to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Cüneyd Cesman sent away a hard shot on goal in the 93rd minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. After 93 minutes, Hayrettin Onur made it 3-0 with a short kick to the right side. Karasu's Erdi Özen tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Red Dragons F.C's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.