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Esme
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Halil İbrahim Ilgın kicked off to start the match. Ramazan Kınık charged in rather forcefully in the 4th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Ramazan Kınık the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The supporters of Ercis booed when Esme was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 4 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ramazan Kınık didn't get a good kick on the ball. After a defensive mix-up in Ercis's zone, Halil İbrahim Ilgın stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Ceyhan Nizami came out of the goal and Halil İbrahim Ilgın tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Halil İbrahim Ilgın sent away a hard shot on goal in the 13th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Ekber Sabancı fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 17th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ceyhan Nizami having to interfere. Ercis's Ceyhan Nizami played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Halil İbrahim Ilgın in the 20th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Halil İbrahim Ilgın in the 25th minute of play forced Ercis's goalkeeper Ceyhan Nizami to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Esme's Güralp Tuğtaşı played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Necaettin Ulu in the 27th minute of play. In the 31st minute, Ekber Sabancı 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. After 32 played minutes Ercis got a freekick which was hit by Alican Yastıkcığlu. In the 33rd minute, Halil İbrahim Ilgın made a precise shot to the right of Ceyhan Nizami. Ercis's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-0. 38 minutes into the match, Ekber Sabancı had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Ceyhan Nizami. Ercis's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Ekber Sabancı was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-0. After a rather tough play, Esme's Mustafa Numan Tekecan got a free kick in the 40th minute. 47 minutes into the match, Ercis's goal looked a bit too open when Halil İbrahim Ilgın came free, but Ceyhan Nizami reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Necaettin Ulu to make the kick off. Halil İbrahim Ilgın received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 56th minute. Ceyhan Nizami tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Ekber Sabancı in the 57th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Ceyhan Nizami saved Ercis from getting behind. 58 minutes into the game, Mirza Zeyrek was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Ercis's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Esme the free kick. In the 58th match minute, Ercis was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Mirza Zeyrek to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ekber Sabancı in the 59th minute of play forced Ercis's goalkeeper Ceyhan Nizami to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Halil İbrahim Ilgın fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 63rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ceyhan Nizami having to interfere. If Ekber Sabancı had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 66th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Nafiz Afacan hit a great freekick 67 minutes into the match. Halil İbrahim Ilgın hit a great freekick 72 minutes into the match. Ceyhan Nizami made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Halil İbrahim Ilgın in the 74th minute of play. After a defensive mix-up in Ercis's zone, Orhan Türköz stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Ceyhan Nizami came out of the goal and Orhan Türköz tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Ekber Sabancı sent away a hard shot on goal in the 82nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Halil İbrahim Ilgın sent away a hard shot on goal in the 84th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Ercis's Ceyhan Nizami played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Halil İbrahim Ilgın in the 86th minute of play. Esme's Ekber Sabancı got a good chance for a goal in the 87th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Ceyhan Nizami took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Halil İbrahim Ilgın, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Ekber Sabancı sent away a hard shot on goal in the 90th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Ceyhan Nizami made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Halil İbrahim Ilgın in the 92nd minute of play. After having played for 95 minutes, Necaettin Ulu managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Ercis's supporters crossed their fingers, but Necaettin Ulu was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. Esme fully deserved thier win.