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CUMHURİYET
Spectators: 7267 (Terracing: 5452, Seating: 1671, VIP seats: 144) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Berke Yiğiter took the kick off in the first half of the match. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Halit Fahri Neba in the 3rd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg İlyas Olgaç saved CUMHURİYET HALK from getting behind. In the 4th minute the ball was on its way in behind CUMHURİYET HALK's goalkeeper İlyas Olgaç, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Enis Behiç Nadir received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 5th minute. İlyas Olgaç tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 9 minutes into the match, CUMHURİYET HALK's goal looked a bit too open when Halit Fahri Neba came free, but İlyas Olgaç reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Güney Sadan showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Berke Yiğiter in the 11th minute of the match. After a defensive mix-up in CUMHURİYET HALK's zone, Şahap Başhekim stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. İlyas Olgaç came out of the goal and Şahap Başhekim tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. When Tugay Güleç fell near the penalty area in the 17th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored CUMHURİYET HALK's protests and gave Tugay Güleç a yellow card for diving instead. A collision led to CUMHURİYET HALK getting a freekick after 17 minutes play. Tugay Güleç hit a great ball. Halit Fahri Neba took the ball and in the 19 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised İlyas Olgaç. İlyas Olgaç dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-1. 24 minutes into the match, CUMHURİYET HALK's goal looked a bit too open when Şahap Başhekim came free, but İlyas Olgaç reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. İlyas Olgaç showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Halit Fahri Neba in the 26th minute of the match. After 32 minutes, Polat Erseç mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the CUMHURİYET HALK and the Ayas players grew even worse after the yellow card. Polat Erseç kicked well hit freekick during the 32nd minute of the match. 34 minutes into the game, Ayas's Halit Fahri Neba nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. İlyas Olgaç made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-2. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Şahap Başhekim in the 42nd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg İlyas Olgaç saved CUMHURİYET HALK from getting behind. If Halit Fahri Neba had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 43rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 47thth minute of the game Şahap Başhekim who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but CUMHURİYET HALK's İlyas Olgaç was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 1-2 lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Halit Fahri Neba to make the kick off. 52 minutes into the match, CUMHURİYET HALK's goal looked a bit too open when Halit Fahri Neba came free, but İlyas Olgaç reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 57th minute Halit Fahri Neba shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but İlyas Olgaç saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 59 minutes into the match, CUMHURİYET HALK's goal looked a bit too open when Halit Fahri Neba came free, but İlyas Olgaç reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The audience was convinced that Halit Fahri Neba's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but İlyas Olgaç was relentless in the 61st minute of the game. In the 63rd minute Halit Fahri Neba shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but İlyas Olgaç saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tugay Güleç in the 66th minute of play forced Ayas's goalkeeper Güney Sadan to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 74thth minute of the game Halit Fahri Neba who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but CUMHURİYET HALK's İlyas Olgaç was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. If Halit Fahri Neba had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 77th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. İlyas Olgaç took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Halit Fahri Neba, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When Şahap Başhekim came up free with the goalie in the 86th minute, the Ayas 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 Şahap Başhekim couldn't finish the play. Halit Fahri Neba was extremely unlucky when he, in the 87th minute, took a shot that hit the right post and went out. After some fancy dribbling in the 93rd minute, Halit Fahri Neba managed to get in a good position for a shot. Ayas's supporters rose to their feet, but Halit Fahri Neba was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. İlyas Olgaç breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Ayas played a much better game than CUMHURİYET HALK and deserved their victory. The CUMHURİYET HALK players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.