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Taksim
Spectators: 7244 (Terracing: 5434, Seating: 1666, VIP seats: 144) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Orhan Akgül kicked off to start the match. After 3 minutes, Turgay Tolgahan mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Ankaralı and the •Uzun Hikaye• players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 3rd match minute, Ankaralı was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Turgay Tolgahan to maneuver through the defense. After a defensive mix-up in Ankaralı's zone, Mustafa Necati Aydın stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Ali Vedat Temizcan came out of the goal and Mustafa Necati Aydın tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Mustafa Necati Aydın sent away a hard shot on goal in the 7th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. An unexpectedly hard shot by Orhan Akgül in the 10th minute of play forced •Uzun Hikaye•'s goalkeeper Hamdi Reyyan to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a defensive mix-up in Ankaralı's zone, Mustafa Necati Aydın stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Ali Vedat Temizcan came out of the goal and Mustafa Necati Aydın tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Mustafa Necati Aydın sent away a hard shot on goal in the 15th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 26 minutes of play Ankaralı's Turgay Tolgahan 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. When •Uzun Hikaye•'s Vacid Tutuş in the 27th minute got a chance for a shot 27th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Ankaralı's goalie prevented a goal. The audience thought a goal was coming when Rahim Tokdemir got free with Hamdi Reyyan in the 31st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. An unexpectedly hard shot by Vacid Tutuş in the 34th minute of play forced Ankaralı's goalkeeper Ali Vedat Temizcan to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 35th match minute, Ankaralı was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Orhan Akgül to maneuver through the defense. Vacid Tutuş scored 0-1 in the 36th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Ali Vedat Temizcan, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Vacid Tutuş fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 40th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ali Vedat Temizcan having to interfere. 43 minutes into the match, Ankaralı's goal looked a bit too open when Vacid Tutuş came free, but Ali Vedat Temizcan reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After some fancy dribbling in the 45th minute, Vacid Tutuş managed to get in a good position for a shot. •Uzun Hikaye•'s supporters rose to their feet, but Vacid Tutuş was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Ali Vedat Temizcan breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Orhan Akgül hit a great freekick 46 minutes into the match. After 49 minutes Ankaralı's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Ataman Ilgıt who took care of the corner kick.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Vacid Tutuş stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. •Uzun Hikaye•'s Mustafa Necati Aydın got a good chance for a goal in the 75th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 78th minute the ball was on its way in behind Ankaralı's goalkeeper Ali Vedat Temizcan, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Vacid Tutuş in the 82nd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Ali Vedat Temizcan prevented the ball from getting in the gole. If Mustafa Necati Aydın had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 84th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Rahim Tokdemir fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 88th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Hamdi Reyyan having to interfere. Ali Vedat Temizcan made an important save on a dangerous shot by Mustafa Necati Aydın in the 90th minute. Ali Vedat Temizcan made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Vacid Tutuş in the 97th minute of play. When the match was over •Uzun Hikaye• could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Ankaralı throughout the match.