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Atabey Stadium
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Erdi Ayvaz hit a great freekick 3 minutes into the match. Köksal Çelebi, 4 minutes into the match, dribbled the ball up the side of the field and decided to take a long shot at the goal. Unfortunately, the ball was poorly hit and landed closer to the corner than to the goal. 7 minutes into the match, Fahri Acabey notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of Atabey's Halim Buğdaycı. Halim Buğdaycı was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. A.S. MINSK's Ali Hamza Yalazabey proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 16th minute of the match, managed to save A.S. MINSK from getting a goal against them. The audience was convinced that Berker Rıza Tuğsavan's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Ali Hamza Yalazabey was relentless in the 18th minute of the game. Ali Hamza Yalazabey made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Berker Rıza Tuğsavan in the 19th minute of play. Erdi Ayvaz hit a great freekick 23 minutes into the match. Berker Rıza Tuğsavan sent away a hard shot on goal in the 32nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. When Rüstem Atay, who was free, got the in front of the goal in the 37 minute he wasn't focused and tipped the ball just over the goal. The Ali Hamza Yalazabey was delighted since the ball would have got in if it had gone under the crossbar. After a defensive mix-up in A.S. MINSK's zone, Rüstem Atay stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Ali Hamza Yalazabey came out of the goal and Rüstem Atay tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Ali Hamza Yalazabey made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Berker Rıza Tuğsavan in the 40th minute of play. A collision led to A.S. MINSK getting a freekick after 41 minutes play. Edip Gülerce hit a great ball. If Fahri Acabey had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 45th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Kenan Mehmet's late challenge caught a Atabey's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Kenan Mehmet helped the player get up and apologised.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Berker Rıza Tuğsavan to make the kick off. Mehmet Hakkı Özekan sent away a hard shot on goal in the 52nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Atabey's Halim Buğdaycı played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Fahri Acabey in the 57th minute of play. Ali Hamza Yalazabey didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Rüstem Atay went, in the 58th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-2 was the resulting score. Ali Hamza Yalazabey showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Berker Rıza Tuğsavan, who was totally free with the ball in the 61st minute. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Berker Rıza Tuğsavan in the 62nd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Ali Hamza Yalazabey saved A.S. MINSK from getting behind. Halim Buğdaycı showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Fahri Acabey in the 69th minute of the match. The audience was convinced that Rüstem Atay's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Ali Hamza Yalazabey was relentless in the 72nd minute of the game. When Berker Rıza Tuğsavan came up free with the goalie in the 73rd minute, the Atabey 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 Berker Rıza Tuğsavan couldn't finish the play. Rüstem Atay received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 74th minute. Ali Hamza Yalazabey tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 76 minutes of play, Atabey's Berker Rıza Tuğsavan made it 2-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Ali Hamza Yalazabey was left in no man's land by his defense there! 80 minutes into the game, Fahri Acabey recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Halim Buğdaycı. Fahri Acabey showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 2-3. Buğrahan Yumus kicked well hit freekick during the 83rd minute of the match. Ali Hamza Yalazabey made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Rüstem Atay in the 87th minute of play. Rüstem Atay sent away a hard shot on goal in the 89th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. An unexpectedly hard shot by Berker Rıza Tuğsavan in the 90th minute of play forced A.S. MINSK's goalkeeper Ali Hamza Yalazabey to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Rüstem Atay had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 92nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Berker Rıza Tuğsavan blasted a shot towards the goal in the 93rd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Ali Hamza Yalazabey having to make a save. After 94 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for A.S. MINSK! Köksal Çelebi walked up to take care of the penalty kick. He was aiming for the top corner, but the ball went just outside the post. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched A.S. MINSK eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.