League

Kasimpasa
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) After 4 minutes of play, Kasimpasa's Mehmet Bedri Necmi made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Ekrem Canbolat was left in no man's land by his defense there! 12 minutes into the match, GALATASARAY's goal looked a bit too open when Mehmet Bedri Necmi came free, but Ekrem Canbolat reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. GALATASARAY's Mesut Kayrar got a good chance for a goal in the 14th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Azim İkinci didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Krister Wennersten went, in the 16th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-1 was the resulting score. An unexpectedly hard shot by Vefa Orcun in the 19th minute of play forced Kasimpasa's goalkeeper Azim İkinci to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Vefa Orcun had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 23rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. With a little luck, GALATASARAY's Ekrem Canbolat got control of the ball when Bora Balta tried to sneak it across the goal line. After 28 played minutes GALATASARAY got a freekick which was hit by Abdi Ekinoğlu. After a defensive mix-up in Kasimpasa's zone, Mesut Kayrar stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Azim İkinci came out of the goal and Mesut Kayrar tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. The audience was convinced that Vefa Orcun's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Azim İkinci was relentless in the 35th minute of the game. Ekrem Canbolat made an important save on a dangerous shot by Bora Balta in the 36th minute. Bora Balta could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 44th minute of the match, but Ekrem Canbolat made a huge save. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Vefa Orcun stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Güneş Serter took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 52nd minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Ekrem Canbolat. GALATASARAY's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Necati Özsahin in the 54th minute of play forced GALATASARAY's goalkeeper Ekrem Canbolat to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Mesut Kayrar who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 56thth minute tested the skills of Azim İkinci when he managed to save the team from getting behind. In the last second Azim İkinci throw himself and got hold of the ball when Vefa Orcun in the 58thth minute from his position got away a shot towards the right post. The audience was convinced that Vefa Orcun's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Azim İkinci was relentless in the 62nd minute of the game. In the 66th minute Mehmet Bedri Necmi shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ekrem Canbolat saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 74 minutes into the match, Vefa Orcun had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Azim İkinci. Kasimpasa's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Vefa Orcun was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-2. Azim İkinci was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Vefa Orcun showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 1-3 in the 78 minute of play. When the match had gone on for 85 minutes, Vefa Orcun took a quick shot and it went in 1-4 without a chance for Azim İkinci to make any attempt to save it. Vefa Orcun was extremely unlucky when he, in the 93rd minute, took a shot that hit the right post and went out. When the match was over GALATASARAY could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Kasimpasa throughout the match.