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Van
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Soner Taşan took the kick off in the first half of the match. In the 10th minute, Aziz Olcay 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. If Soner Taşan had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 13th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Soner Taşan received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 16th minute. Kerem Tekinsoy tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Aziz Olcay struck a weak shot in the 22nd minute. Kerem Tekinsoy didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Van. Soner Taşan hit a great freekick 24 minutes into the match. Hayrettin Salik hit a great freekick 28 minutes into the match. Bayındır Rafet received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 30th minute. Kerem Tekinsoy tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When Hayrettin Salik was, once again, overly rough in his play he received his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. 34 minutes had been played. In the 35th minute, Hayrettin Salik hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 40th minute Gazi Asır shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Arif Nihat Tarık saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The audience was convinced that Gazi Asır's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Arif Nihat Tarık was relentless in the 47th minute of the game. The score stood at 0-0 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

Soner Taşan sent away a hard shot on goal in the 55th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Gazi Asır did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 0-1 to the left of a surprised Arif Nihat Tarık 58 minutes into the match. After some fancy dribbling in the 64th minute, İlyas Tolga Özer managed to get in a good position for a shot. Öperlerspor's supporters rose to their feet, but İlyas Tolga Özer was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Arif Nihat Tarık breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. 68 minutes into the game, İlyas Tolga Özer was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Öperlerspor's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Van the free kick. İlyas Tolga Özer hit a great freekick 69 minutes into the match. In the 69th minute, a hard, long distance shot from Aziz Olcay hit the top of the crossbar and flew over the goal. The audience was convinced that Aziz Olcay's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Kerem Tekinsoy was relentless in the 71st minute of the game. Soner Taşan struck a weak shot in the 72nd minute. Kerem Tekinsoy didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Van. Kerem Tekinsoy showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Soner Taşan in the 74th minute of the match. Soner Taşan received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 75th minute. Kerem Tekinsoy tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Taci Saygur charged in rather forcefully in the 78th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Taci Saygur the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 77th minute, one of Öperlerspor:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Öperlerspor. In the 80thth minute of the game Soner Taşan who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Öperlerspor's Kerem Tekinsoy was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Kerem Tekinsoy took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Aziz Olcay, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The supporters of Van booed when Öperlerspor was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 96 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ertuğrul Kiray didn't get a good kick on the ball. Van were awarded a corner in the 98th minute after Öperlerspor's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Aziz Olcay took the corner. The corner ended in Aziz Olcay almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Öperlerspor's Kerem Tekinsoy did a great save. The Van manager could be seen shouting at his players as they walked down the tunnel after the match. He was clearly angry that they had squandered their superior possession, allowing Öperlerspor to win.