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Şükrü Saraçoğlu
Spectators: 7194 (Terracing: 5397, Seating: 1654, VIP seats: 143) The mood of the audience was pleasant when İlhan Ciray made the kick off which started today's match. In the 5thth minute of the game Mustafa Ali Kudret who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but GFB's Ertan Acunman was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. When Arcan Osmanoğulları fell near the penalty area in the 8th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored GFB's protests and gave Arcan Osmanoğulları a yellow card for diving instead. In the 9th minute, Arcan Osmanoğulları hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 15th minute, Kubilay Suavi hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 19th minute, Necat Demirtuğ hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The audience was convinced that Mustafa Ali Kudret's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Ertan Acunman was relentless in the 26th minute of the game. GFB's Kubilay Suavi got a good chance for a goal in the 29th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 40th minute Mustafa Ali Kudret shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ertan Acunman saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Ertan Acunman showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mustafa Ali Kudret in the 48th minute of the match.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Mehmet Bedri Hacı to strike the kick off in the second half. A collision led to Baltalimani FK getting a freekick after 57 minutes play. İbrahim Semir hit a great ball. Ertan Acunman made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Mehmet Bedri Hacı in the 60th minute of play. Ertan Acunman made an important save on a dangerous shot by Mehmet Bedri Hacı in the 67th minute. If İbrahim Semir had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 70th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. İlhan Ciray fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 72nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Cemalettin Baler having to interfere. In the 73rd play minute Mustafa Ali Kudret came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Ertan Acunman. 0-1. After some careless play in the GFB defense, Mustafa Ali Kudret kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Ertan Acunman. The GFB fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Ertan Acunman should have stopped the shot. A collision led to GFB getting a freekick after 96 minutes play. Arcan Osmanoğulları hit a great ball. The Baltalimani FK supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing Baltalimani FK would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.