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Ardahan
Spectators: 7033 (Terracing: 5383, Seating: 1650, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Orhun Ekin took the kick off in the first half of the match. Birdal Bekdil hit a great freekick 3 minutes into the match. Mansur Barkın showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Orhun Ekin in the 8th minute of the match. If Orhun Ekin had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 11th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. With his leg Songurhan Atasoy managed to avoid a goal in the 13thth minute, when Ardahan JK's Metehan Erakıncı fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Songurhan Atasoy took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Göksel Sabir, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Ahmet Danış Akdurmuş kicked well hit freekick during the 16th minute of the match. With his leg Songurhan Atasoy managed to avoid a goal in the 24thth minute, when Ardahan JK's Metehan Erakıncı fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Songurhan Atasoy showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Göksel Sabir, who was totally free with the ball in the 25th minute. Ardahan JK's Mansur Barkın played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Vedat İleri in the 26th minute of play. 29 minutes into the match, Ardahan JK's goal looked a bit too open when Vedat İleri came free, but Mansur Barkın reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When Vedat İleri came up free with the goalie in the 38th minute, the İslamistan SK. 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 Vedat İleri couldn't finish the play. Metehan Erakıncı sent away a hard shot on goal in the 41st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Songurhan Atasoy showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Göksel Sabir, who was totally free with the ball in the 43rd minute. When Vedat İleri came up free with the goalie in the 47th minute, the İslamistan SK. 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 Vedat İleri couldn't finish the play. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

52 minutes into the game, Ardahan JK's Göksel Sabir nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Songurhan Atasoy made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-0. After having played for 58 minutes, Göksel Sabir managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Ardahan JK's supporters crossed their fingers, but Göksel Sabir was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 61st minute, Seyfullah Aktekin left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Ardahan JK fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-0. When Metehan Erakıncı came up free with the goalie in the 65th minute, the Ardahan JK 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 Metehan Erakıncı couldn't finish the play. Ardahan JK's Mansur Barkın played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Orhun Ekin in the 68th minute of play. If Orhun Ekin had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 70th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Mansur Barkın made a fantastic save in the 75th minute, when Vedat İleri sent off a good shot on target. After some fancy dribbling in the 77th minute, Metehan Erakıncı managed to get in a good position for a shot. Ardahan JK's supporters rose to their feet, but Metehan Erakıncı was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Songurhan Atasoy breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. If Göksel Sabir had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 80th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. İslamistan SK.'s Songurhan Atasoy played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Metehan Erakıncı in the 81st minute of play. In the 82nd match minute, İslamistan SK. was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Birdal Bekdil to maneuver through the defense. 83 minutes into the match, İslamistan SK.'s goal looked a bit too open when Metehan Erakıncı came free, but Songurhan Atasoy reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Mansur Barkın took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Orhun Ekin, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After having played for 93 minutes, Vedat İleri managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. İslamistan SK.'s supporters crossed their fingers, but Vedat İleri was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal.