League

NFK Arena
Spectators: 7203 (Terracing: 5404, Seating: 1656, VIP seats: 143) Seyhun Şahabeddin started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. İsmail Cem Yiğit received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 4th minute. Abdurrezzak Canıtez tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. İsmail Cem Yiğit sent away a hard shot on goal in the 6th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. When Tolga Tanyıldız fell near the penalty area in the 7th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Gençlerbirliği FC's protests and gave Tolga Tanyıldız a yellow card for diving instead. After having played for 9 minutes, Cenap Enfal managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Gürsu's supporters crossed their fingers, but Cenap Enfal was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. The audience was convinced that Kamil Engiay's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Abdurrezzak Canıtez was relentless in the 11th minute of the game. A collision led to Gençlerbirliği FC getting a freekick after 11 minutes play. Akın İlbey hit a great ball. In the 15th minute, Gençlerbirliği FC's Seyhun Şahabeddin ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Salih Kemal. Salih Kemal yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-0. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Atıf Şemsi during the 20th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Atıf Şemsi hit a great freekick 21 minutes into the match. 28 minutes into the match, Gürsu's goalkeeper Salih Kemal had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Ahmet Kadri Eralkan. A collision led to Gençlerbirliği FC getting a freekick after 31 minutes play. Seyhun Şahabeddin hit a great ball. Atıf Şemsi fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 32nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Abdurrezzak Canıtez having to interfere. Kamil Engiay sent away a hard shot on goal in the 37th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 39th minute, İsmail Cem Yiğit 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. İsmail Cem Yiğit fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 41st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Abdurrezzak Canıtez having to interfere. In the 44th minute, Kayacan Toran hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 1-0 at half-time.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Kamil Engiay stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Through an outstanding action, after 54 minutes, Abdurrezzak Canıtez successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. In the 58th minute, İsmail Cem Yiğit 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. In a very dangerous position, a player in Gençlerbirliği FC fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 60th minute. Penalty! Abdurrezzak Canıtez made an important save on a dangerous shot by İsmail Cem Yiğit in the 67th minute. Gençlerbirliği FC's Seyhun Şahabeddin got his second yellow card of the match in the 67th minute. The referee ordered Seyhun Şahabeddin off the ground. Seyhun Şahabeddin hit a great freekick 68 minutes into the match. Kamil Engiay blasted a shot towards the goal in the 71st minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Abdurrezzak Canıtez having to make a save. Gençlerbirliği FC were awarded a corner in the 81th minute after Gürsu's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Atay Özçelik took the corner. The corner led Gençlerbirliği FC's Atay Özçelik to fire away a dangerous shot which Salih Kemal despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. Abdurrezzak Canıtez showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Kamil Engiay, who was totally free with the ball in the 83rd minute. After having played for 84 minutes, İsmail Cem Yiğit managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Gürsu's supporters crossed their fingers, but İsmail Cem Yiğit was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Gençlerbirliği FC's Abdurrezzak Canıtez proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 86th minute of the match, managed to save Gençlerbirliği FC from getting a goal against them. In the 87th minute, Kamil Engiay left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Gürsu fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-2. In the 92nd match minute, Gençlerbirliği FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ahmet Kadri Eralkan to maneuver through the defense. In the 94th play minute Cenap Enfal came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Abdurrezzak Canıtez. 1-3. The Gençlerbirliği FC fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Gürsu were clearly better and deserved to take the win.