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Kazım Karabekir Stad
Spectators: 7164 (Terracing: 5407, Seating: 1657, VIP seats: 100) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Songur Necat started the match with the kick off. Songur Necat sent away a hard shot on goal in the 13th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After some fancy dribbling in the 14th minute, Öztürk Kura managed to get in a good position for a shot. Meric's supporters rose to their feet, but Öztürk Kura was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Ergin İlighan breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. If Öztürk Kura had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 19th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. İstemihan Ilıcak blasted a shot towards the goal in the 22nd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Mustafa Ali Özyay having to make a save. In the 24th match minute, Erzurum BŞB was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Kenan Ulumeriç to maneuver through the defense. If Öztürk Kura had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 26th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Songur Necat sent away a hard shot on goal in the 29th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Ergin İlighan took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Songur Necat, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. İstemihan Ilıcaks short, quick shot in the 36thth minute got Mustafa Ali Özyay to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Ergin İlighan showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Songur Necat, who was totally free with the ball in the 44th minute. In the 46th minute Öztürk Kura shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ergin İlighan saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Ergin İlighan showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Songur Necat in the 47th minute of the match. 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.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Selçuk Tanbolat to make the kick off. Zaid Merih kicked well hit freekick during the 50th minute of the match. İstemihan Ilıcak recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 51st minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Mustafa Ali Özyay showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Selçuk Tanbolat in the 53rd minute of the match. Selçuk Tanbolat received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 58th minute. Mustafa Ali Özyay tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Selçuk Tanbolat fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 60th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Mustafa Ali Özyay having to interfere. İstemihan Ilıcak fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 62nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Mustafa Ali Özyay having to interfere. If İstemihan Ilıcak had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 70th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. İzzet Bakır hit a great freekick 75 minutes into the match. İstemihan Ilıcak fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 78th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Mustafa Ali Özyay having to interfere. Çelik Nevruz's late challenge caught a Meric's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Çelik Nevruz helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to Erzurum BŞB getting a freekick after 79 minutes play. Çelik Nevruz hit a great ball. Ergin İlighan was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Öztürk Kura showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 0-1 in the 80 minute of play. When Çelik Nevruz was, once again, overly rough in his play he received his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. 84 minutes had been played. Çelik Nevruz hit a great freekick 85 minutes into the match. In the 89th minute the ball was on its way in behind Meric's goalkeeper Mustafa Ali Özyay, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. When the final whistle was heard the away supporters stood up and showed their joy. Meric had managed to secure a win in what was a close match throughout.