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Tenkaichi Budokai
Spectators: 7225 (Terracing: 5420, Seating: 1662, VIP seats: 143) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Mustafa Emrah Çağlayan kicked off to start the match. Dragon Ball Super's Resul Barkan played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Akay Dürüst in the 3rd minute of play. A collision led to Dragon Ball Super getting a freekick after 3 minutes play. Varol Adak hit a great ball. Barış İhlas charged in rather forcefully in the 9th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Barış İhlas the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. A collision led to Dragon Ball Super getting a freekick after 9 minutes play. Barış İhlas hit a great ball. In the 10th minute of the match Özen Ongar shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Resul Barkan showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Resul Barkan made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Kemalettin İşcan in the 12th minute of play. 13 minutes into the match, Kemalettin İşcan notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of Dragon Ball Super's Resul Barkan. Resul Barkan was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Kemalettin İşcan during the 16th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. The supporters of Dragon Ball Super booed when Merih Demiral FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 16 match minutes in a wonderful position. Kemalettin İşcan didn't get a good kick on the ball. 19 minutes into the match, Kemalettin İşcan notched a goal, 0-2, to the right of Dragon Ball Super's Resul Barkan. Resul Barkan was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Mustafa Hamit Sertel made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Mustafa Emrah Çağlayan in the 24th minute of play. Dragon Ball Super's Resul Barkan played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Akay Dürüst in the 29th minute of play. Mustafa Hamit Sertel showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Mustafa Emrah Çağlayan, who was totally free with the ball in the 31st minute. Akay Dürüst fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 35th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Resul Barkan having to interfere. In the 40th minute, Varol Adak 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. Mustafa Hamit Sertel showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Mustafa Emrah Çağlayan, who was totally free with the ball in the 44th minute. Barış İhlas received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 45th minute. Mustafa Hamit Sertel tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After the first half Merih Demiral FC were leading 0-2. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Akay Dürüst stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. If Varol Adak had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 51st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Resul Barkan didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Akay Dürüst went, in the 53rd minute, to the upper right corner, 0-3 was the resulting score. Kemalettin İşcan received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 65th minute. Resul Barkan tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 67th minute Akay Dürüst shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Resul Barkan saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 74 minutes of play, Merih Demiral FC's Kemalettin İşcan made it 0-4 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Resul Barkan was left in no man's land by his defense there! Kemalettin İşcans short, quick shot in the 79thth minute got Resul Barkan to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Resul Barkan made a fantastic save in the 89th minute, when Kemalettin İşcan sent off a good shot on target. Barış İhlas got his second yellow card in the match during the 89th minute which meant that he had to leave the ground. In the 90th match minute, Dragon Ball Super was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Barış İhlas to maneuver through the defense. Kemalettin İşcan fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 93rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Resul Barkan having to interfere. The Merih Demiral FC supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing Merih Demiral FC would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.