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Hayrabolu
Spectators: 6681 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1681, VIP seats: 0) Tarık Yalınç made the kick off and thus started the match. 4 minutes into the game, Boğaçhan Hazar was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Hayrabolu FK's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave GALATASARAY SK the free kick. After a rather tough play, Hayrabolu FK's Boğaçhan Hazar got a free kick in the 4th minute. 9 minutes into the match, GALATASARAY SK's goalkeeper Ahmet Emir Korcan had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Nizam Polatkılıç. Nizam Polatkılıç might have been able to make a better finish in the 14th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Ahmet Emir Korcan. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Nizam Polatkılıç ran back to his position shaking his head. 16 minutes into the game, Güven Tercan was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. GALATASARAY SK's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Hayrabolu FK the free kick. After 16 played minutes GALATASARAY SK got a freekick which was hit by Güven Tercan. Nizam Polatkılıç sent away a hard shot on goal in the 20th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Lokman Akçakıl during the 23rd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 23rd minute, Lokman Akçakıl hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 30th minute of the game. One of GALATASARAY SK:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Hayrabolu FK:s goal. When the match had been going on for 32 minutes, Hayrabolu FK's Melik Kortan got an opportunity to shoot a penalty. He stayed cool and waited for the goalkeeper to move, before he confidently shot the ball into the goal, to the left of Ahmet Emir Korcan. After 34 played minutes GALATASARAY SK got a freekick which was hit by Lokman Akçakıl. Ünal Yiğit hit a great freekick 41 minutes into the match. 44 minutes in the game, Nizam Polatkılıç fired away an excellent shot, which passed to the side of the right post without Ahmet Emir Korcan having to interfere. The audience thought a goal was coming when Nizam Polatkılıç got free with Ahmet Emir Korcan in the 47th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 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.

The wind increased when Güven Tercan made the kick off in the second half. After 51 played minutes GALATASARAY SK got a freekick which was hit by Güven Tercan. After 64 played minutes Hayrabolu FK got a freekick which was hit by Ünal Yiğit. If Tarık Yalınç had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 66th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Ahmet Emir Korcan showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Nizam Polatkılıç, who was totally free with the ball in the 68th minute. Ahmet Emir Korcan showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Nizam Polatkılıç, who was totally free with the ball in the 68th minute. In the 77th minute Ünal Yiğit shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ahmet Emir Korcan saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tarık Yalınç in the 93rd minute of play forced GALATASARAY SK's goalkeeper Ahmet Emir Korcan to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When the referee blew the final whistle, you could see the dissatisfaction in the Hayrabolu FK players' eyes. They were disappointed they hadn't taken more from the game.