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SAKARYA
Spectators: 7230 (Terracing: 5457, Seating: 1673, VIP seats: 100) Efekan Güdeş started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Yahya Atikoğlu made an important save on a dangerous shot by Efekan Güdeş in the 4th minute. The audience was convinced that Sakis Pantelatos's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Yahya Atikoğlu was relentless in the 5th minute of the game. Yahya Atikoğlu was in exellent shape and made a fantastic save when he, in the 8th minute of the match, managed to get hold of the ball after a long shot from Russ Windsor. Memoyi SK's Aytunç Uralp played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Yiğit Savaşer in the 13th minute of play. Evren Suay kicked well hit freekick during the 16th minute of the match. An unexpected shot in the 20th minute by Efekan Güdeş got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. Yahya Atikoğlu made an important save on a dangerous shot by Efekan Güdeş in the 23rd minute. In the 28th minute, Sakis Pantelatos fired away a killer shot towards the goal that, to the delight of Yahya Atikoğlu, passed just outside the right post. Efekan Güdeş's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Yahya Atikoğlu read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 31st minute of play. Sakis Pantelatos might have been able to make a better finish in the 32nd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Yahya Atikoğlu. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Sakis Pantelatos ran back to his position shaking his head. A collision led to Balya SK getting a freekick after 33 minutes play. Mehmet Ferit Sayar hit a great ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Fahrettin Yetener in the 48th minute of play forced Memoyi SK's goalkeeper Aytunç Uralp to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 1-0 at half-time.

The wind increased when Fahrettin Yetener made the kick off in the second half. When Sakis Pantelatos came up free with the goalie in the 52nd minute, the Memoyi 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 Sakis Pantelatos couldn't finish the play. 59 minutes in the game, the ball went up into the seats when Memoyi SK's Efekan Güdeş fired away a shot that was just a little bit too high. He walked away shaking his head. After 62 played minutes, Memoyi SK's Russ Windsor shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Yahya Atikoğlu came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Memoyi SK reached it. Sakis Pantelatos sent away a hard shot on goal in the 64th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Efekan Güdeş took the ball and in the 66 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Yahya Atikoğlu. Yahya Atikoğlu dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 3-0. Balya SK's Mehmet Ferit Sayar shoveled away a really nice long shot in the 73rd minute of play. The shot was stopped by Aytunç Uralp but with some difficulty. Yiğit Savaşer who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 75thth minute tested the skills of Aytunç Uralp when he managed to save the team from getting behind. Latif Melih charged in rather forcefully in the 79th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Latif Melih the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Latif Melih hit a great freekick 79 minutes into the match. 85 minutes into the match, Memoyi SK's goalkeeper Aytunç Uralp had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Yiğit Savaşer. 86 minutes into the match, Memoyi SK's Efekan Güdeş sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Yahya Atikoğlu narrowly saved just below the crossbar. When Memoyi SK's Efekan Güdeş in the 87th minute got a chance for a shot 87th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Balya SK's goalie prevented a goal. Yahya Atikoğlu didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Sakis Pantelatos went, in the 90th minute, to the upper right corner, 4-0 was the resulting score. Aytunç Uralp showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Fahrettin Yetener, who was totally free with the ball in the 94th minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Yiğit Savaşer got free with Aytunç Uralp in the 95th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Memoyi SK were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of Balya SK for a fine match.