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huzoarena
Spectators: 7107 (Terracing: 5440, Seating: 1667, VIP seats: 0) Aşkın Gayret's late challenge caught a GalataSaray A.Ş.'s player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Aşkın Gayret helped the player get up and apologised. The audience was convinced that Efekan Durukan's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Selman Balaban was relentless in the 7th minute of the game. In the 9th minute Efekan Durukan shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Selman Balaban saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 13th minute, Efekan Durukan made a precise shot to the right of Selman Balaban. huzospor's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. huzospor's Yusuf Satır quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Naci Eğriöz, made in the 18th minute of the game. 23 minutes into the match, huzospor's goal looked a bit too open when Zülfikar Maruf came free, but Selman Balaban reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Selman Balaban made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Kılıçalp Periz in the 28th minute of play. With a little luck, GalataSaray A.Ş.'s Mürsel Mansız got control of the ball when Nebi Baykutay tried to sneak it across the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Efekan Durukan in the 33rd minute of play forced huzospor's goalkeeper Selman Balaban to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Efekan Durukan hit a great freekick 37 minutes into the match. Kılıçalp Periz sent away a hard shot on goal in the 39th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 40th match minute, huzospor was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Nebi Baykutay to maneuver through the defense. The audience was convinced that Efekan Durukan's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Selman Balaban was relentless in the 44th minute of the game. If Zülfikar Maruf had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 45th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Nebi Baykutay made a kick off. Selman Balaban stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Efekan Durukan's shot from short distance in the 57th minute. Selman Balaban stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Efekan Durukan's shot from short distance in the 58th minute. Nebi Baykutay fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 60th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Mürsel Mansız having to interfere. Aşkın Gayret fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 64th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Mürsel Mansız having to interfere. Efekan Durukans short, quick shot in the 67thth minute got Selman Balaban to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. GalataSaray A.Ş.'s Efekan Durukan was standing unmarked in front of the goal when he, in the 81st play minute, got the ball and easily drilled it into the goal. When Zülfikar Maruf came up free with the goalie in the 86th minute, the GalataSaray A.Ş. 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 Zülfikar Maruf couldn't finish the play. The nice shot from Efekan Durukan in the 91stth minute just in front of the goal should have ended in point on the board, but Selman Balaban had a great feel for the game and superbly saved the ball from getting in by the left post. Efekan Durukan received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 93rd minute. Selman Balaban tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere.