Official Cup

MUHSİN YAZICIOĞLU
Spectators: 172 (Terracing: 130, Seating: 39, VIP seats: 3) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Abdulbaki Boratay started the match with the kick off. After 4 minutes, Özbek Betim mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Bozkurt and the mesehor FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 4th minute, Özbek Betim hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 6 minutes into the match, Bozkurt's goal looked a bit too open when Baturalp Doğu came free, but Boran Gencal reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 11th match minute, mesehor FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Saffet Demirağ to maneuver through the defense. Boğaç Onaran's late challenge caught a Bozkurt's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Boğaç Onaran helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of Bozkurt booed when mesehor FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 19 match minutes in a wonderful position. Boğaç Onaran didn't get a good kick on the ball. Baturalp Doğu received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 29th minute. Boran Gencal tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 36th minute, Bozkurt's Özbek Betim dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 2-0. In the 41st minute, Baturalp Doğu ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Boran Gencal was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-1. In the 44th minute, Baturalp Doğu hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. İhsan Ersal made an important save on a dangerous shot by Abdulbaki Boratay in the 45th minute. Zühtü Kornes sent away a hard shot on goal in the 47th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-1. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

mesehor FC's İhsan Ersal played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Zühtü Kornes in the 57th minute of play. In the 62nd minute, Altay Kazan fired a really elegant long shot, but Boran Gencal threw himself and managed to get hold of the ball just in front of the right post. The supporters of mesehor FC booed when Bozkurt was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 62 match minutes in a wonderful position. Şeray Ersever didn't get a good kick on the ball. Boran Gencal made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Baturalp Doğu in the 64th minute of play. İhsan Ersal didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Ziya Tozun went, in the 70th minute, to the upper right corner, 3-1 was the resulting score. In the 74th minute, Saffet Demirağ hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Tamer Torhan kicked well hit freekick during the 76th minute of the match. After having played for 83 minutes, Boğaç Onaran managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. mesehor FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Boğaç Onaran was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. 4-1 became the score in the 89th minute when Abdulbaki Boratay elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. Bozkurt walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.