League Play-Off

Gerger Stadium
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Hızır Ziver made the kick off which started today's match. Nurkan Elmastaş received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 5th minute. Cengizhan Alpman tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Cengizhan Alpman made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Batı Salman in the 7th minute of play. Cengizhan Alpman took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Nurkan Elmastaş, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Cengizhan Alpman showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Nurkan Elmastaş, who was totally free with the ball in the 9th minute. Cengizhan Alpman made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Li Chao Jun in the 10th minute of play. After 12 minutes of play, F.c. Galatasaray's Batı Salman made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Cengizhan Alpman was left in no man's land by his defense there! Batı Salman sent away a hard shot on goal in the 19th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Cengizhan Alpman showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Nurkan Elmastaş, who was totally free with the ball in the 22nd minute. In the 23rd minute Nurkan Elmastaş shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Cengizhan Alpman saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 0-2 became the score in the 27th minute when Batı Salman elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. In the 30th match minute, Gerger was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Bilge Kağan Ogün to maneuver through the defense. A collision led to Gerger getting a freekick after 32 minutes play. Talha Yaltıray hit a great ball. Bilge Kağan Ogün's late challenge caught a F.c. Galatasaray's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Bilge Kağan Ogün helped the player get up and apologised. In the 34th minute, Bilge Kağan Ogün hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. It was beautiful to see F.c. Galatasaray's Cenan Sevimli in action when he in the 35th minute dribbled his way through a couple of opponents and the fired away a shot from almost standing still. First the ball seemed to get in, but turned out to be on the outside of the net. A great chance! After a defensive mix-up in Gerger's zone, Li Chao Jun stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Cengizhan Alpman came out of the goal and Li Chao Jun tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. F.c. Galatasaray's Güney Hürkan got a good chance for a goal in the 40th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. If Hızır Ziver had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 47th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Disappointed in the 0-2 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Nurkan Elmastaş made a kick off. After a rather tough play, Gerger's Gökay Cangur got a free kick in the 50th minute. Bilge Kağan Ogün kicked well hit freekick during the 51st minute of the match. F.c. Galatasaray's Válter Novaes managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Mustafa Haydar Gümüş in the 53 minute of the game. In the 54th minute, Nurkan Elmastaş left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The F.c. Galatasaray fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-3. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Hızır Ziver in the 61st managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Hílton Gaúcho saved F.c. Galatasaray from getting behind. Gerger's Cengizhan Alpman proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 64th minute of the match, managed to save Gerger from getting a goal against them. In the 65th minute Aytuğ Kocaman shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Hílton Gaúcho saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Selahaddin Öztuna kicked well hit freekick during the 66th minute of the match. When Nurkan Elmastaş came up free with the goalie in the 67th minute, the F.c. Galatasaray 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 Nurkan Elmastaş couldn't finish the play. If Batı Salman had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 75th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Cengizhan Alpman made a fantastic save in the 77th minute, when Nurkan Elmastaş sent off a good shot on target. After 79 played minutes F.c. Galatasaray got a freekick which was hit by Li Chao Jun. Gerger were furious when Selahaddin Öztuna was red carded, 81 minutes into the game, but the referee dismissed their protests. After a rather tough play, Gerger's Selahaddin Öztuna got a free kick in the 81st minute. 83 in the game F.c. Galatasaray's Milko Kúnchev showed how dangerous he can be in front of the goal when he by his own managed to get a clear opportunity for a shot. The following shot went just left of the goal. Arif Egemen Dilercan's late challenge caught a F.c. Galatasaray's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Arif Egemen Dilercan helped the player get up and apologised. Cengizhan Alpman made a fantastic save in the 87th minute, when Li Chao Jun sent off a good shot on target. After a defensive mix-up in Gerger's zone, Nurkan Elmastaş stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Cengizhan Alpman came out of the goal and Nurkan Elmastaş tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Cengizhan Alpman was a little too slow when Li Chao Jun got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 95th minute. The score was now 0-5.