League Play-Off

AFK Atatürk Stadı
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Süreyya Tokur kicked off to start the match. In the 3rd minute, Mustafa Ali Saygın hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Selahaddin Keramettin hit a great freekick 4 minutes into the match. Luciano Rodríguez scored 1-0 in the 8th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Orçun Hicran, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Filippo Inzaghi could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 19th minute of the match, but Orçun Hicran made a huge save. Battal Seyyit Cihanser made in the 22nd minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Gazera SK's Cafer Uçbay. Orçun Hicran came out of the goal in the 30th minute to try and stop a shot by Adapazarı FK's Filippo Inzaghi. But to his dismay, Filippo Inzaghi quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 3-0. After 35 minutes of play, Adapazarı FK's Filippo Inzaghi made it 4-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Orçun Hicran was left in no man's land by his defense there! With his leg Orçun Hicran managed to avoid a goal in the 38thth minute, when Adapazarı FK's Luciano Rodríguez fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Orçun Hicran made a fantastic save in the 39th minute, when Filippo Inzaghi sent off a good shot on target. If Süreyya Tokur had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 41st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Ali Asım Bekdil made in the 42nd minute of the game a quick throw-in and Mustafa Ali Saygın immediately put the ball in play. Gazera SK's Orçun Hicran proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 47th minute of the match, managed to save Gazera SK from getting a goal against them. Acun Taylan hit a great freekick 48 minutes into the match. Filippo Inzaghi might have been able to make a better finish in the 48th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Orçun Hicran. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Filippo Inzaghi ran back to his position shaking his head. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 4-0 at half-time.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Luciano Rodríguez to make the kick off. 57 minutes into the game, Adapazarı FK's Luciano Rodríguez nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Orçun Hicran made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 5-0. Orçun Hicran made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Luciano Rodríguez in the 67th minute of play. 68 minutes into the match, Gazera SK's goal looked a bit too open when Filippo Inzaghi came free, but Orçun Hicran reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Orçun Hicran didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Luciano Rodríguez went, in the 70th minute, to the upper right corner, 7-0 was the resulting score. A sloppy throw-in by Battal Seyyit Cihanser in the 79th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Gazera SK's Cafer Uçbay. Mustafa Ali Saygın's late challenge caught a Gazera SK's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Mustafa Ali Saygın helped the player get up and apologised. In the 83rd minute, Mustafa Ali Saygın hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 84 minutes in the game Mehmet Hamdi Sadir after having made a beautiful turn got a great opportunity to score and fired away a shot that went just to the left past a relieved Germano Espinosa. A very good opportunity. Orçun Hicran showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Luciano Rodríguez in the 89th minute of the match. The supporters of Gazera SK booed when Adapazarı FK was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 90 match minutes in a wonderful position. İlbey Revnak didn't get a good kick on the ball. Gazera SK's attentive Cafer Uçbay managed to snatch the ball when Battal Seyyit Cihanser made a throw-in in the 95th minute of the game. Orçun Hicran showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Baran Vuralhan in the 97th minute of the match. When the referee ended the match the Adapazarı FK players were able to celebrate. They had won a fair victory and recieved the ovations of their fans.