League Play-Off

Erdemli
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Erkan Dolunay got the match started through his kick off. Celil Alyakut received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 8th minute. Arslan Saatçi tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After a defensive mix-up in Erdemli SK's zone, Rıfkı Kazakhan stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Arslan Saatçi came out of the goal and Rıfkı Kazakhan tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Onur Ali Gence hit a great freekick 13 minutes into the match. Cankut Ayhan received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Kayhan Koçer came out and tried to block the shot, but Cankut Ayhan slotted it home off the left post making it 1-0 in the 14th minute. Cankut Ayhan fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 21st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Kayhan Koçer having to interfere. After a rather tough play, Eregli JK's Onur Ali Gence got a free kick in the 22nd minute. Eregli JK's Kayhan Koçer proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 23rd minute of the match, managed to save Eregli JK from getting a goal against them. Eregli JK's Kayhan Koçer proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 25th minute of the match, managed to save Eregli JK from getting a goal against them. When the match clock showed 32 minutes, the score became 1-1 when Rıfkı Kazakhan sped through Erdemli SK's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Arslan Saatçi. 38 minutes into the match, Erdemli SK's goal looked a bit too open when Celil Alyakut came free, but Arslan Saatçi reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Arslan Saatçi stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Celil Alyakut's shot from short distance in the 42nd minute. 43 minutes into the game, Eregli JK's Rıfkı Kazakhan nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Arslan Saatçi made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-2.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Rıfkı Kazakhan stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Eregli JK's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Ahmet Haşim Dinç in the 54th minute. In the 56th match minute, Eregli JK was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ahmet Haşim Dinç to maneuver through the defense. After a rather tough play, Erdemli SK's Barbaros Polathan got a free kick in the 64th minute. When Rıfkı Kazakhan came up free with the goalie in the 65th minute, the Eregli JK 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 Rıfkı Kazakhan couldn't finish the play. If Celil Alyakut had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 66th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 68 minutes into the match, Erdemli SK's goal looked a bit too open when Rıfkı Kazakhan came free, but Arslan Saatçi reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 71 played minutes Eregli JK got a freekick which was hit by Ahmet Haşim Dinç. Arslan Saatçi made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Rıfkı Kazakhan in the 75th minute of play. After a rather tough play, Erdemli SK's Atalay Özyuva got a free kick in the 76th minute. After some fancy dribbling in the 77th minute, Celil Alyakut managed to get in a good position for a shot. Eregli JK's supporters rose to their feet, but Celil Alyakut was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Arslan Saatçi breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. With a little luck, Erdemli SK's Arslan Saatçi got control of the ball when Celil Alyakut tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 83rdth minute of the game Rıfkı Kazakhan who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Erdemli SK's Arslan Saatçi was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Kayhan Koçer took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cankut Ayhan, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When the match was over Eregli JK could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Erdemli SK throughout the match.