League Play-Off

Aliaga
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Olcay Orkun Demir started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Birkan Zeyni was a little too slow when Olcay Orkun Demir got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 3rd minute. The score was now 1-0. Ferhan Zor fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 9th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Birkan Zeyni having to interfere. In the 12th minute, Olcay Orkun Demir left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Aliaga fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-0. A collision led to Aliaga getting a freekick after 15 minutes play. Ata İlksel hit a great ball. 17 minutes had been played when some careless play by Aliaga's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Rasim Gulabi was slow to take the kick. During this time Galatasaray's players had a chance to rest. Ata İlksel thought of kicking away a contribution in front of goal but messed it up so badly that the ball went to the right of an astonished Murathan Kayan, a very annoying self made goal in the 18th minute which led to 2-1. 23 minutes into the game, Cevahir Kadirsah cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-2. Murathan Kayan was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Murathan Kayan came out of the goal in the 28th minute to try and stop a shot by Galatasaray's Cevahir Kadirsah. But to his dismay, Cevahir Kadirsah quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-3. Cevahir Kadirsah received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 35th minute. Murathan Kayan tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Cevahir Kadirsah fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 38th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Murathan Kayan having to interfere. Ata İlksel charged in rather forcefully in the 39th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Ata İlksel the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Cevahir Kadirsah recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 42nd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. In the 45th minute, Olcay Orkun Demir reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Birkan Zeyni. The goal made the score 3-3. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Cevahir Kadirsah to make the kick off. Birsel Birsen recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 54th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Birkan Zeyni took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ferhan Zor, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When Birsel Birsen came up free with the goalie in the 58th minute, the 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 Birsel Birsen couldn't finish the play. Abdullatif Tezeren took the ball and in the 62 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Birkan Zeyni. Birkan Zeyni dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 4-3. Birkan Zeyni showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Olcay Orkun Demir in the 68th minute of the match. 70 minutes into the game, Aliaga's Ferhan Zor nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Birkan Zeyni made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 5-3. A collision led to Aliaga getting a freekick after 73 minutes play. Ferhan Zor hit a great ball. Murathan Kayan took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cevahir Kadirsah, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 80th minute Abdullatif Tezeren shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Birkan Zeyni saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The audience thought a goal was coming when Birsel Birsen got free with Murathan Kayan in the 83rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Olcay Orkun Demir's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Birkan Zeyni read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 90th minute of play. Ferhan Zor received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 96th minute. Birkan Zeyni tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Aliaga's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.