League Play-Off

Kirkagac Stadium
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Şamil Özdinç took the kick off in the first half of the match. 2 minutes into the game, BucaSpor ERSAN's Rune Asplund nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Erkin Üstündağ made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. Rune Asplund's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Erkin Üstündağ read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 5th minute of play. 9 minutes into the match, BucaSpor ERSAN's Andre Shipton sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Erkin Üstündağ narrowly saved just below the crossbar. When Andre Shipton came up free with the goalie in the 10th minute, the BucaSpor ERSAN 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 Andre Shipton couldn't finish the play. In the 12thth minute of the game Rune Asplund who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Kirkagac's Erkin Üstündağ was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. If Andre Shipton had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 13th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After a rather tough play, Kirkagac's Furkan Kıvılcım got a free kick in the 20th minute. After 23 minutes of play, Kirkagac's Şamil Özdinç made it 1-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Nihat Yekta was left in no man's land by his defense there! A collision led to BucaSpor ERSAN getting a freekick after 29 minutes play. Mehmet Hamdi Yalçınkaya hit a great ball. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Cesur Salcan during the 31st minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 31st minute, Cesur Salcan hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Andre Shipton received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 36th minute. Erkin Üstündağ tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Şamil Özdinç sent away a hard shot on goal in the 42nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Mehmet Hamdi Yalçınkaya kicked well hit freekick during the 43rd minute of the match. BucaSpor ERSAN's Nihat Yekta proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 46th minute of the match, managed to save BucaSpor ERSAN from getting a goal against them. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 1-2.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Andre Shipton made a kick off. Mehmet Hamdi Yalçınkaya hit a great freekick 52 minutes into the match. Nihat Yekta made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Şamil Özdinç in the 55th minute of play. Andre Shipton received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 59th minute. Erkin Üstündağ tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Muammer Tokuztuğ's late challenge caught a BucaSpor ERSAN's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Muammer Tokuztuğ helped the player get up and apologised. In the 60th match minute, Kirkagac was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Muammer Tokuztuğ to maneuver through the defense. Rune Asplund sent away a hard shot on goal in the 61st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. If Rune Asplund had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 63rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After some fancy dribbling in the 66th minute, Andre Shipton managed to get in a good position for a shot. BucaSpor ERSAN's supporters rose to their feet, but Andre Shipton was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Erkin Üstündağ breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Erkin Üstündağ stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Andre Shipton's shot from short distance in the 72nd minute. Erkin Üstündağ didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Rune Asplund went, in the 75th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-3 was the resulting score. After 79 minutes, Andre Shipton made it 1-4 with a short kick to the right side. Kirkagac's Erkin Üstündağ tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Andre Shipton did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 1-5 to the left of a surprised Erkin Üstündağ 83 minutes into the match. In the 86th minute, Mehmet Hamdi Yalçınkaya hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Andre Shipton fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 89th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Erkin Üstündağ having to interfere. Rune Asplund sent away a hard shot on goal in the 91st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After some careless play in the Kirkagac defense, Rune Asplund kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Erkin Üstündağ. The Kirkagac fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Erkin Üstündağ should have stopped the shot. BucaSpor ERSAN's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.