League Play-Off

Zara Stadium
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Demir Tezkan started the match with the kick off. The audience was convinced that Tan Işık's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Yağızalp Sidar was relentless in the 3rd minute of the game. A collision led to Nallihan FK getting a freekick after 4 minutes play. Mehmet Halis Rahmi hit a great ball. Talat Mirza struck a weak shot in the 5th minute. Yağızalp Sidar didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Zara. Nallihan FK's Nejat Alp Şah got a good chance for a goal in the 8th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Tan Işık was really disappointed when he shot the ball just outside the right post instead of scoring a goal in the 10th minute. Zara's manager could be seen on the sidelines shaking his head and muttering to himself as his team had just wasted another chance. When Talat Mirza came up free with the goalie in the 19th minute, the Zara 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 Talat Mirza couldn't finish the play. Nallihan FK's Yağızalp Sidar proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 20th minute of the match, managed to save Nallihan FK from getting a goal against them. Arslan Tuncaral received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 25th minute. Aybar Babaoğlu tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After having played for 27 minutes, Demir Tezkan managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Nallihan FK's supporters crossed their fingers, but Demir Tezkan was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Aybar Babaoğlu stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Demir Tezkan's shot from short distance in the 29th minute. Zara's Aybar Babaoğlu played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Demir Tezkan in the 32nd minute of play. In the 33rd minute, Zara's Tan Işık dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-0. An unexpectedly hard shot by Demir Tezkan in the 39th minute of play forced Zara's goalkeeper Aybar Babaoğlu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 40 minutes of play, Nallihan FK's Demir Tezkan made it 1-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Aybar Babaoğlu was left in no man's land by his defense there! Aybar Babaoğlu showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Demir Tezkan, who was totally free with the ball in the 46th minute.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Tan Işık stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Talat Mirza struck a weak shot in the 55th minute. Yağızalp Sidar didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Zara. When the match clock showed 58 minutes, the score became 1-2 when Demir Tezkan sped through Zara's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Aybar Babaoğlu. In the 66th minute, Nejat Alp Şah got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. In the 67th match minute, Zara was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Mustafa Ali Ersezer to maneuver through the defense. Aybar Babaoğlu showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Demir Tezkan, who was totally free with the ball in the 68th minute. 69 minutes into the match, Zara's goalkeeper Aybar Babaoğlu had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Arslan Tuncaral. Mazhar Öksal's late challenge caught a Zara's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Mazhar Öksal helped the player get up and apologised. In the 71st minute, one of Nallihan FK:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Nallihan FK. The referee gave Zara a penalty, 73 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Ahmet Fikret Özertan, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of Nallihan FK's Yağızalp Sidar. 2-2. In the 76th play minute Arslan Tuncaral came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Aybar Babaoğlu. 2-3. After having played for 82 minutes, Tan Işık managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Zara's supporters crossed their fingers, but Tan Işık was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Tan Işık in the 83rd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Yağızalp Sidar prevented the ball from getting in the gole. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Demir Tezkan in the 85th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Aybar Babaoğlu saved Zara from getting behind. Demir Tezkan had several of the Zara's defenders around him in the penalty area when he, after 88 minutes of play, received a pass and succeeded in some way to shoot a shot which went straight ahead into goal. This resulted in a 2-4 score and a disappointed Aybar Babaoğlu as he didn't even see the shot coming. After 95 minutes, Talat Mirza mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Zara and the Nallihan FK players grew even worse after the yellow card. The Zara fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Nallihan FK were clearly better and deserved to take the win.