League Play-Off

Palu 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 Özil started the match with the kick off. The audience was convinced that Asım Çağkar's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Mustafa Arif Fırat was relentless in the 2nd minute of the game. 5 minutes into the game, Ramazan Sebuk cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-0. Mustafa Arif Fırat was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Mustafa Arif Fırat made an important save on a dangerous shot by Ramazan Sebuk in the 8th minute. Ciftehavuzlar's defense didn't have a chance, in the 9th minute, when Asım Çağkar scored to the left of an out of position Mustafa Arif Fırat, making the score, 2-0. The audience was convinced that Asım Çağkar's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Mustafa Arif Fırat was relentless in the 13th minute of the game. If Asım Çağkar had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 14th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 16 minutes into the match, Ciftehavuzlar's goal looked a bit too open when Ramazan Sebuk came free, but Mustafa Arif Fırat reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 17 played minutes Ciftehavuzlar got a freekick which was hit by Hikmet Sabeddin. Asım Çağkar received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 17th minute. Mustafa Arif Fırat tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When Asım Çağkar came up free with the goalie in the 19th minute, the Palu 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 Asım Çağkar couldn't finish the play. Asım Çağkar received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 21st minute. Mustafa Arif Fırat tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. If Asım Çağkar had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 23rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 25 minutes into the match, Ramazan Sebuk had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Mustafa Arif Fırat. Ciftehavuzlar's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Ramazan Sebuk was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-0. In the 29th minute, Hikmet Sabeddin hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Through an outstanding action, after 29 minutes, Mustafa Arif Fırat successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. In the 30th match minute, Ciftehavuzlar was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Hikmet Sabeddin to maneuver through the defense. Asım Çağkar sent away a hard shot on goal in the 32nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 37th minute, Palu's Asım Çağkar ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Mustafa Arif Fırat. Mustafa Arif Fırat yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 4-0. After 40 minutes of play, Palu's Ramazan Sebuk made it 5-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Mustafa Arif Fırat was left in no man's land by his defense there! If Ramazan Sebuk had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 46th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 5-0.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Asım Çağkar to strike the kick off in the second half. 55 minutes into the match, Ciftehavuzlar's goal looked a bit too open when Asım Çağkar came free, but Mustafa Arif Fırat reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. A collision led to Palu getting a freekick after 58 minutes play. Eren Zeyyat hit a great ball. After 59 minutes, Binali Pehlivan mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Ciftehavuzlar and the Palu players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a rather tough play, Ciftehavuzlar's Binali Pehlivan got a free kick in the 59th minute. When Hikmet Sabeddin fell near the penalty area in the 61st minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Ciftehavuzlar's protests and gave Hikmet Sabeddin a yellow card for diving instead. After a rather tough play, Ciftehavuzlar's Hikmet Sabeddin got a free kick in the 61st minute. Mustafa Arif Fırat made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Asım Çağkar in the 66th minute of play. The Palu fans' excitement grew in the 67th match minute when Palu's Asım Çağkar looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 6-0 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. An unexpectedly hard shot by Asım Çağkar in the 72nd minute of play forced Ciftehavuzlar's goalkeeper Mustafa Arif Fırat to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Ramazan Sebuk scored 7-0 in the 73rd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Mustafa Arif Fırat, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Ramazan Sebuk might have been able to make a better finish in the 81st minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Mustafa Arif Fırat. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Ramazan Sebuk ran back to his position shaking his head. Asım Çağkar fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 81st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Mustafa Arif Fırat having to interfere. In the 82nd minute, Ramazan Sebuk 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 83rdth minute of the game Asım Çağkar who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Ciftehavuzlar's Mustafa Arif Fırat was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. If Asım Çağkar had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 87th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Ramazan Sebuk fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 92nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Mustafa Arif Fırat having to interfere. Mustafa Arif Fırat showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ramazan Sebuk, who was totally free with the ball in the 94th minute. Ciftehavuzlar's Mustafa Arif Fırat played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Asım Çağkar in the 95th minute of play. Mustafa Arif Fırat showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Asım Çağkar, who was totally free with the ball in the 97th minute. Palu walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.