League Play-Off

Arac Stadium
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Şükrü Nevruz kicked off to start the match. Şükrü Nevruz received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 3rd minute. Yüksel Nevsal tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Semih Kutulmuş in the 7th minute of play forced Hayrat's goalkeeper Emirhan Reyyan to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Afşar Asker recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 10th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Yüksel Nevsal showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Şükrü Nevruz in the 13th minute of the match. Şükrü Nevruz fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 18th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Yüksel Nevsal having to interfere. Battal Cüneyt Aktaşlı fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 20th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Yüksel Nevsal having to interfere. The supporters of Hayrat booed when Arac was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 21 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ahmet Rıfat Özduru didn't get a good kick on the ball. When Samir Hacısalihoğlu came up free with the goalie in the 25th minute, the Hayrat 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 Samir Hacısalihoğlu couldn't finish the play. Yüksel Nevsal showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Şükrü Nevruz, who was totally free with the ball in the 30th minute. When the match had gone on for 34 minutes, Şükrü Nevruz put it in 0-1 from a short distance just to the right of Yüksel Nevsal. Yüksel Nevsal showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Battal Cüneyt Aktaşlı in the 43rd minute of the match. After some fancy dribbling in the 44th minute, Semih Kutulmuş managed to get in a good position for a shot. Arac's supporters rose to their feet, but Semih Kutulmuş was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Emirhan Reyyan breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 46th minute Şükrü Nevruz shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Yüksel Nevsal saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After the first half Hayrat were leading 0-1. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Semih Kutulmuş to make the kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Afşar Asker in the 54th minute of play forced Hayrat's goalkeeper Emirhan Reyyan to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. With a little luck, Arac's Yüksel Nevsal got control of the ball when Battal Cüneyt Aktaşlı tried to sneak it across the goal line. If Battal Cüneyt Aktaşlı had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 58th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. The audience was convinced that Afşar Asker's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Emirhan Reyyan was relentless in the 62nd minute of the game. Arac's Yüksel Nevsal played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Şükrü Nevruz in the 66th minute of play. After 68 minutes Arac's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Güngör Renan who took care of the corner kick. If Battal Cüneyt Aktaşlı had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 70th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Şükrü Nevruz in the 72nd minute of play forced Arac's goalkeeper Yüksel Nevsal to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Yüksel Nevsal showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Şükrü Nevruz in the 73rd minute of the match. In the 79th minute, Şükrü Nevruz ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Yüksel Nevsal was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-2. Şükrü Nevruz 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. Emirhan Reyyan showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Semih Kutulmuş, who was totally free with the ball in the 95th minute. The Arac fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Hayrat were clearly better and deserved to take the win.