League Play-Off

Rize
Spectators: 33 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) İsmail Orhun Tezalp made the kick off and thus started the match. Aral Ortaçgil hit a great freekick 7 minutes into the match. Cihat Arınç fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 14th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Suavi Özdoğal having to interfere. Musa Tanbey received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 18th minute. Yılmaz Hatipoğlu tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 19 played minutes Genclerbirligi JK got a freekick which was hit by Latif Lokman. 29 minutes into the match, Genclerbirligi JK's goal looked a bit too open when İsmail Orhun Tezalp came free, but Yılmaz Hatipoğlu reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Rize JK's Suavi Özdoğal played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Haşmet Ulualp in the 37th minute of play. In the 40th minute the ball was on its way in behind Genclerbirligi JK's goalkeeper Yılmaz Hatipoğlu, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. After 41 minutes, Latif Lokman mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Genclerbirligi JK and the Rize JK players grew even worse after the yellow card. Latif Lokman hit a great freekick 41 minutes into the match. Genclerbirligi JK's Yılmaz Hatipoğlu played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by İsmail Orhun Tezalp in the 43rd minute of play. İsmail Orhun Tezalp sent away a hard shot on goal in the 45th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance.

If İsmail Orhun Tezalp had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 54th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Musa Tanbey fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 56th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Yılmaz Hatipoğlu having to interfere. In the 58th minute, one of Genclerbirligi JK: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 Genclerbirligi JK. The audience was convinced that İsmail Orhun Tezalp's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Yılmaz Hatipoğlu was relentless in the 70th minute of the game. Musa Tanbey sent away a hard shot on goal in the 75th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. İsmail Orhun Tezalp succeeded in the game's 81st minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 2-0. Suavi Özdoğal made a fantastic save in the 86th minute, when Latif Lokman sent off a good shot on target. Şerafettin Alpaslan hit a great freekick 89 minutes into the match. With an all-out effort, Genclerbirligi JK's Suavi Özdoğal threw himself towards the right post 93 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Haşmet Ulualp, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. İsmail Orhun Tezalp sent away a hard shot on goal in the 95th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Genclerbirligi JK's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.