League Play-Off

Sarioglan Stadium
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Feridun Başay got the match started through his kick off. Sezai Sargın received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 4th minute. Emre Hıfzullah tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 8th minute, Feridun Başay reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Emre Hıfzullah. The goal made the score 1-0. Sezai Sargın fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 17th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Emre Hıfzullah having to interfere. A collision led to Akcaabat getting a freekick after 17 minutes play. Cevdet Yabgu hit a great ball. When Muhammet Balabey fell near the penalty area in the 19th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Akcaabat's protests and gave Muhammet Balabey a yellow card for diving instead. A collision led to Akcaabat getting a freekick after 20 minutes play. Muhammet Balabey hit a great ball. The crowd rose to their feet as Sarioglan's Feridun Başay slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Emre Hıfzullah. That made the score 2-0 after 30 minutes of play. In the 33rd minute, Dinçer Türkmen 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. After 35 minutes, Demiralp Naci mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Sarioglan and the Akcaabat players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 35th match minute, Sarioglan was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Demiralp Naci to maneuver through the defense. 38 minutes had been played when some careless play by Sarioglan's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Kuddusî Nurkan was slow to take the kick. During this time Akcaabat's players had a chance to rest. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 2-0 at half-time.

The wind increased when Denizhan İlkut made the kick off in the second half. The audience was convinced that Sezai Sargın's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Emre Hıfzullah was relentless in the 54th minute of the game. Ünsal Buminhan came out of the goal in the 59th minute to try and stop a shot by Akcaabat's Dinçer Türkmen. But to his dismay, Dinçer Türkmen quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-1. Emre Hıfzullah showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Sezai Sargın, who was totally free with the ball in the 63rd minute. In the 67th minute of the match Nejat Alp Işık shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Emre Hıfzullah showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Emre Hıfzullah showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Sezai Sargın in the 69th minute of the match. Emre Hıfzullah took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Feridun Başay, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 78th play minute Dinçer Türkmen came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Ünsal Buminhan. 2-2. After a defensive mix-up in Akcaabat's zone, Feridun Başay stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Emre Hıfzullah came out of the goal and Feridun Başay tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. 85 minutes into the match, Akcaabat's goal looked a bit too open when Sezai Sargın came free, but Emre Hıfzullah reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The audience was convinced that Feridun Başay's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Emre Hıfzullah was relentless in the 87th minute of the game. After 90 minutes, Cevdet Yabgu mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Akcaabat and the Sarioglan players grew even worse after the yellow card. Cevdet Yabgu kicked well hit freekick during the 90th minute of the match. Recep Budak took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 91st minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Emre Hıfzullah. Akcaabat's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. If Feridun Başay had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 97th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The Akcaabat players were the happier at the end of the match as they had prevented Sarioglan from taking control. The game ends in a draw.