League Play-Off

Kurucesme Stadium
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Arın Ferhat Özerdim started the match with the kick off. İlhan Özay sent away a hard shot on goal in the 3rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Hakan Sarik scored 0-1 in the 6th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Burak Özyurt, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. The audience was convinced that Köksal Hürkan's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Burak Özyurt was relentless in the 9th minute of the game. Hakan Sarik sent away a hard shot on goal in the 11th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Emir Toper sent away a hard shot on goal in the 14th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 15th minute, Köksal Hürkan made a precise shot to the right of Burak Özyurt. Kurucesme's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-2. Arcan Iğdırlı charged in rather forcefully in the 20th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Arcan Iğdırlı the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After 20 played minutes GÖKÇELİ SK got a freekick which was hit by Arcan Iğdırlı. The audience thought a goal was coming when Emir Toper got free with Ferid Mahir in the 24th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. An unexpectedly hard shot by Hakan Sarik in the 28th minute of play forced Kurucesme's goalkeeper Burak Özyurt to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Burak Özyurt showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Hakan Sarik in the 30th minute of the match. 31 minutes into the match, Kurucesme's goal looked a bit too open when Hakan Sarik came free, but Burak Özyurt reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Neşat Ersan charged in rather forcefully in the 32nd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Neşat Ersan the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After a rather tough play, Kurucesme's Neşat Ersan got a free kick in the 32nd minute. Hakan Sarik might have been able to make a better finish in the 34th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Burak Özyurt. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Hakan Sarik ran back to his position shaking his head. In the 36th minute, Köksal Hürkan 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. GÖKÇELİ SK's Hakan Sarik got a good chance for a goal in the 39th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Köksal Hürkan fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 42nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Burak Özyurt having to interfere. Hakan Sarik received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 45th minute. Burak Özyurt tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Köksal Hürkan received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 47th minute. Burak Özyurt tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-2 lead.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Hakan Sarik made a kick off. Hakan Sarik sent away a hard shot on goal in the 52nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Burak Özyurt showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Hakan Sarik, who was totally free with the ball in the 53rd minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Arın Ferhat Özerdim in the 55th minute of play forced GÖKÇELİ SK's goalkeeper Ferid Mahir to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. İlhan Özay hit a great freekick 56 minutes into the match. Emir Toper struck a weak shot in the 63rd minute. Ferid Mahir didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Kurucesme. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 64th minute of the game. One of GÖKÇELİ SK:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Kurucesme:s goal. In the 68th minute, GÖKÇELİ SK's Köksal Hürkan dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-3. Ferid Mahir took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Arın Ferhat Özerdim, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 75 played minutes, Kurucesme's Kudret Süngü shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Ferid Mahir came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Kurucesme reached it. In the 79th minute, Neşat Ersan hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Köksal Hürkan received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 82nd minute. Burak Özyurt tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Hakan Sarik scored 1-4 in the 83rd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Burak Özyurt, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. After 89 minutes of play, Kurucesme's Emir Toper made it 2-4 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Ferid Mahir was left in no man's land by his defense there! Burak Özyurt went to the wrong direction when Bilge Cumali was taking care of the penalty kick which however missed the goal. In the 99th minute, Kurucesme's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Köksal Hürkan fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post.