League Play-Off

fenerbahçe
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) FENERBAHÇE's Ergin Sabancı started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Nejat Alp Soysal sent away a hard shot on goal in the 7th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Galatasaray A.Ş.'s Nejat Alp Soysal got a good chance for a goal in the 9th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 24 minutes into the game, Ergin Sabancı lined in a short shot 1-0 behind a frustrated Erdoğan Akergin. In the 29th match minute, FENERBAHÇE was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ergin Sabancı to maneuver through the defense. The crowd rose to their feet as Ergin Sabancı kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Erdoğan Akergin. That made the score 2-0 in the 38 minute of play. Gani Uslu charged in rather forcefully in the 43rd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Gani Uslu the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The supporters of FENERBAHÇE booed when Galatasaray A.Ş. was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 45 match minutes in a wonderful position. Gani Uslu didn't get a good kick on the ball. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Nejat Alp Soysal to make the kick off. The audience was convinced that Nejat Alp Soysal's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Recep Tezveren was relentless in the 52nd minute of the game. Galatasaray A.Ş.'s attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Lütfi Sadreddin in the 60th minute. In the 67th minute, Nejat Alp Soysal hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 68th minute Eren Sabeddin suffered a knee injury and had to be helped off the field. A collision led to FENERBAHÇE getting a freekick after 70 minutes play. Ergin Sabancı hit a great ball. Ergin Sabancı fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 84th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Erdoğan Akergin having to interfere. FENERBAHÇE were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of Galatasaray A.Ş. for a fine match.