League Play-Off

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Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) İstanbul United's Teoman Yordam 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. After some careless play in the İstanbul United defense, Balaban Üzer kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Alim Hitit. The İstanbul United fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Alim Hitit should have stopped the shot. Alim Hitit made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Balaban Üzer in the 12th minute of play. Teoman Yordams short, quick shot in the 14thth minute got Raşit Laçin to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. If Mahsun Durak had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 15th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. If Teoman Yordam had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 17th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. With his leg Raşit Laçin managed to avoid a goal in the 22ndth minute, when İstanbul United's Teoman Yordam fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Raşit Laçin made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Göksun Toregün in the 25th minute of play. In a very dangerous position, a player in ◄▌TürkGücü▐► fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 26th minute. Penalty! Göksun Toregün sent away a hard shot on goal in the 34th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Teoman Yordam fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 36th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Raşit Laçin having to interfere. When Andaç Irgat fell near the penalty area in the 37th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored ◄▌TürkGücü▐►'s protests and gave Andaç Irgat a yellow card for diving instead. Göksun Toregün blasted a shot towards the goal in the 40th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Raşit Laçin having to make a save. Teoman Yordam received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Raşit Laçin came out and tried to block the shot, but Teoman Yordam slotted it home off the left post making it 2-1 in the 40th minute. Alim Hitit showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Nihat Doğanten in the 45th minute of the match. With his leg Raşit Laçin managed to avoid a goal in the 46thth minute, when İstanbul United's Teoman Yordam fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-1. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

Raşit Laçin showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Teoman Yordam, who was totally free with the ball in the 58th minute. Mahsun Durak fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 59th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Raşit Laçin having to interfere. Raşit Laçin took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Teoman Yordam, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Teoman Yordam sent away a hard shot on goal in the 66th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. After a rather tough play, ◄▌TürkGücü▐►'s Balaban Üzer got a free kick in the 69th minute. The İstanbul United fans' excitement grew in the 72nd match minute when İstanbul United's Teoman Yordam looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 3-2 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. In the 80th minute, Nihat Doğanten left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The ◄▌TürkGücü▐► fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-3. After having played for 85 minutes, Sakut Seyidhan managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. ◄▌TürkGücü▐►'s supporters crossed their fingers, but Sakut Seyidhan was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Alim Hitit was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Balaban Üzer showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 3-4 in the 87 minute of play. After a defensive mix-up in ◄▌TürkGücü▐►'s zone, Serhat Yankı stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Raşit Laçin came out of the goal and Serhat Yankı tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Teoman Yordam fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 92nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Raşit Laçin having to interfere. In the 96th minute Kasım Mahşer shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Raşit Laçin saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Serhat Yankı in the 97th minute of play forced ◄▌TürkGücü▐►'s goalkeeper Raşit Laçin to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The İstanbul United manager could be seen shouting at his players as they walked down the tunnel after the match. He was clearly angry that they had squandered their superior possession, allowing ◄▌TürkGücü▐► to win.