League Play-Off

Bolu
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Faruk Karabey got the match started through his kick off. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Demirhan Acarbay during the 3rd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 3rd minute, Demirhan Acarbay hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 4thth minute of the game Arcan Nasreddin who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Bolu JK's Lütfullah Ruçhan was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After 5 played minutes Bolu JK got a freekick which was hit by Mustafa Orhan Safvet. An unexpectedly hard shot by Faruk Karabey in the 8th minute of play forced Niksar's goalkeeper Coşkun Orkutay to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a defensive mix-up in Bolu JK's zone, Arcan Nasreddin stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Lütfullah Ruçhan came out of the goal and Arcan Nasreddin tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. If Soner Bozlak had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 12th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After some careless play in the Bolu JK defense, Arcan Nasreddin kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Lütfullah Ruçhan. The Bolu JK fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Lütfullah Ruçhan should have stopped the shot. An unexpectedly hard shot by Faruk Karabey in the 18th minute of play forced Niksar's goalkeeper Coşkun Orkutay to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Niksar's Coşkun Orkutay played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Serkan Vecdet in the 19th minute of play. Coşkun Orkutay showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Faruk Karabey, who was totally free with the ball in the 22nd minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Soner Bozlak got free with Coşkun Orkutay in the 23rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Lütfullah Ruçhan made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Arcan Nasreddin in the 24th minute of play. In the 32nd minute, Hayyam Mertkan hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. If Orhan Seyfi Seci had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 33rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 39th minute Faruk Karabey shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Coşkun Orkutay saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Coşkun Orkutay made an important save on a dangerous shot by Soner Bozlak in the 40th minute. In the 41st minute Faruk Karabey shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Coşkun Orkutay saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Coşkun Orkutay made a fantastic save in the 45th minute, when Soner Bozlak sent off a good shot on target. After the first half Niksar were leading 0-1. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Orhan Seyfi Seci stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. After a defensive mix-up in Niksar's zone, Faruk Karabey stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Coşkun Orkutay came out of the goal and Faruk Karabey tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. When Demirhan Acarbay was, once again, overly rough in his play he received his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. 57 minutes had been played. After a rather tough play, Bolu JK's Demirhan Acarbay got a free kick in the 57th minute. In the 60th minute of the match Niksar got a corner. Bolu JK's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Doğuhan Özkoc ran over to the corner to take the kick. The corner led Niksar's Doğuhan Özkoc to fire away a dangerous shot which Lütfullah Ruçhan despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. A hard and well directed shot from Doğuhan Özkoc led 60 minutes into the game to a goal after the ball had bounced deceptively just in front of the goal. Bolu JK's Lütfullah Ruçhan became a little unsure and couldn't grip the ball before it was over the goalline. Thus it was 0-2. After a rather tough play, Bolu JK's Arman Yazıcıoğlu got a free kick in the 63rd minute. Doğuhan Özkoc's shot from long distance in the 64th minute was not bad at all, but Bolu JK's Lütfullah Ruçhan knew what was happening and pushed the ball into his arms just before it hit the right post. Arcan Nasreddin in the 79thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Lütfullah Ruçhan, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. After a defensive mix-up in Niksar's zone, Soner Bozlak stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Coşkun Orkutay came out of the goal and Soner Bozlak tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Doğuhan Özkoc was probably a little too eager to shoot when he, in the 87th played minute, shot the ball from way out. The shot was hard, but the ball flew wide of the goal. Arcan Nasreddin received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 89th minute. Lütfullah Ruçhan tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Soner Bozlak might have been able to make a better finish in the 95th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Coşkun Orkutay. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Soner Bozlak ran back to his position shaking his head. Faruk Karabey fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 96th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Coşkun Orkutay having to interfere. Niksar's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.