League Play-Off

Karatay Stadium
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) After 8 minutes, Aşkın Durusoy mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Eldivan SK and the Karatay FK players grew even worse after the yellow card. Karatay FK's Edip Akçalı got a good chance for a goal in the 14th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Azim Kazanhan charged in rather forcefully in the 15th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Azim Kazanhan the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. 15 minutes into the game, one of Eldivan SK:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. When Karatay FK's Peker Kazanhan in the 20th minute got a chance for a shot 20th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Eldivan SK's goalie prevented a goal. In the 22nd minute, Edip Akçalı hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When Peker Kazanhan came up free with the goalie in the 26th minute, the Karatay FK fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Peker Kazanhan couldn't finish the play. Edip Akçalı received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 27th minute. Fırat Çağan tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Azim Kazanhan kicked well hit freekick during the 28th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, Karatay FK's Reşit Aktay got a free kick in the 32nd minute. After recieving a nice pass, Eldivan SK's Azim Kazanhan tried to score from far away in the 33rd minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. Aşkın Durusoy fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 36th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Alim Oyhan having to interfere. Eldivan SK's Fırat Çağan proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 41st minute of the match, managed to save Eldivan SK from getting a goal against them. 42 minutes into the match, Karatay FK's goal looked a bit too open when Aşkın Durusoy came free, but Alim Oyhan reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 1-0 at half-time.

An unexpectedly hard shot by Mehmet Fatih Şahsuvar in the 55th minute of play forced Karatay FK's goalkeeper Alim Oyhan to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Cemal Utku charged in rather forcefully in the 58th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Cemal Utku the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The supporters of Karatay FK booed when Eldivan SK was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 59 match minutes in a wonderful position. Cemal Utku didn't get a good kick on the ball. Peker Kazanhan fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 67th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Fırat Çağan having to interfere. After having played for 74 minutes, Peker Kazanhan managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Karatay FK's supporters crossed their fingers, but Peker Kazanhan was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. 80 minutes into the game, Aşkın Durusoy cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-1. Alim Oyhan was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Peker Kazanhan in the 83rd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Fırat Çağan prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Fırat Çağan showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Peker Kazanhan, who was totally free with the ball in the 85th minute. When the match clock showed 86 minutes, the score became 2-1 when Edip Akçalı sped through Eldivan SK's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Fırat Çağan. Reşit Aktay kicked well hit freekick during the 94th minute of the match. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. Karatay FK had won after a very even match.