League Play-Off

Özalp
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) Özalp FK's Gökhun Özmut 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. In the 2nd minute, Enis Sezal hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 5th match minute, Özalp FK was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Mustafa Oğuz Sarıdoğan to maneuver through the defense. After some fancy dribbling in the 6th minute, Ercan Vecdi managed to get in a good position for a shot. Espiye SK's supporters rose to their feet, but Ercan Vecdi was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Kamber Uludoğan breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 9th minute of the match Tarkan Nadir sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Kamber Uludoğan skillfully saved the ball. Olcay Orkun Özkut hit a great freekick 12 minutes into the match. In the 13th minute of the match Tarkan Nadir sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Kamber Uludoğan skillfully saved the ball. 21 minutes into the match, Özalp FK's Rüknettin Bozkaya sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that İbrahim Oktan narrowly saved just below the crossbar. 26 minutes into the match, Seyfi Topuz had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Kamber Uludoğan. Özalp FK's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Seyfi Topuz was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. Kamber Uludoğan showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ercan Vecdi, who was totally free with the ball in the 28th minute. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Haşim Kutalp during the 31st minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 30th minute, one of Özalp FK:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Özalp FK. In the 32nd minute there was a penalty for Espiye SK. Tarkan Nadir stepped forward and shot the ball to the right of a diving Kamber Uludoğan. 0-2. The referee felt a red card was in order, 35 minutes into the game, when Erman Onbulak put in a rough tackle. 34 minutes into the game, one of Özalp FK:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. Özalp FK:s Kamber Uludoğan showed great skill when he stopped Tarkan Nadir:s penalty. Kamber Uludoğan came out of the goal in the 37th minute to try and stop a shot by Espiye SK's Tarkan Nadir. But to his dismay, Tarkan Nadir quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-3. In the 40th match minute, Espiye SK was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ercan Vecdi to maneuver through the defense. The supporters of Özalp FK booed when Espiye SK was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 41 match minutes in a wonderful position. Duman Kutunalp didn't get a good kick on the ball.

Hayyam Sezen's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Kamber Uludoğan firmly grabbed it by the left post. In the 59th minute, Olcay Orkun Özkut hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 61st minute of the match Tarkan Nadir shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Kamber Uludoğan showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Rüknettin Bozkaya in the 63rd minute of play forced Espiye SK's goalkeeper İbrahim Oktan to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Efekan Cesimi during the 66th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 66th match minute, Özalp FK was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Efekan Cesimi to maneuver through the defense. After 68 played minutes Özalp FK got a freekick which was hit by Gökhun Özmut. In the 72nd minute Rüknettin Bozkaya shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but İbrahim Oktan saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. İbrahim Oktan didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Rüknettin Bozkaya went, in the 75th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-3 was the resulting score. When Gökhun Özmut fell near the penalty area in the 85th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Özalp FK's protests and gave Gökhun Özmut a yellow card for diving instead. Kamber Uludoğan made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Seyfi Topuz in the 90th minute of play. When the final whistle sounded Espiye SK left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Özalp FK.