League Play-Off

MALATYA ARENA
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) El Turco's Halit Ziya Bican 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. Halit Ziya Bican took the ball and in the 6 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Enginalp Aydoğan. Enginalp Aydoğan dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-1. Savaşer Elhan sent away a hard shot on goal in the 14th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cenan Okdemir in the 15th minute of play forced El Turco's goalkeeper Erdoğan Karakan to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Işık Saykal lost his temper 16 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. In a very dangerous position, a player in El Turco fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 16th minute. Penalty! When the match had been going on for 19 minutes, MALATYASPOR's Burhanettin Yalçınkaya got an opportunity to shoot a penalty. He stayed cool and waited for the goalkeeper to move, before he confidently shot the ball into the goal, to the left of Erdoğan Karakan. When MALATYASPOR's Cenan Okdemir in the 27th minute got a chance for a shot 27th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye El Turco's goalie prevented a goal. The supporters of MALATYASPOR booed when El Turco was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 28 match minutes in a wonderful position. Orkun Vaha didn't get a good kick on the ball. Cenan Okdemir sent away a hard shot on goal in the 30th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Tanju Sebat's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 32ndth minute, Erdoğan Karakan skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. Tanju Sebats short, quick shot in the 34thth minute got Erdoğan Karakan to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. With a little luck, El Turco's Erdoğan Karakan got control of the ball when Tanju Sebat tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 38th match minute, El Turco was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Bozkurt İhtiyar to maneuver through the defense. Cenan Okdemir received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 40th minute. Erdoğan Karakan tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After some careless play in the El Turco defense, Tanju Sebat kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Erdoğan Karakan. The El Turco fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Erdoğan Karakan should have stopped the shot. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 2-1.

The wind increased when Cenan Okdemir made the kick off in the second half. In the 52nd minute the ball was on its way in behind El Turco's goalkeeper Erdoğan Karakan, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Erdoğan Karakan didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Cenan Okdemir went, in the 56th minute, to the upper right corner, 3-1 was the resulting score. If Cenan Okdemir had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 68th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Cenan Okdemir sent away a hard shot on goal in the 71st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 73 minutes into the match, El Turco's goal looked a bit too open when Cenan Okdemir came free, but Erdoğan Karakan reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. MALATYASPOR's Cenan Okdemir got a good chance for a goal in the 75th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. El Turco's Erdoğan Karakan played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Tanju Sebat in the 83rd minute of play. Erdoğan Karakan made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cenan Okdemir in the 86th minute of play. If Tanju Sebat had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 89th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. El Turco's Erdoğan Karakan played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Namık Başaran in the 92nd minute of play. Tanju Sebat sent away a hard shot on goal in the 96th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. MALATYASPOR fully deserved thier win.