League Play-Off

Refahiye
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Vatan Hiçsönmez started the match with the kick off. Refahiye SK were furious when Necip Sağıt was red carded, 3 minutes into the game, but the referee dismissed their protests. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 3rd minute of the game. One of Refahiye SK:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Sindirgi SK:s goal. In the 8th minute, Vatan Hiçsönmez ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Melik Özbekkan was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. When the match had gone on for 16 minutes, Vatan Hiçsönmez put it in 0-2 from a short distance just to the right of Melik Özbekkan. After having played for 19 minutes, Manole Buciuceanu managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Refahiye SK's supporters crossed their fingers, but Manole Buciuceanu was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 24th minute, Necat İklim got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Muharrem Ersever was out of position in the 28 minute of play, and Bayhan Şahinkan capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Bayhan Şahinkan really showed his touch with that goal: 1-2. Melik Özbekkan showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Sarp Malgır in the 32nd minute of the match. Manole Buciuceanu kicked well hit freekick during the 34th minute of the match. Muharrem Ersever was a little too slow when Necat İklim got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 36th minute. The score was now 2-2. Manole Buciuceanu received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 40th minute. Muharrem Ersever tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 44 minutes into the game, Necat İklim was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Refahiye SK's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Sindirgi SK the free kick. Necat İklim kicked well hit freekick during the 44th minute of the match. Necat İklim fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 47th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Muharrem Ersever having to interfere. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

The wind increased when Manole Buciuceanu made the kick off in the second half. Manole Buciuceanu took the ball and in the 52 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Muharrem Ersever. Muharrem Ersever dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 3-2. After a rather tough play, Sindirgi SK's Ali Ömer Ceylan got a free kick in the 55th minute. Manole Buciuceanu recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 57th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Refahiye SK's defense didn't have a chance, in the 59th minute, when Sarp Malgır scored to the left of an out of position Melik Özbekkan, making the score, 3-3. Sindirgi SK's Songur Oyman shoveled away a really nice long shot in the 63rd minute of play. The shot was stopped by Melik Özbekkan but with some difficulty. In the 66th minute, Sindirgi SK's Sarp Malgır dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 3-4. Manole Buciuceanu received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 71st minute. Muharrem Ersever tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Refahiye SK's Abdurrahman Üstün got a good chance for a goal in the 73rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. If Sarp Malgır had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 75th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. The supporters of Sindirgi SK booed when Refahiye SK was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 75 match minutes in a wonderful position. Bayhan Şahinkan didn't get a good kick on the ball. Melik Özbekkan made an important save on a dangerous shot by Sarp Malgır in the 79th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sarp Malgır in the 81st minute of play forced Refahiye SK's goalkeeper Melik Özbekkan to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Melik Özbekkan didn't succeed in stopping the ball in the 82nd minute, which inside left pole to 3-5. Muharrem Ersever didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Manole Buciuceanu went, in the 85th minute, to the upper right corner, 4-5 was the resulting score. In the 89th minute Vatan Hiçsönmez shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Melik Özbekkan saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The crowd rose to their feet as Vatan Hiçsönmez kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Melik Özbekkan. That made the score 4-6 in the 93 minute of play.