League Play-Off

Arac Stadium
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. Aldo Joey started the match with the kick off. Aygün Tokcan's late challenge caught a Arac's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Aygün Tokcan helped the player get up and apologised. In the 2nd match minute, Bursaspor16 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Aygün Tokcan to maneuver through the defense. Gürol Hamurcu showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ateş Bayraktar in the 8th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ahmet Vefik Çokay in the 11th minute of play forced Arac's goalkeeper Gürol Hamurcu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Andrzej Kosel 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 14 minutes of play, Arac's Andrzej Kosel made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Göksel Uçkun was left in no man's land by his defense there! An unexpectedly hard shot by Ateş Bayraktar in the 18th minute of play forced Arac's goalkeeper Gürol Hamurcu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Aldo Joey had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 23rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. With 26 minutes on the clock, Gilbert Ludwa commited a dangerous tackle. The referee had no choice but to show him the red card. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 25th minute of the game. One of Arac:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Bursaspor16:s goal. In the 27th minute there was a penalty for Bursaspor16. Bahri Peker stepped forward and shot the ball to the right of a diving Gürol Hamurcu. 1-1. Gürol Hamurcu showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ateş Bayraktar, who was totally free with the ball in the 31st minute. A collision led to Bursaspor16 getting a freekick after 32 minutes play. Bahri Peker hit a great ball. Andrzej Kosel received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 35th minute. Göksel Uçkun tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Barbaros Ünlüer could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 37th minute of the match, but Göksel Uçkun made a huge save. Andrzej Kosel could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 39th minute of the match, but Göksel Uçkun made a huge save. With a little luck, Bursaspor16's Göksel Uçkun got control of the ball when Andrzej Kosel tried to sneak it across the goal line. Gürol Hamurcu didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Vahit Günaydın went, in the 43rd minute, to the upper right corner, 1-2 was the resulting score. The crowd rose to their feet as Andrzej Kosel kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Göksel Uçkun. That made the score 2-2 in the 46 minute of play. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Vahit Günaydın stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Kandemir Umar kicked well hit freekick during the 52nd minute of the match. Göksel Uçkun came out of the goal in the 66th minute to try and stop a shot by Arac's Andrzej Kosel. But to his dismay, Andrzej Kosel quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 3-3. In the 71st minute, Andrzej Kosel 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. An unexpectedly hard shot by Aygün Tokcan in the 79th minute of play forced Arac's goalkeeper Gürol Hamurcu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 80th minute Mecnun Bican shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gürol Hamurcu saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The supporters of Bursaspor16 booed when Arac was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 87 match minutes in a wonderful position. Andrzej Kosel didn't get a good kick on the ball. Gürol Hamurcu showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Vahit Günaydın, who was totally free with the ball in the 89th minute. After 92 minutes of play, Bursaspor16's Sezen Hallaç made it 3-5 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Gürol Hamurcu was left in no man's land by his defense there! Andrzej Kosel fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 96th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Göksel Uçkun having to interfere. The Bursaspor16 players were relieved to hear the final whistle blow to end the match. The away crowd was happy to see their team win after a very tight game.