League Play-Off

Hüseyin Avni Aker
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Haşmet Tanırer got the match started through his kick off. In the 12th minute Ergün Sümer shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ertuğrul Demir saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Haşmet Tanırer sent away a hard shot on goal in the 13th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Efekan Toker received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 15th minute. Çağdaş Tuğtekin tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When the match had gone on for 19 minutes, Haşmet Tanırer put it in 1-0 from a short distance just to the right of Çağdaş Tuğtekin. ArtukSpor's Çağdaş Tuğtekin played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Efekan Toker in the 23rd minute of play. 25 minutes into the match, TrabzonSpor's goal looked a bit too open when Bayram Akçakoca came free, but Ertuğrul Demir reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Efekan Toker recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 32nd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. After a rather tough play, ArtukSpor's Vecdet Üner got a free kick in the 35th minute. After some careless play in the ArtukSpor defense, Haşmet Tanırer kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Çağdaş Tuğtekin. The ArtukSpor fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Çağdaş Tuğtekin should have stopped the shot. 42 minutes into the match, ArtukSpor's goal looked a bit too open when Efekan Toker came free, but Çağdaş Tuğtekin reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Ergün Sümer stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Vecdet Üner tried to clear up in front of the goal, but didn't succeed and rather the ball rolled into the own goal to the right of a despaired Çağdaş Tuğtekin. An unnecessary self made goal, 3-0 in the 54th minute. In the 59th minute, Efekan Toker 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. Fikri Sururi's late challenge caught a TrabzonSpor's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Fikri Sururi helped the player get up and apologised. Fikri Sururi kicked well hit freekick during the 61st minute of the match. Haşmet Tanırer received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 61st minute. Çağdaş Tuğtekin tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 63rd match minute, ArtukSpor was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Andaç Şafak to maneuver through the defense. Çağdaş Tuğtekin showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Yaman Darga in the 64th minute of the match. ArtukSpor's Çağdaş Tuğtekin played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Efekan Toker in the 65th minute of play. Çağdaş Tuğtekin came out of the goal in the 75th minute to try and stop a shot by TrabzonSpor's Efekan Toker. But to his dismay, Efekan Toker quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 4-0. In the 78th minute Haşmet Tanırer shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Çağdaş Tuğtekin saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 80 minutes ArtukSpor's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Yaman Darga who took care of the corner kick. The corner led to TrabzonSpor's Savaşer Yengi getting away a dangerous shot that went just outside the goal. If Haşmet Tanırer had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 86th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 89th minute Haşmet Tanırer shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Çağdaş Tuğtekin saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 91st minute, Efekan Toker 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. After some fancy dribbling in the 98th minute, Haşmet Tanırer managed to get in a good position for a shot. TrabzonSpor's supporters rose to their feet, but Haşmet Tanırer was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Çağdaş Tuğtekin breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. 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. TrabzonSpor fully deserved thier win.