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Spectators: 9212 (Terracing: 6911, Seating: 2118, VIP seats: 183) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Damiano Santagata started the match with the kick off. B⚽st⚽n Celtics-Palestine's Peker Baycan proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 3rd minute of the match, managed to save B⚽st⚽n Celtics-Palestine from getting a goal against them. The audience thought a goal was coming when Lenny Verheijden got free with Peker Baycan in the 5th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The crowd rose to their feet as Damiano Santagata kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Peker Baycan. That made the score 1-0 in the 7 minute of play. Peker Baycan took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Damiano Santagata, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When Alparslan Sabancı fell near the penalty area in the 12th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored B⚽st⚽n Celtics-Palestine's protests and gave Alparslan Sabancı a yellow card for diving instead. The supporters of Eşeği Saldım Çayıra booed when B⚽st⚽n Celtics-Palestine was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 12 match minutes in a wonderful position. Alparslan Sabancı didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 17th minute of the match Eşeği Saldım Çayıra got a corner. B⚽st⚽n Celtics-Palestine's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Yavuz Balabanov ran over to the corner to take the kick. After taking down the ball on Eşeği Saldım Çayıra's corner Yavuz Balabanov fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Peker Baycan quite easily take care of the ball. Alparslan Sabancı made in the 19th minute of the game a quick throw-in and Eser Dede immediately put the ball in play. In the 21st minute Damiano Santagata shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Peker Baycan saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 22 minutes had been played when some careless play by B⚽st⚽n Celtics-Palestine's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Yavuz Balabanov was slow to take the kick. During this time Eşeği Saldım Çayıra's players had a chance to rest. The corner led Eşeği Saldım Çayıra's Yavuz Balabanov to fire away a dangerous shot which Peker Baycan despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. Damiano Santagata fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 24th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Peker Baycan having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Nurtekin Merdan in the 26th minute of play forced Eşeği Saldım Çayıra's goalkeeper Nando Muslera to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Damiano Santagata had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 27th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. In the 27th minute Damiano Santagata shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Peker Baycan saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 28 minutes into the match, B⚽st⚽n Celtics-Palestine's goal looked a bit too open when Damiano Santagata came free, but Peker Baycan reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Damiano Santagata might have been able to make a better finish in the 31st minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Peker Baycan. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Damiano Santagata ran back to his position shaking his head. Peker Baycan made an important save on a dangerous shot by Damiano Santagata in the 31st minute. Damiano Santagata might have been able to make a better finish in the 33rd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Peker Baycan. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Damiano Santagata ran back to his position shaking his head. B⚽st⚽n Celtics-Palestine's Peker Baycan proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 33rd minute of the match, managed to save B⚽st⚽n Celtics-Palestine from getting a goal against them. The supporters of Eşeği Saldım Çayıra booed when B⚽st⚽n Celtics-Palestine was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 36 match minutes in a wonderful position. Alparslan Sabancı didn't get a good kick on the ball. The Eşeği Saldım Çayıra fans' excitement grew in the 38th match minute when Eşeği Saldım Çayıra's Damiano Santagata looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 2-0 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. After some fancy dribbling in the 47th minute, Damiano Santagata managed to get in a good position for a shot. Eşeği Saldım Çayıra's supporters rose to their feet, but Damiano Santagata was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Peker Baycan breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Aybek Selil made a kick off. If Damiano Santagata had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 54th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 56th minute, Damiano Santagata made a precise shot to the right of Peker Baycan. B⚽st⚽n Celtics-Palestine's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 3-0. After some fancy dribbling in the 59th minute, Ivo Van haeck managed to get in a good position for a shot. Eşeği Saldım Çayıra's supporters rose to their feet, but Ivo Van haeck was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Peker Baycan breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Damiano Santagata blasted a shot towards the goal in the 66th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Peker Baycan having to make a save. 68 minutes into the game, Eşeği Saldım Çayıra's Damiano Santagata nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Peker Baycan made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 4-0. Eşeği Saldım Çayıra's Güney Olcay was substituted for Lenny Verheijden. Eşeği Saldım Çayıra made a substitution. Mario Zapata replaced Damiano Santagata. Mario Zapata scored 5-0 in the 72nd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Peker Baycan, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mario Zapata in the 75th minute of play forced B⚽st⚽n Celtics-Palestine's goalkeeper Peker Baycan to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 78th minute, Mario Zapata 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. Peker Baycan didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Mario Zapata went, in the 80th minute, to the upper right corner, 6-0 was the resulting score. Eşeği Saldım Çayıra were furious when Rios Segarra was red carded, 87 minutes into the game, but the referee dismissed their protests. 91 minutes into the game, Eşeği Saldım Çayıra's Mario Zapata nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Peker Baycan made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 7-1. When the match clock showed 94 minutes, the score became 8-1 when Mario Zapata sped through B⚽st⚽n Celtics-Palestine's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Peker Baycan. If Mario Zapata had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 98th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. 98 minutes into the match, B⚽st⚽n Celtics-Palestine's goal looked a bit too open when Mario Zapata came free, but Peker Baycan reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Eşeği Saldım Çayıra's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.