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ZENO ARENA
Spectators: 8020 (Terracing: 6017, Seating: 1844, VIP seats: 159) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Ahmet Vefik Yaltıray took the kick off in the first half of the match. ZENO's Franz Kafka played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Roberto Dinamite in the 3rd minute of play. Franz Kafka showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ahmet Vefik Yaltıray in the 4th minute of the match. The audience was convinced that Baskın Üstünbay's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Eriberto Dias was relentless in the 8th minute of the game. 11 minutes into the match, Yelken Spor's goal looked a bit too open when Özgür Dilan came free, but Eriberto Dias reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 12th minute Hilmi Tuğalp shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Franz Kafka saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Franz Kafka showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ahmet Vefik Yaltıray in the 14th minute of the match. Franz Kafka showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Hilmi Tuğalp, who was totally free with the ball in the 19th minute. 21 minutes into the match, ZENO's goal looked a bit too open when Ahmet Vefik Yaltıray came free, but Franz Kafka reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 22nd minute of the match Yelken Spor got a corner. ZENO's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Santiago Serna ran over to the corner to take the kick. The corner led Yelken Spor's Santiago Serna to fire away a dangerous shot which Franz Kafka despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. Eriberto Dias showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Atabek Oyhan in the 24th minute of the match. After 25 played minutes ZENO got a freekick which was hit by Mikail Afacan. When Ahmet Vefik Yaltıray came up free with the goalie in the 26th minute, the Yelken Spor fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Ahmet Vefik Yaltıray couldn't finish the play. After some careless play in the Yelken Spor defense, Paulo Coelho kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Eriberto Dias. The Yelken Spor fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Eriberto Dias should have stopped the shot. Paulo Coelho's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Eriberto Dias read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 32nd minute of play. 37 minutes into the match, Yelken Spor's Roberto Dinamite sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Franz Kafka narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Eriberto Dias was out of position in the 39 minute of play, and Paulo Coelho capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Paulo Coelho really showed his touch with that goal: 2-0. In the 45th minute, Bünyamin Tanbey hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 45 minutes into the match, Yelken Spor's goalkeeper Eriberto Dias had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Paulo Coelho. Franz Kafka showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ahmet Vefik Yaltıray, who was totally free with the ball in the 47th minute.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Paulo Coelho to make the kick off. Baskın Üstünbay kicked well hit freekick during the 54th minute of the match. Franz Kafka made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ahmet Vefik Yaltıray in the 56th minute of play. 56 minutes into the match, ZENO's goalkeeper Franz Kafka had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Roberto Dinamite. When Yelken Spor's Ahmet Vefik Yaltıray in the 56th minute got a chance for a shot 56th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye ZENO's goalie prevented a goal. Franz Kafka showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ahmet Vefik Yaltıray in the 58th minute of the match. Yelken Spor's Ahmet Vefik Yaltıray was standing unmarked in front of the goal when he, in the 58th play minute, got the ball and easily drilled it into the goal. Roberto Dinamite sent away a hard shot on goal in the 60th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. A collision led to ZENO getting a freekick after 68 minutes play. Mikail Afacan hit a great ball. If Ahmet Vefik Yaltıray had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 70th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Franz Kafka showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ahmet Vefik Yaltıray in the 70th minute of the match. In the 72nd minute Paulo Coelho shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Eriberto Dias saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 74th minute, Hilmi Tuğalp ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Franz Kafka was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-2. Franz Kafka stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Ahmet Vefik Yaltıray's shot from short distance in the 76th minute. When Kadir Tümay fell near the penalty area in the 77th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored ZENO's protests and gave Kadir Tümay a yellow card for diving instead. After some careless play in the ZENO defense, Ahmet Vefik Yaltıray kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Franz Kafka. The ZENO fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Franz Kafka should have stopped the shot. In the 86th match minute, Yelken Spor was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Bünyamin Tanbey to maneuver through the defense. The supporters of ZENO booed when Yelken Spor was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 87 match minutes in a wonderful position. Bünyamin Tanbey didn't get a good kick on the ball. After having played for 88 minutes, Paulo Coelho managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. ZENO's supporters crossed their fingers, but Paulo Coelho was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Paulo Coelho in the 92nd minute of play forced Yelken Spor's goalkeeper Eriberto Dias to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Peyami Erdönmez's late challenge caught a Yelken Spor's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Peyami Erdönmez helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of Yelken Spor booed when ZENO was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 93 match minutes in a wonderful position. Peyami Erdönmez didn't get a good kick on the ball. 94 minutes into the match, Bünyamin Tanbey sent off a long shot that looked like it was going straight into the goal, but because Franz Kafka threw himself in his full length he managed to grip the ball by the left post, and there was no goal for Bünyamin Tanbey this time. Yelken Spor's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.