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KOTYORA
Spectators: 7989 (Terracing: 5993, Seating: 1837, VIP seats: 159) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Qiao Kang kicked off to start the match. KoTyoRa's Mümin Sarıkaya played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Erenay Tetiker in the 7th minute of play. After 7 minutes of play, Jandarma's Erenay Tetiker made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Mümin Sarıkaya was left in no man's land by his defense there! 16 minutes into the match, Qiao Kang had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Mümin Sarıkaya. KoTyoRa's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Qiao Kang was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-2. Mümin Sarıkaya showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Qiao Kang in the 20th minute of the match. Jandarma's Oğuzkan Özkar played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Yan Guo Yang in the 21st minute of play. 23 minutes had been played when some careless play by Jandarma's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Clyde Azzopardi was slow to take the kick. During this time KoTyoRa's players had a chance to rest. A nice corner shot did that Yan Guo Yang got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Oğuzkan Özkar quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Yan Guo Yang scored 1-2 in the 26th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Oğuzkan Özkar, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Mümin Sarıkaya made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Qiao Kang in the 30th minute of play. 30 minutes into the game, Qiao Kang cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-3. Mümin Sarıkaya was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Mümin Sarıkaya made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Erenay Tetiker in the 33rd minute of play. Oğuzkan Özkar made a fantastic save in the 36th minute, when Bilgehan Resai sent off a good shot on target. Yan Guo Yang could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 41st minute of the match, but Oğuzkan Özkar made a huge save. In the 42nd minute, Erenay Tetiker left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Jandarma fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-4. After the first half Jandarma were leading 1-4. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

KoTyoRa's Serhat Sualp was substituted for Yalçın Beksan. The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Seppe van Goetsenhoven stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. The audience was convinced that Seppe van Goetsenhoven's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Oğuzkan Özkar was relentless in the 54th minute of the game. When the match had gone on for 54 minutes, Seppe van Goetsenhoven put it in 2-4 from a short distance just to the right of Oğuzkan Özkar. Oğuzkan Özkar made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Seppe van Goetsenhoven in the 61st minute of play. Oğuzkan Özkar showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Bilgehan Resai in the 62nd minute of the match. Oğuzkan Özkar took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Bilgehan Resai, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Oğuzkan Özkar made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Bilgehan Resai in the 67th minute of play. 70 minutes into the match, Jandarma's goal looked a bit too open when Yan Guo Yang came free, but Oğuzkan Özkar reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Jandarma's Oğuzkan Özkar played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Seppe van Goetsenhoven in the 72nd minute of play. In the 72nd minute, Seppe van Goetsenhoven left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The KoTyoRa fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-4. KoTyoRa's Peyami Mürsel was substituted for Seppe van Goetsenhoven. The supporters of KoTyoRa booed when Jandarma was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 77 match minutes in a wonderful position. Arif Oğuz Parsbay didn't get a good kick on the ball. With a little luck, KoTyoRa's Mümin Sarıkaya got control of the ball when Erenay Tetiker tried to sneak it across the goal line. The crowd rose to their feet as Jandarma's Erenay Tetiker slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Mümin Sarıkaya. That made the score 3-5 after 84 minutes of play. Erenay Tetikers short, quick shot in the 87thth minute got Mümin Sarıkaya to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Jandarma's Mircea Rednic shoveled away a really nice long shot in the 89th minute of play. The shot was stopped by Mümin Sarıkaya but with some difficulty. 91 minutes into the game, Qiao Kang cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 3-6. Mümin Sarıkaya was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Oğuzkan Özkar stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Yan Guo Yang's shot from short distance in the 95th minute. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched Jandarma eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.