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Gürsel Aksel
Spectators: 7698 (Terracing: 5794, Seating: 1750, VIP seats: 154) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Adriano De Lellis got the match started through his kick off. Rahmi Vala took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Alpay Erenoz, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Rahmi Vala showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Răzvan Antoniu in the 4th minute of the match. Yavuz Selimhan Sağman was astounded when the referee showed him the red card after a seemingly innocent challenge, 6 minutes into the match. When Herbert Okropny came up free with the goalie in the 9th minute, the GÖZTEPE SK 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 Herbert Okropny couldn't finish the play. 14 minutes into the match, Alpay Erenoz had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Rahmi Vala. GÖZTEPE SK's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Alpay Erenoz was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. Alpay Erenoz fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 17th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Rahmi Vala having to interfere. After 19 minutes of play, Osman Paşa's Răzvan Antoniu made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Rahmi Vala was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 21st match minute, GÖZTEPE SK was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Uluç Berkman to maneuver through the defense. 23 minutes into the match, Osman Paşa's goal looked a bit too open when Herbert Okropny came free, but Cirilo Gonchan reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 25 minutes into the match, Osman Paşa's goal looked a bit too open when Iakovos Papadimas came free, but Cirilo Gonchan reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. GÖZTEPE SK's Rahmi Vala played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Yetkiner Atik in the 29th minute of play. In the 29thth minute of the game Yetkiner Atik who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but GÖZTEPE SK's Rahmi Vala was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. With a little luck, Osman Paşa's Cirilo Gonchan got control of the ball when Şükrü Ahıska tried to sneak it across the goal line. Rahmi Vala made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alpay Erenoz in the 32nd minute of play. In the 34th minute Hong Tian Nan shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Rahmi Vala saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Rahmi Vala took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Yetkiner Atik, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Rahmi Vala didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Hong Tian Nan went, in the 44th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-3 was the resulting score. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-3.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Răzvan Antoniu was the one to do the kick off. 51 minutes into the match, GÖZTEPE SK's goal looked a bit too open when Alpay Erenoz came free, but Rahmi Vala reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Rahmi Vala took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Hong Tian Nan, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Rahmi Vala was a little too slow when Hong Tian Nan got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 61st minute. The score was now 0-4. With an all-out effort, Osman Paşa's Rahmi Vala threw himself towards the right post 71 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Hong Tian Nan, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. The audience thought a goal was coming when Alpay Erenoz got free with Rahmi Vala in the 74th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Rahmi Vala made a fantastic save in the 76th minute, when Răzvan Antoniu sent off a good shot on target. In the 79th minute, Osman Paşa's Alpay Erenoz ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Rahmi Vala. Rahmi Vala yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 0-5. Rahmi Vala took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Hong Tian Nan, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Yetkiner Atik in the 87th minute of play forced GÖZTEPE SK's goalkeeper Rahmi Vala to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 93 minutes into the match, GÖZTEPE SK's goal looked a bit too open when Alpay Erenoz came free, but Rahmi Vala reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The Osman Paşa supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing Osman Paşa would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.