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Antakya
Spectators: 7655 (Terracing: 5743, Seating: 1760, VIP seats: 152) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Mikail Tunçkol took the kick off in the first half of the match. Romel Gómez sent away a hard shot on goal in the 2nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Ali Haydar Yersel took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Sungurbey Üzer, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 5th minute Sungurbey Üzer shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ali Haydar Yersel saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 6th minute, Alptuğ Gencal ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Ali Haydar Yersel was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. İsmail Orhun Özkut received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 9th minute. Ali Haydar Yersel tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Ali Haydar Yersel made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Romel Gómez in the 12th minute of play. AdanaDemirSpor's Ferhat Toran was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Ali Haydar Yersel in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Romel Gómez in the 15th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Ali Haydar Yersel prevented the ball from getting in the gole. After some fancy dribbling in the 20th minute, Şentürk Sehhar managed to get in a good position for a shot. Antakya FK's supporters rose to their feet, but Şentürk Sehhar was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Abbas Acarer breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Ali Haydar Yersel came out of the goal in the 23rd minute to try and stop a shot by AdanaDemirSpor's Romel Gómez. But to his dismay, Romel Gómez quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-3. 29 minutes into the match, Antakya FK's goal looked a bit too open when Romel Gómez came free, but Ali Haydar Yersel reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 35 minutes into the match, Romel Gómez notched a goal, 0-4, to the right of Antakya FK's Ali Haydar Yersel. Ali Haydar Yersel was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Ali Haydar Yersel came out of the goal in the 38th minute to try and stop a shot by AdanaDemirSpor's Romel Gómez. But to his dismay, Romel Gómez quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-5. The supporters of AdanaDemirSpor booed when Antakya FK was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 41 match minutes in a wonderful position. Anıl Baran Lut didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 42 played minutes, AdanaDemirSpor's Romel Gómez shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Ali Haydar Yersel came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in AdanaDemirSpor reached it. AdanaDemirSpor's Romel Gómez got a good chance for a goal in the 44th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After the first half AdanaDemirSpor were leading 0-5. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Romel Gómez made a kick off. The referee felt a red card was in order, 51 minutes into the game, when Oğuzalp Kurman put in a rough tackle. In the 50th minute, one of AdanaDemirSpor:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for AdanaDemirSpor. When Mikail Tunçkol came up free with the goalie in the 55th minute, the Antakya FK 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 Mikail Tunçkol couldn't finish the play. Sungurbey Üzer fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 57th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ali Haydar Yersel having to interfere. In the 59th minute, Ulaş Uzkan hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The supporters of AdanaDemirSpor booed when Antakya FK was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 60 match minutes in a wonderful position. Mehmet Çoğahan didn't get a good kick on the ball. 62 minutes into the match, Mikail Tunçkol notched a goal, 1-5, to the right of AdanaDemirSpor's Abbas Acarer. Abbas Acarer was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. After 65 played minutes Antakya FK got a freekick which was hit by Mustafa Ekrem Sirer. With an all-out effort, AdanaDemirSpor's Ali Haydar Yersel threw himself towards the right post 66 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Sungurbey Üzer, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. When Alptuğ Gencal came up free with the goalie in the 67th minute, the AdanaDemirSpor 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 Alptuğ Gencal couldn't finish the play. Devlet Akkaya's late challenge caught a AdanaDemirSpor's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Devlet Akkaya helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, Antakya FK's Devlet Akkaya got a free kick in the 69th minute. In the 70th minute of the match Romel Gómez shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Ali Haydar Yersel showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Ali Haydar Yersel didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Romel Gómez went, in the 73rd minute, to the upper right corner, 1-6 was the resulting score. Alptuğ Gencal received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Ali Haydar Yersel came out and tried to block the shot, but Alptuğ Gencal slotted it home off the left post making it 1-7 in the 77th minute. Abbas Acarer showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Şentürk Sehhar in the 81st minute of the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Alptuğ Gencal got free with Ali Haydar Yersel in the 84th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Ali Haydar Yersel showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Sungurbey Üzer in the 85th minute of the match. Abbas Acarer made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Şentürk Sehhar in the 91st minute of play. In the 92nd match minute, Antakya FK was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Devlet Akkaya to maneuver through the defense. After a rather tough play, Antakya FK's Mustafa Ekrem Sirer got a free kick in the 93rd minute. Ali Haydar Yersel showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Sungurbey Üzer, who was totally free with the ball in the 96th minute. Romel Gómez scored 1-9 in the 97th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Ali Haydar Yersel, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. The Antakya FK fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. AdanaDemirSpor were clearly better and deserved to take the win.