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Edirnekapi
Spectators: 6739 (Terracing: 5739, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Güneş Sarıkaya kicked off to start the match. Yücel Payidar's late challenge caught a Edirnekapi's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Yücel Payidar helped the player get up and apologised. Yücel Payidar hit a great freekick 4 minutes into the match. İlker Muhtar took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 5th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Bora Han Tenzil. ankaragüçü's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. In the 9th match minute, ankaragüçü was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Hacı Hidayettin to maneuver through the defense. After 10 minutes, Mehmet Fatih Murtaza mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the ankaragüçü and the Edirnekapi players grew even worse after the yellow card. The supporters of Edirnekapi booed when ankaragüçü was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 11 match minutes in a wonderful position. Mehmet Fatih Murtaza didn't get a good kick on the ball. Edirnekapi's Zülfikar Aydoğdu got a good chance for a goal in the 13th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After 17 played minutes ankaragüçü got a freekick which was hit by Acar Akkın. In the 20th minute Mehmet Fatih Murtaza shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Artem Kovtun saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After a defensive mix-up in Edirnekapi's zone, Kudret Özcan stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Artem Kovtun came out of the goal and Kudret Özcan tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Artem Kovtun took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Mehmet Fatih Murtaza, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Artem Kovtun made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Mehmet Fatih Murtaza in the 28th minute of play. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Hakkı Deniz Ak during the 30th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After a rather tough play, Edirnekapi's Hakkı Deniz Ak got a free kick in the 30th minute. When Edirnekapi's Zülfikar Aydoğdu in the 35th minute got a chance for a shot 35th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye ankaragüçü's goalie prevented a goal. İshak Hamurcuoğlu charged in rather forcefully in the 35th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed İshak Hamurcuoğlu the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Bora Han Tenzil showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Zülfikar Aydoğdu in the 37th minute of the match. 37 minutes into the game, one of Edirnekapi:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. In the 40th minute there was a penalty for ankaragüçü. Acar Akkın stepped forward and shot the ball to the right of a diving Artem Kovtun. 0-1. After the first half ankaragüçü were leading 0-1. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Mehmet Fatih Murtaza to make the kick off. Mehmet Fatih Murtaza received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 55th minute. Artem Kovtun tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 56 played minutes Kudret Özcan rounded Edirnekapi's defense and shot a beautiful shot into goal via left pole - 0-2. After 62 played minutes Edirnekapi got a freekick which was hit by Ege Kunter. With his leg Artem Kovtun managed to avoid a goal in the 63rdth minute, when ankaragüçü's Mehmet Fatih Murtaza fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. If Güneş Sarıkaya had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 68th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The throw-in from İshak Hamurcuoğlu in the 71st minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Edirnekapi's Güneş Sarıkaya. When Mehmet Fatih Murtaza came up free with the goalie in the 72nd minute, the ankaragüçü 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 Mehmet Fatih Murtaza couldn't finish the play. Mehmet Fatih Murtaza could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 75th minute of the match, but Artem Kovtun made a huge save. A throw-in in the 79th minute of the game was made by İshak Hamurcuoğlu with Mehmet Fatih Murtaza as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. If Ferhan Taşgan had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 87th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Edirnekapi's Artem Kovtun played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Mehmet Fatih Murtaza in the 90th minute of play. ankaragüçü's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.