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Tiberias Arena
Spectators: 7762 (Terracing: 5823, Seating: 1785, VIP seats: 154) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Fetih Boysan kicked off to start the match. 3 minutes into the match, Merzifon's goalkeeper Igor Haikin had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Yıldıray İlkser. In the 4th minute, Yıldıray İlkser ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Igor Haikin was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-0. After some fancy dribbling in the 8th minute, Çağlar Akdamar managed to get in a good position for a shot. Tiberias's supporters rose to their feet, but Çağlar Akdamar was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Igor Haikin breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. If Abdulaziz Köksal had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 10th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 11 minutes into the match, Tiberias's Yıldıray İlkser sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Igor Haikin narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Yıldıray İlksers short, quick shot in the 13thth minute got Igor Haikin to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. After 14 minutes, Tekin Özkul mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Merzifon and the Tiberias players grew even worse after the yellow card. Tekin Özkul kicked well hit freekick during the 14th minute of the match. 16 minutes had been played when some careless play by Merzifon's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Yıldıray İlkser was slow to take the kick. During this time Tiberias's players had a chance to rest. The corner ended in Yıldıray İlkser almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Merzifon's Igor Haikin did a great save. Thanks to some nice moves Ivan Austin could shoot a difficult shot in the 17th minute, which Igor Haikin however easily saved by the left post. Rosen Dal made in the 20th minute of the game a quick throw-in and Ragıp Ilıca immediately put the ball in play. After a defensive mix-up in Merzifon's zone, Yıldıray İlkser stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Igor Haikin came out of the goal and Yıldıray İlkser tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. If Abdulaziz Köksal had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 26th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Çağlar Akdamar took the ball and in the 28 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Igor Haikin. Igor Haikin dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-0. Yıldıray İlkser could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 32nd minute of the match, but Igor Haikin made a huge save. In the 32nd minute, Yıldıray İlkser reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Igor Haikin. The goal made the score 3-0. Yıldıray İlkser did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 4-0 to the left of a surprised Igor Haikin 35 minutes into the match. In the 38th minute Çağlar Akdamar shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Igor Haikin saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Yıldıray İlkser's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Igor Haikin firmly grabbed it by the left post. Rosen Dal made in the 41st minute of the game a quick throw-in and Rosen Dal immediately put the ball in play. After 42 played minutes Merzifon got a freekick which was hit by Talat Sayhan. Igor Haikin was a little too slow when Yıldıray İlkser got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 44th minute. The score was now 5-0. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 5-0 at half-time.

Yıldıray İlkser fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 52nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Igor Haikin having to interfere. If Yıldıray İlkser had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 54th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 58 minutes into the game, Abdulaziz Köksal was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Merzifon's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Tiberias the free kick. A collision led to Merzifon getting a freekick after 58 minutes play. Abdulaziz Köksal hit a great ball. Igor Haikin took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Yıldıray İlkser, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 66th minute the ball was on its way in behind Merzifon's goalkeeper Igor Haikin, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Igor Haikin didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Tiberias's Yıldıray İlkser shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 6-0 in the ordered_time% minute. Arda Ozan Özalpman received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 73rd minute. Igor Haikin tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 7-0 became the score in the 77th minute when Çağlar Akdamar elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. In the 81st minute, Tekin Özkul hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 82 minutes into the game, Çağlar Akdamar cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 8-0. Igor Haikin was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. 85 minutes into the match, Tiberias's Yıldıray İlkser sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Igor Haikin narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 87th minute, Arda Ozan Özalpman left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Tiberias fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 9-0. Igor Haikin made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Yıldıray İlkser in the 91st minute of play. The throw-in from Rosen Dal in the 93rd minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Tiberias's Joni Yudhistira. Yıldıray İlkser took the ball and in the 94 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Igor Haikin. Igor Haikin dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 10-0.