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Merzifon
Spectators: 7600 (Terracing: 5700, Seating: 1750, VIP seats: 150) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Fetih Boysan started the match with the kick off. In the 3rd match minute, Mühendisbey was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Mustafa Necati Yürük to maneuver through the defense. In the 7th minute Mühendisbey were awarded a corner. Esat Ayvazoğlu went to the cornerflag to take it. Mühendisbey's Esat Ayvazoğlu was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Igor Haikin in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. Nazım Karahan received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 8th minute. Igor Haikin tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Ahmet Hafiz Akıncıbeyoğlu in the 18th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Igor Haikin saved Merzifon from getting behind. 19 minutes into the match, Merzifon's goal looked a bit too open when Hasret Acunalp came free, but Igor Haikin reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. A sloppy throw-in by Arif Oğuz Yekta in the 26th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Mühendisbey's Esat Ayvazoğlu. 27 minutes into the game, Mühendisbey's Ahmet Hafiz Akıncıbeyoğlu nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Igor Haikin made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. When the match had gone on for 30 minutes, Nazım Karahan put it in 0-2 from a short distance just to the right of Igor Haikin. 33 minutes into the match, Merzifon's goal looked a bit too open when Ahmet Hafiz Akıncıbeyoğlu came free, but Igor Haikin reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 36 minutes into the match, Nazım Karahan notched a goal, 0-3, to the right of Merzifon's Igor Haikin. Igor Haikin was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Nazım Karahan scored 0-4 in the 43rd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Igor Haikin, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Ahmet Hafiz Akıncıbeyoğlu was the one to do the kick off. After a rather tough play, Mühendisbey's Hasret Acunalp got a free kick in the 50th minute. In the 53rd minute Ahmet Hafiz Akıncıbeyoğlu 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. Merzifon's Igor Haikin played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ahmet Hafiz Akıncıbeyoğlu in the 56th minute of play. Ahmet Hafiz Akıncıbeyoğlu sent away a hard shot on goal in the 60th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ahmet Hafiz Akıncıbeyoğlu in the 71st minute of play forced Merzifon's goalkeeper Igor Haikin to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Igor Haikin made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ahmet Hafiz Akıncıbeyoğlu in the 74th minute of play. Björn Gernberg took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Abdulaziz Köksal, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 78th minute, Nazım Karahan left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Mühendisbey fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-5. Igor Haikin showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ahmet Hafiz Akıncıbeyoğlu, who was totally free with the ball in the 83rd minute. Ahmet İlhan Kutlu kicked well hit freekick during the 85th minute of the match. 87 minutes in the game, Ahmet Hafiz Akıncıbeyoğlu fired away an excellent shot, which passed to the side of the right post without Igor Haikin having to interfere. Ekber Oksu was astounded when the referee showed him the red card after a seemingly innocent challenge, 90 minutes into the match. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 89th minute of the game. One of Mühendisbey:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Merzifon:s goal. After 92 minutes of play, Merzifon's Rosen Dal made it 1-5 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Björn Gernberg was left in no man's land by his defense there! Mühendisbey's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.