League

Ali Sami Yen Arena
Spectators: 7714 (Terracing: 5787, Seating: 1774, VIP seats: 153) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Koppány Danka started the match with the kick off. In the 8th minute, Gafur Kızıl hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Saverio Urquijo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Menderes Memduh, who was totally free with the ball in the 9th minute. 14 minutes into the match, Artvin's goal looked a bit too open when Kostas Stathakos came free, but Dilmen Berksoy reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 16 minutes, Kieron Polla mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the DMR Futbol AŞ and the Artvin players grew even worse after the yellow card. Kieron Polla hit a great freekick 16 minutes into the match. 17 minutes into the match, Artvin's goal looked a bit too open when Kostas Stathakos came free, but Dilmen Berksoy reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. A collision led to Artvin getting a freekick after 18 minutes play. Ceyhun Uzcan hit a great ball. DMR Futbol AŞ's Saverio Urquijo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Menderes Memduh in the 21st minute of play. After 24 played minutes Artvin got a freekick which was hit by Bernard Budrewicz. The crowd rose to their feet as Baykam Atlıhan kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Dilmen Berksoy. That made the score 1-0 in the 26 minute of play. After some fancy dribbling in the 30th minute, Ufuk Aygüneş managed to get in a good position for a shot. DMR Futbol AŞ's supporters rose to their feet, but Ufuk Aygüneş was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Dilmen Berksoy breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 32nd minute the ball was on its way in behind Artvin's goalkeeper Dilmen Berksoy, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. After 32 minutes of play, DMR Futbol AŞ's Ufuk Aygüneş made it 2-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Dilmen Berksoy was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 38th minute of the match DMR Futbol AŞ got a corner. Artvin's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Ufuk Aygüneş ran over to the corner to take the kick. A well done corner resulted in Gafur Kızıl drilling the ball in to score 3-0 behind Artvin's goalkeeper. An unexpectedly hard shot by Kostas Stathakos in the 41st minute of play forced Artvin's goalkeeper Dilmen Berksoy to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 41 minutes, Kostas Stathakos made it 4-0 with a short kick to the right side. Artvin's Dilmen Berksoy tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Özden Malgır's late challenge caught a Artvin's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Özden Malgır helped the player get up and apologised. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

After 51 played minutes Artvin got a freekick which was hit by Angelo Alveal. Kostas Stathakos received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 54th minute. Dilmen Berksoy tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 56 minutes into the match, Baykam Atlıhan notched a goal, 5-0, to the right of Artvin's Dilmen Berksoy. Dilmen Berksoy was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. DMR Futbol AŞ's Kostas Stathakos got a good chance for a goal in the 59th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Dilmen Berksoy didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Kostas Stathakos went, in the 63rd minute, to the upper right corner, 6-0 was the resulting score. The supporters of Artvin booed when DMR Futbol AŞ was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 66 match minutes in a wonderful position. Jan-Arne Sara didn't get a good kick on the ball. Dilmen Berksoy took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Kostas Stathakos, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 70th minute of the match DMR Futbol AŞ got a corner. Artvin's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Ufuk Aygüneş ran over to the corner to take the kick. After taking down the ball on DMR Futbol AŞ's corner Ufuk Aygüneş fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Dilmen Berksoy quite easily take care of the ball. The supporters of Artvin booed when DMR Futbol AŞ was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 71 match minutes in a wonderful position. Jan-Arne Sara didn't get a good kick on the ball. Dilmen Berksoy showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Baykam Atlıhan in the 74th minute of the match. 78 minutes into the match, Artvin's goal looked a bit too open when Baykam Atlıhan came free, but Dilmen Berksoy reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 79 minutes into the match, Baykam Atlıhan had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Dilmen Berksoy. Artvin's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Baykam Atlıhan was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 8-0. After a defensive mix-up in Artvin's zone, Kostas Stathakos stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Dilmen Berksoy came out of the goal and Kostas Stathakos tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. The referee gave DMR Futbol AŞ a penalty, 95 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Ufuk Aygüneş, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of Artvin's Dilmen Berksoy. 9-0. For all the effort they put into the match, the Artvin players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for DMR Futbol AŞ.