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Artvin Stadium
Spectators: 7702 (Terracing: 5819, Seating: 1783, VIP seats: 100) The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Halit Eskicioğlu during the 3rd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 3rd match minute, Artvin was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Halit Eskicioğlu to maneuver through the defense. After having played for 4 minutes, Şeray Ünverdi managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Balabancıkspor's supporters crossed their fingers, but Şeray Ünverdi was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. 5 minutes into the game, Balabancıkspor's Şeray Ünverdi nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Dilmen Berksoy made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. 8 minutes into the match, Şeray Ünverdi 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 Şeray Ünverdi was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-2. The audience was convinced that Şeray Ünverdi's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Dilmen Berksoy was relentless in the 13th minute of the game. After a defensive mix-up in Artvin's zone, Şeray Ünverdi stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Dilmen Berksoy came out of the goal and Şeray Ünverdi tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Gení Cerreri made a fantastic save in the 27th minute, when Koppány Danka sent off a good shot on target. Ceyhun Uzcan could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 30th minute of the match, but Gení Cerreri made a huge save. Dilmen Berksoy stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Şeray Ünverdi's shot from short distance in the 31st minute. When the match had gone on for 34 minutes, Şeray Ünverdi put it in 0-5 from a short distance just to the right of Dilmen Berksoy. Bernard Budrewicz lost his temper 40 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 40th minute of the game. One of Artvin:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Balabancıkspor:s goal. The referee gave Balabancıkspor a penalty, 42 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Asaf Canatan, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of Artvin's Dilmen Berksoy. 0-6. The audience was convinced that Şeray Ünverdi's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Dilmen Berksoy was relentless in the 46th minute of the game. Dilmen Berksoy showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Şeray Ünverdi, who was totally free with the ball in the 48th minute. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-6 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Koppány Danka made a kick off. Şeray Ünverdi received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Dilmen Berksoy came out and tried to block the shot, but Şeray Ünverdi slotted it home off the left post making it 0-7 in the 51st minute. In the 58th 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. Dilmen Berksoy showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Şeray Ünverdi in the 62nd minute of the match. The Balabancıkspor fans' excitement grew in the 66th match minute when Balabancıkspor's Şeray Ünverdi looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 0-8 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. Niki Shentov sent away a hard shot on goal in the 70th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Niki Shentov received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 72nd minute. Gení Cerreri tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After a rather tough play, Artvin's Koppány Danka got a free kick in the 75th minute. Şeray Ünverdi's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 76thth minute, Dilmen Berksoy skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. Dilmen Berksoy took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Şeray Ünverdi, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 79 minutes of play, Balabancıkspor's Şeray Ünverdi made it 0-9 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! After 81 minutes, Gary Lineker mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Artvin and the Balabancıkspor players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 81st minute, Gary Lineker hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 85th minute Menderes Memduh shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gení Cerreri saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Dilmen Berksoy didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Şeray Ünverdi went, in the 86th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-10 was the resulting score. The audience thought a goal was coming when Şeray Ünverdi got free with Dilmen Berksoy in the 89th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The audience was convinced that Şeray Ünverdi's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Dilmen Berksoy was relentless in the 91st minute of the game. 94 minutes into the game, Şeray Ünverdi recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Dilmen Berksoy. Şeray Ünverdi showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 0-11. The Artvin fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Balabancıkspor were clearly better and deserved to take the win.