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Çotanak Arena
Spectators: 7677 (Terracing: 5758, Seating: 1766, VIP seats: 153) Samsunspor's Batı Tunçöven started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Samsunspor's Hulki Tevfik proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 10th minute of the match, managed to save Samsunspor from getting a goal against them. Hulki Tevfik made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ahmet İlhan Sedat in the 20th minute of play. Samsunspor's Hulki Tevfik played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Süruri Tayman in the 22nd minute of play. After a rather tough play, Giresunspor's Süruri Tayman got a free kick in the 23rd minute. 25 minutes into the game, Hernani Sarmento cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Michael Hegngaard was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. A collision led to Giresunspor getting a freekick after 27 minutes play. Örjan Jonasson hit a great ball. In the 28th minute, Hıdır Erkılınç got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. If Süruri Tayman had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 31st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 44 minutes into the game, Doğaner Niğdeli was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Giresunspor's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Samsunspor the free kick. After a rather tough play, Giresunspor's Doğaner Niğdeli got a free kick in the 44th minute.

Aipytos Houlis might have been able to make a better finish in the 50th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Michael Hegngaard. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Aipytos Houlis ran back to his position shaking his head. An unexpectedly hard shot by Süruri Tayman in the 58th minute of play forced Samsunspor's goalkeeper Hulki Tevfik to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Hulki Tevfik showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Süruri Tayman in the 60th minute of the match. Batı Tunçöven's late challenge caught a Giresunspor's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Batı Tunçöven helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, Samsunspor's Batı Tunçöven got a free kick in the 64th minute. In the 68th minute Ahmet İlhan Sedat shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Hulki Tevfik saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 72 minutes into the match, Samsunspor's goal looked a bit too open when Örjan Jonasson came free, but Hulki Tevfik reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. A collision led to Samsunspor getting a freekick after 76 minutes play. Onur Ali Heybetli hit a great ball. In the 76th minute, Türker Türkoğlu ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Hulki Tevfik was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-1. In the 79thth minute of the game Hernani Sarmento who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Giresunspor's Michael Hegngaard was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 85th minute, Hıdır Erkılınç hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 88 minutes into the match, Samsunspor's goal looked a bit too open when Süruri Tayman came free, but Hulki Tevfik reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Cui Jun Qi could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 91st minute of the match, but Michael Hegngaard made a huge save. Michael Hegngaard made an important save on a dangerous shot by Cui Jun Qi in the 91st minute. Örjan Jonasson's late challenge caught a Samsunspor's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Örjan Jonasson helped the player get up and apologised. In the 95th minute, Örjan Jonasson hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The teams fought very hard right up to the final whistle. Both sets of players were happy to go away with a draw.