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Sapanca Stadyumu
Spectators: 7386 (Terracing: 5761, Seating: 1575, VIP seats: 50) Imperio Safávida's Hasan Güzir 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. After 3 minutes of play, Sapanca FK's Nicolas Anelka made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Erasmo França was left in no man's land by his defense there! 11 minutes into the match, Imperio Safávida's goalkeeper Erasmo França had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Nicolas Anelka. Nicolas Anelka could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 11th minute of the match, but Erasmo França made a huge save. Reese Barclay showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Hasan Güzir in the 15th minute of the match. Reese Barclay made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Hasan Güzir in the 17th minute of play. When Imperio Safávida's Ömer Afacan in the 20th minute got a chance for a shot 20th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Sapanca FK's goalie prevented a goal. When the match had gone on for 20 minutes, Ömer Afacan put it in 1-1 from a short distance just to the right of Reese Barclay. Ömer Afacan sent away a hard shot on goal in the 24th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Sapanca FK's Reese Barclay played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Hatemi Babaoğlu in the 27th minute of play. In the 28th match minute, Sapanca FK was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Gilbert Czajka to maneuver through the defense. Reese Barclay made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Hasan Güzir in the 31st minute of play. Hatemi Babaoğlu received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 33rd minute. Reese Barclay tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 35 minutes into the match, Ömer Afacan notched a goal, 1-2, to the right of Sapanca FK's Reese Barclay. Reese Barclay was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. After 39 minutes Sapanca FK's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was İslam Kayaer who took care of the corner kick. The audience thought a goal was coming when Nicolas Anelka got free with Erasmo França in the 42nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Reese Barclay didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Hasan Güzir went, in the 43rd minute, to the upper right corner, 1-3 was the resulting score.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Nicolas Anelka stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Imperio Safávida's Erasmo França played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Nicolas Anelka in the 52nd minute of play. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Uluç Onursu during the 53rd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 53rd minute, Uluç Onursu hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Hasan Güzir did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 1-4 to the left of a surprised Reese Barclay 54 minutes into the match. With a little luck, Sapanca FK's Reese Barclay got control of the ball when Hasan Güzir tried to sneak it across the goal line. After a defensive mix-up in Imperio Safávida's zone, Hakan Karabasov stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Erasmo França came out of the goal and Hakan Karabasov tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. 60 minutes into the match, Ricardo Stenshøj had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Erasmo França. Imperio Safávida's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Ricardo Stenshøj was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-4. In the 63rd minute, Kağan Yaybüke hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The audience thought a goal was coming when Hatemi Babaoğlu got free with Reese Barclay in the 66th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The audience thought a goal was coming when Hatemi Babaoğlu got free with Reese Barclay in the 72nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The supporters of Sapanca FK booed when Imperio Safávida was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 74 match minutes in a wonderful position. Hasan Güzir didn't get a good kick on the ball. Imperio Safávida made a substitution. Ahmet Koralp Karabulut replaced Hatemi Babaoğlu. Hasan Güzir did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 2-5 to the left of a surprised Reese Barclay 78 minutes into the match. Hakan Karabasov received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 84th minute. Erasmo França tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Reese Barclay made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ömer Afacan in the 86th minute of play. The supporters of Sapanca FK booed when Imperio Safávida was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 87 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ömer Afacan didn't get a good kick on the ball. The supporters of Imperio Safávida booed when Sapanca FK was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 89 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ricardo Stenshøj didn't get a good kick on the ball. An unexpected shot in the 95th minute by Hasan Güzir got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. The Imperio Safávida supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing Imperio Safávida would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.