League

Horoz Arena
Spectators: 7664 (Terracing: 5749, Seating: 1762, VIP seats: 153) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Mehmet Emre Ayalp got the match started through his kick off. Altindag's Necdet Gökdoğan suffered a sore foot after 3 minutes and couldn't finish the game. Hazar Kayaalp's late challenge caught a Altindag's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Hazar Kayaalp helped the player get up and apologised. Hazar Kayaalp kicked well hit freekick during the 4th minute of the match. After 6 minutes, Abdi Verim mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Altindag and the Denizli United players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to Altindag getting a freekick after 8 minutes play. Abdi Verim hit a great ball. In the 11th minute, Berat Ilgınlı hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Mehmet Emre Ayalp fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 15th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Kadir Salim having to interfere. Ali Nabi Hürsel struck a weak shot in the 21st minute. Kadir Salim didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Denizli United. If Hazar Kayaalp had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 25th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Lütfi Tanacan fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 27th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Kadir Salim having to interfere. Lütfi Tanacan fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 29th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Kadir Salim having to interfere. In the 33rd minute, Hazar Kayaalp left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Denizli United fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-0. In the 38th match minute, Denizli United was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ali Nabi Hürsel to maneuver through the defense. When Abdi Verim was, once again, overly rough in his play he received his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. 42 minutes had been played. In the 43rd minute, Abdi Verim hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Denizli United's Mehmet Emre Ayalp got a good chance for a goal in the 44th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Kadir Salim showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Hazar Kayaalp in the 46th minute of the match. Af the end of the first half the score was 1-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by İsmet Hidayet during the 62nd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After a rather tough play, Denizli United's İsmet Hidayet got a free kick in the 62nd minute. In the 67th minute Mehmet Emre Ayalp shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Kadir Salim saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Niko Klöck made a fantastic save in the 72nd minute, when Olcay Orkun Şahabeddin sent off a good shot on target. Hazar Kayaalp was shown his second yellow card after 73 minutes, following a rather ugly tackle on opponent. That was the end of his participation in the match. In the 74th match minute, Denizli United was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Hazar Kayaalp to maneuver through the defense. Ali Hamza Kadem received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 77th minute. Niko Klöck tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Niko Klöck made a fantastic save in the 79th minute, when Selman Fırat sent off a good shot on target. Selman Fırat struck a weak shot in the 83rd minute. Niko Klöck didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Altindag. After a defensive mix-up in Denizli United's zone, Cumali Derdiyok stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Niko Klöck came out of the goal and Cumali Derdiyok tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Ali Nabi Hürsel charged in rather forcefully in the 86th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Ali Nabi Hürsel the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 86th minute, Ali Nabi Hürsel hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Selman Fırat's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Niko Klöck firmly grabbed it by the left post. Denizli United's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.