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Nida Home
Spectators: 7266 (Terracing: 5400, Seating: 1766, VIP seats: 100) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Utku Başesgi got the match started through his kick off. After 3 minutes, Tuncay Sahir mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the NidaHome and the gaziantep players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to NidaHome getting a freekick after 3 minutes play. Tuncay Sahir hit a great ball. Douglas Steenbecks didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Leo Coello went, in the 5th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. A collision led to gaziantep getting a freekick after 8 minutes play. Arda Göksel Arslanoğlu hit a great ball. Douglas Steenbecks made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Leo Coello in the 13th minute of play. The supporters of NidaHome booed when gaziantep was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 17 match minutes in a wonderful position. Halit Fahri İltay didn't get a good kick on the ball. Utku Başesgi could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 18th minute of the match, but Ivan Aanicăi made a huge save. 25 minutes into the match, Qi Xiao Kun notched a goal, 1-1, to the right of gaziantep's Ivan Aanicăi. Ivan Aanicăi was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 29th minute, Leo Coello hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 34 minutes into the match, Utku Başesgi had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Ivan Aanicăi. gaziantep's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Utku Başesgi was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-1. After a rather tough play, gaziantep's Sezgin Ruzi got a free kick in the 37th minute. NidaHome's Fevzi Taybars couldn't find anyone to pass the ball to, so he shot a long shot towards the goal in the 38th minute. The shot went wide which resulted in a goal kick for gaziantep. Yaman Uluman succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 3-1 in the 42nd playminute. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 3-1 at half-time.

The wind increased when Kacper Ruszkowski made the kick off in the second half. If Halit Fahri İltay had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 56th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Douglas Steenbecks showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Kacper Ruszkowski, who was totally free with the ball in the 59th minute. 62 minutes into the game, Ahmet Boran Cuma was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. gaziantep's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave NidaHome the free kick. In the 63rd match minute, gaziantep was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ahmet Boran Cuma to maneuver through the defense. Ivan Aanicăi stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Utku Başesgi's shot from short distance in the 64th minute. In the 67th minute of the match, Kacper Ruszkowski tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Douglas Steenbecks saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. The long shot by Aggelos Moustogiannis in the 69th minute really tested Douglas Steenbecks's skills. The ball was on its way into the goal to the left of him when he managed to stretch himself and save the shot and avoid a goal. Douglas Steenbecks was out of position in the 70 minute of play, and Kacper Ruszkowski capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Kacper Ruszkowski really showed his touch with that goal: 3-2. In the 74th play minute Ahmet Boran Cuma came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Douglas Steenbecks. 3-3. A collision led to gaziantep getting a freekick after 77 minutes play. Ahmet Boran Cuma hit a great ball. Ivan Aanicăi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Qi Xiao Kun in the 79th minute of the match. Douglas Steenbecks showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Kacper Ruszkowski, who was totally free with the ball in the 80th minute. In the 85th minute, Halit Fahri İltay hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. gaziantep's Ivan Aanicăi played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Tuncay Sahir in the 88th minute of play. After 91 played minutes gaziantep got a freekick which was hit by Kacper Ruszkowski. In the 94th minute, Kacper Ruszkowski reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Douglas Steenbecks. The goal made the score 3-4. An unexpectedly hard shot by Utku Başesgi in the 98th minute of play forced gaziantep's goalkeeper Ivan Aanicăi to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched gaziantep eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.