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Spectators: 7791 (Terracing: 5844, Seating: 1792, VIP seats: 155) ESKİŞEHİRSPOR's Alican Sungurbay 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, Tayyip Mesut mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the ESKİŞEHİRSPOR and the Gündoğdu players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 4th match minute, ESKİŞEHİRSPOR was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Tayyip Mesut to maneuver through the defense. In the 7th minute Anıl Ozan Tandoğdu shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Okan Akdoğan saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 12 minutes into the match, Korcan Oytunç had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Okan Akdoğan. ESKİŞEHİRSPOR's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Korcan Oytunç was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. Okan Akdoğan showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Anıl Ozan Kayhan, who was totally free with the ball in the 21st minute. 23 minutes had been played when some careless play by Gündoğdu's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Erkan Başok was slow to take the kick. During this time ESKİŞEHİRSPOR's players had a chance to rest. After taking down the ball on ESKİŞEHİRSPOR's corner Erkan Başok fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Suphi Duha quite easily take care of the ball. Korcan Oytunç took the ball and in the 33 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Okan Akdoğan. Okan Akdoğan dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-2. Okan Akdoğan showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Korcan Oytunç, who was totally free with the ball in the 38th minute. Demircan Irmak hit a great freekick 39 minutes into the match. In the 47th minute Anıl Ozan Tandoğdu shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Okan Akdoğan saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-2 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Korcan Oytunç to make the kick off. If Anıl Ozan Tandoğdu had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 52nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After some careless play in the ESKİŞEHİRSPOR defense, Korcan Oytunç kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Okan Akdoğan. The ESKİŞEHİRSPOR fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Okan Akdoğan should have stopped the shot. Anıl Ozan Tandoğdu could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 57th minute of the match, but Okan Akdoğan made a huge save. A hard shot 59 in the game by Korcan Oytunç from a close distance when the talented Okan Akdoğan managed to make a qualified save. ESKİŞEHİRSPOR's players were relieved. In the last second Okan Akdoğan throw himself and got hold of the ball when Korcan Oytunç in the 59thth minute from his position got away a shot towards the right post. In the 68th minute, Battal Özguc hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Korcan Oytunç in the 69thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Okan Akdoğan, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alican Sungurbay in the 71st minute of play forced Gündoğdu's goalkeeper Suphi Duha to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Suphi Duha made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alican Sungurbay in the 74th minute of play. Okan Akdoğan made an important save on a dangerous shot by Anıl Ozan Tandoğdu in the 76th minute. Korcan Oytunç struck a weak shot in the 78th minute. Okan Akdoğan didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Gündoğdu. When Demircan Irmak came up free with the goalie in the 82nd minute, the ESKİŞEHİRSPOR fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Demircan Irmak couldn't finish the play. Sami Işık's late challenge caught a Gündoğdu's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Sami Işık helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to ESKİŞEHİRSPOR getting a freekick after 92 minutes play. Alican Sungurbay hit a great ball. Okan Akdoğan took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Korcan Oytunç, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When the final whistle sounded Gündoğdu left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than ESKİŞEHİRSPOR.