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Mirioğlu Arena
Spectators: 7721 (Terracing: 5792, Seating: 1775, VIP seats: 154) ツ✿❦Vumbura Pirates❦✿ツ's Ali Kaan İlighan 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. In the 3rd minute, Abdullah Kayhan hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Joel Frisck kicked well hit freekick during the 5th minute of the match. After some careless play in the ツ✿❦Vumbura Pirates❦✿ツ defense, Joel Frisck kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Ali Faruk Yalazalp. The ツ✿❦Vumbura Pirates❦✿ツ fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Ali Faruk Yalazalp should have stopped the shot. Joel Frisck received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 15th minute. Ali Faruk Yalazalp tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 17 minutes into the match, ツ✿❦Vumbura Pirates❦✿ツ's goal looked a bit too open when Joel Frisck came free, but Ali Faruk Yalazalp reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Ali Faruk Yalazalp showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Osman Nuri Torcan, who was totally free with the ball in the 18th minute. In the 20th minute, Joel Frisck 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. Ali Faruk Yalazalp took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Osman Nuri Torcan, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ertaç Keskiner in the 23rd minute of play forced ツ✿❦Vumbura Pirates❦✿ツ's goalkeeper Ali Faruk Yalazalp to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Ali Faruk Yalazalp stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Joel Frisck's shot from short distance in the 26th minute. After 28 minutes, Sadettin Arman mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Gazi şehir and the ツ✿❦Vumbura Pirates❦✿ツ players grew even worse after the yellow card. The supporters of ツ✿❦Vumbura Pirates❦✿ツ booed when Gazi şehir was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 29 match minutes in a wonderful position. Sadettin Arman didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 31 minutes of play, Gazi şehir's Ertaç Keskiner made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Ali Faruk Yalazalp was left in no man's land by his defense there! Ali Faruk Yalazalp showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Joel Frisck in the 37th minute of the match. In the 40th minute, Ertaç Keskiner left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Gazi şehir fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-3. ツ✿❦Vumbura Pirates❦✿ツ's Ali Faruk Yalazalp played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Joel Frisck in the 43rd minute of play. In the 45th minute Gazi şehir were awarded a corner. Ata Akbaşak went to the cornerflag to take it. Osman Nuri Torcan made a great header on Gazi şehir's corner, it was just that ツ✿❦Vumbura Pirates❦✿ツ's Ali Faruk Yalazalp managed to reach the ball for a save. After 46 minutes of play Gazi şehir's Sadettin Arman was too eager in his attempt to stop his opponent and brought him down. With that he got his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. After 47 played minutes Gazi şehir got a freekick which was hit by Sadettin Arman. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-3 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The wind increased when Ertaç Keskiner made the kick off in the second half. In the 54th minute Yiğit Özdal shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Bedrettin Ongun saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. With a little luck, ツ✿❦Vumbura Pirates❦✿ツ's Ali Faruk Yalazalp got control of the ball when Ertaç Keskiner tried to sneak it across the goal line. Osman Nuri Torcan blasted a shot towards the goal in the 59th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Ali Faruk Yalazalp having to make a save. Ertaç Keskiner's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Ali Faruk Yalazalp read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 61st minute of play. In the 62nd minute of the match Abdullah Kayhan shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Ali Faruk Yalazalp showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Bedrettin Ongun made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Yiğit Özdal in the 63rd minute of play. In the 65th minute Ertaç Keskiner shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ali Faruk Yalazalp saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Gazi şehir's Bedrettin Ongun played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Samim Oğuzhan in the 71st minute of play. If Buğra Kılıçaslan had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 73rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 77th minute, Ertaç Keskiner 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. In the 79th minute Cabbar Türkeş shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Bedrettin Ongun saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When Birkan Vedatoğulları fell near the penalty area in the 79th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Gazi şehir's protests and gave Birkan Vedatoğulları a yellow card for diving instead. After a rather tough play, Gazi şehir's Birkan Vedatoğulları got a free kick in the 79th minute. Bedrettin Ongun took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Yiğit Özdal, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 82ndth minute of the game Ertaç Keskiner who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but ツ✿❦Vumbura Pirates❦✿ツ's Ali Faruk Yalazalp was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 83rd minute of the match Gazi şehir got a corner. ツ✿❦Vumbura Pirates❦✿ツ's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Ata Akbaşak ran over to the corner to take the kick. In the 88th minute, Julian Drab left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The ツ✿❦Vumbura Pirates❦✿ツ fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-3. In the 93rd minute Ali Kaan İlighan shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Bedrettin Ongun saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The Gazi şehir supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing Gazi şehir would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.