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Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Dinçer Akbaba made the kick off which started today's match. Yusuf Bahadır Tancan took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Bircan Saffet, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Orbay Salikbey's late challenge caught a KAYA FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Orbay Salikbey helped the player get up and apologised. After 4 played minutes FC KOZAN got a freekick which was hit by Orbay Salikbey. Hasan Ali Doğanay hit a great freekick 11 minutes into the match. Erdoğan Ümran showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Işıkalp Baytüzün in the 12th minute of the match. Yusuf Bahadır Tancan stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Bircan Saffet's shot from short distance in the 13th minute. Yusuf Bahadır Tancan made an important save on a dangerous shot by Öztürk Hepyener in the 15th minute. Bircan Saffet sent away a hard shot on goal in the 16th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Öztürk Hepyener who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 18thth minute tested the skills of Yusuf Bahadır Tancan when he managed to save the team from getting behind. In the 20th minute, Tolunay Yurday 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. After 21 played minutes FC KOZAN got a freekick which was hit by Barlas Şanalp. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ahmet Göktuğ Demiray in the 23rd minute of play forced KAYA FC's goalkeeper Erdoğan Ümran to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Erdoğan Ümran showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Işıkalp Baytüzün, who was totally free with the ball in the 24th minute. FC KOZAN's Yusuf Bahadır Tancan played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Bircan Saffet in the 25th minute of play. KAYA FC's Bircan Saffet got a good chance for a goal in the 27th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. A collision led to FC KOZAN getting a freekick after 31 minutes play. Dinçer Akbaba hit a great ball. Musa Polatkan kicked well hit freekick during the 32nd minute of the match. Bircan Saffet sent away a hard shot on goal in the 38th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. A collision led to FC KOZAN getting a freekick after 39 minutes play. Musa Polatkan hit a great ball. İbrahim Ethem Tanbay fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 41st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Yusuf Bahadır Tancan having to interfere. In the 45th minute, Dinçer Akbaba ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Erdoğan Ümran was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-1 lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Öztürk Hepyener stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. The audience was convinced that Öztürk Hepyener's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Yusuf Bahadır Tancan was relentless in the 54th minute of the game. 55 minutes into the game, KAYA FC's Tolunay Yurday nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Yusuf Bahadır Tancan made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-1. When Öztürk Hepyener came up free with the goalie in the 59th minute, the KAYA FC 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 Öztürk Hepyener couldn't finish the play. A collision led to FC KOZAN getting a freekick after 61 minutes play. Orbay Salikbey hit a great ball. Öztürk Hepyener received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 63rd minute. Yusuf Bahadır Tancan tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Özgün Irmak hit a great freekick 64 minutes into the match. Bircan Saffet received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 66th minute. Yusuf Bahadır Tancan tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. If Öztürk Hepyener had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 70th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 71st match minute, FC KOZAN was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Barlas Şanalp to maneuver through the defense. In the 75th minute, Hasan Ali Doğanay 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. KAYA FC's İbrahim Ethem Tanbay got a good chance for a goal in the 77th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 81st match minute, KAYA FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Bircan Saffet to maneuver through the defense. In the 86th minute, Öztürk Hepyener left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The KAYA FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-1. With a little luck, KAYA FC's Erdoğan Ümran got control of the ball when Işıkalp Baytüzün tried to sneak it across the goal line. After 93 played minutes FC KOZAN got a freekick which was hit by Orbay Salikbey. After 94 played minutes KAYA FC got a freekick which was hit by Ogün Torlak. Yusuf Bahadır Tancan took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Öztürk Hepyener, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. There was no doubt that KAYA FC were the better team. KAYA FC's players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.