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Derinkuyu Stadium
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Mehmet Anıl Talayman made the kick off which started today's match. In the 6th minute, Tokat Spor's Halit Hattat seemed to kick out at an opponent. The referee saw this and, surprisingly, showed Halit Hattat the red card, dismissing him from the pitch. The coaching staff of Tokat Spor protested bitterly, but the referee would have none of it, and Halit Hattat had no choice but to slowly walk off the pitch. In a very dangerous position, a player in Tokat Spor fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 5th minute. Penalty! The goalkeeper, Ersan Kutsan, was totally fooled by Derinkuyu JK's Seyhan Rikap, who 7 minutes into the game made a penalty shot that went in on the goalkeeper's left side. Ersan Kutsan was a little too slow when Ekber Sözen got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 12th minute. The score was now 2-0. 18 minutes into the match, Tokat Spor's goal looked a bit too open when Mehmet Anıl Talayman came free, but Ersan Kutsan reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 18th match minute, Tokat Spor was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Gencay Yöner to maneuver through the defense. The crowd rose to their feet as Derinkuyu JK's Buğrahan Canbolat slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Ersan Kutsan. That made the score 3-0 after 23 minutes of play. In the 28th minute, Arif Buğra Orgun left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Derinkuyu JK fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 4-0. Ersan Kutsan made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Mehmet Anıl Talayman in the 31st minute of play. 33 minutes into the match, Tokat Spor's goalkeeper Ersan Kutsan had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Ekber Sözen. 37 minutes into the match, Ekber Sözen notched a goal, 5-0, to the right of Tokat Spor's Ersan Kutsan. Ersan Kutsan was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Ersan Kutsan took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Mehmet Anıl Talayman, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Ersan Kutsan showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mehmet Anıl Talayman in the 45th minute of the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Arif Buğra Orgun got free with Ersan Kutsan in the 46th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 5-0 at half-time.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Cuma Yurtseven stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. After 51 played minutes Tokat Spor got a freekick which was hit by Gencay Yöner. After some careless play in the Tokat Spor defense, Seyhan Rikap kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Ersan Kutsan. The Tokat Spor fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Ersan Kutsan should have stopped the shot. Ersan Kutsan showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ekber Sözen in the 56th minute of the match. Kaptan Seri's late challenge caught a Derinkuyu JK's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Kaptan Seri helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of Derinkuyu JK booed when Tokat Spor was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 58 match minutes in a wonderful position. Kaptan Seri didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 58 played minutes Derinkuyu JK got a freekick which was hit by Battal Gazi Çavas. When Cuma Yurtseven came up free with the goalie in the 60th minute, the Tokat Spor 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 Cuma Yurtseven couldn't finish the play. In the 62nd minute the ball was on its way in behind Derinkuyu JK's goalkeeper Cengizhan Tümkan, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Ekber Sözen hit a great freekick 66 minutes into the match. The supporters of Tokat Spor booed when Derinkuyu JK was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 67 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ekber Sözen didn't get a good kick on the ball. Derinkuyu JK's Buğrahan Canbolat got a good chance for a goal in the 72nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After 73 minutes, Battal Gazi Çavas mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Derinkuyu JK and the Tokat Spor players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 74th minute, Battal Gazi Çavas hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After some careless play in the Tokat Spor defense, Arif Buğra Orgun kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Ersan Kutsan. The Tokat Spor fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Ersan Kutsan should have stopped the shot. Derinkuyu JK's Battal Gazi Çavas got his second yellow card of the match in the 80th minute. The referee ordered Battal Gazi Çavas off the ground. Battal Gazi Çavas kicked well hit freekick during the 81st minute of the match. Ekber Sözen fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 83rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ersan Kutsan having to interfere. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Ekber Sözen in the 86th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Ersan Kutsan prevented the ball from getting in the gole. An unexpectedly hard shot by Arif Buğra Orgun in the 87th minute of play forced Tokat Spor's goalkeeper Ersan Kutsan to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 90th minute, Arif Buğra Orgun managed to get in a good position for a shot. Derinkuyu JK's supporters rose to their feet, but Arif Buğra Orgun was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Ersan Kutsan breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. After some fancy dribbling in the 94th minute, Arif Buğra Orgun managed to get in a good position for a shot. Derinkuyu JK's supporters rose to their feet, but Arif Buğra Orgun was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Ersan Kutsan breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Derinkuyu JK's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.