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Taksim
Spectators: 7450 (Terracing: 5664, Seating: 1736, VIP seats: 50) Taksim's Hikmet Saatçi 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 a rather tough play, Taksim's Başar Urkan got a free kick in the 6th minute. Ünsal Gökkır showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Akay Çakır, who was totally free with the ball in the 7th minute. If Tansu Saip had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 11th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. When Akay Çakır came up free with the goalie in the 12th minute, the FC Steadly 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 Akay Çakır couldn't finish the play. Rosendo Txeru made an important save on a dangerous shot by Gazanfer Özcan Soysaltürk in the 14th minute. Remzi Oğuztan sent away a hard shot on goal in the 17th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Akay Çakır sent away a hard shot on goal in the 19th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After a rather tough play, FC Steadly's Orhan Lütfi got a free kick in the 23rd minute. Ünsal Gökkır showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Akay Çakır, who was totally free with the ball in the 27th minute. 28 minutes into the match, Akay Çakır had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Ünsal Gökkır. Taksim's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Akay Çakır was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. After a rather tough play, FC Steadly's Tansu Saip got a free kick in the 32nd minute. 40 minutes into the match, FC Steadly's Akay Çakır sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Ünsal Gökkır narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Ömer Rıza Yetik blasted a shot towards the goal in the 43rd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Ünsal Gökkır having to make a save. When the match had gone on for 44 minutes, Tansu Saip put it in 0-2 from a short distance just to the right of Ünsal Gökkır. Ömer Rıza Yetik scored 0-3 in the 48th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Ünsal Gökkır, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. The Taksim players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. FC Steadly were winning 0-3.

A collision led to FC Steadly getting a freekick after 55 minutes play. Ömer Rıza Yetik hit a great ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 57th minute, Remzi Oğuztan managed to get in a good position for a shot. FC Steadly's supporters rose to their feet, but Remzi Oğuztan was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Ünsal Gökkır breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. When the match had gone on for 71 minutes, Tansu Saip put it in 0-4 from a short distance just to the right of Ünsal Gökkır. With his leg Ünsal Gökkır managed to avoid a goal in the 75thth minute, when FC Steadly's Akay Çakır fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. İzzettin Beybolat hit a great freekick 75 minutes into the match. After 81 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Taksim! The goalkeeper, Ünsal Gökkır, was totally fooled by FC Steadly's Akay Çakır, who 83 minutes into the game made a penalty shot that went in on the goalkeeper's left side. FC Steadly's Rosendo Txeru played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gazanfer Özcan Soysaltürk in the 88th minute of play. When Bayındır Şahinter came up free with the goalie in the 89th minute, the Taksim 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 Bayındır Şahinter couldn't finish the play. Akay Çakır's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 93rdth minute, Ünsal Gökkır skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. After a defensive mix-up in Taksim's zone, Tansu Saip stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Ünsal Gökkır came out of the goal and Tansu Saip tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 100th minute Gazanfer Özcan Soysaltürk shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Rosendo Txeru saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. FC Steadly's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.