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Gürbüz Niğde Stadium
Spectators: 7467 (Terracing: 5601, Seating: 1717, VIP seats: 149) Güzelyali SK's Orçun Pekol 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. Gürbüz Niğde FK's attentive Gao Yuan Song managed to snatch the ball when Osman Ali Altunışık made a throw-in in the 6th minute of the game. The supporters of Gürbüz Niğde FK booed when Güzelyali SK was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 7 match minutes in a wonderful position. Fehmi Ehil didn't get a good kick on the ball. After recieving a nice pass, Gürbüz Niğde FK's Naike Arizabalo tried to score from far away in the 7th minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. An unexpectedly hard shot by Orçun Pekol in the 10th minute of play forced Gürbüz Niğde FK's goalkeeper Gürhan Songurhan to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Gürhan Songurhan showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Orçun Pekol, who was totally free with the ball in the 15th minute. Gürhan Songurhan made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Doğaner Şirvan in the 21st minute of play. Gürhan Songurhan took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Orçun Pekol, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After some careless play in the Gürbüz Niğde FK defense, Doğaner Şirvan kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Gürhan Songurhan. The Gürbüz Niğde FK fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Gürhan Songurhan should have stopped the shot. After a rather tough play, Gürbüz Niğde FK's Naike Arizabalo got a free kick in the 35th minute. 36 minutes into the match, Orçun Pekol had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Gürhan Songurhan. Gürbüz Niğde FK's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Orçun Pekol was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-2. After a rather tough play, Gürbüz Niğde FK's Gao Yuan Song got a free kick in the 41st minute. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-2.

Naike Arizabalo received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 52nd minute. Uğurcan Rafih tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When Doğaner Şirvan came up free with the goalie in the 53rd minute, the Güzelyali SK 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 Doğaner Şirvan couldn't finish the play. In the 54th minute, Cenan Cerme hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When the match had been going on for 59 minutes, Güzelyali SK's İlhan Hikmettin got an opportunity to shoot a penalty. He stayed cool and waited for the goalkeeper to move, before he confidently shot the ball into the goal, to the left of Gürhan Songurhan. After some fancy dribbling in the 62nd minute, Doğaner Şirvan managed to get in a good position for a shot. Güzelyali SK's supporters rose to their feet, but Doğaner Şirvan was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Gürhan Songurhan breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Orçun Pekol in the 66th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Gürhan Songurhan prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Gürhan Songurhan took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Orçun Pekol, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Güney Gökçek could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 77th minute of the match, but Gürhan Songurhan made a huge save. Derya Baysungur fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 80th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Gürhan Songurhan having to interfere. 81 minutes into the game, Gao Yuan Song was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Gürbüz Niğde FK's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Güzelyali SK the free kick. After 81 played minutes Gürbüz Niğde FK got a freekick which was hit by Gao Yuan Song. After 83 minutes of play, Güzelyali SK's Doğaner Şirvan made it 0-4 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Gürhan Songurhan was left in no man's land by his defense there! Gürbüz Niğde FK's attentive Gao Yuan Song managed to snatch the ball when Osman Ali Altunışık made a throw-in in the 88th minute of the game. In a very dangerous position, a player in Gürbüz Niğde FK fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 91st minute. Penalty! Gürhan Songurhan made an important save on a dangerous shot by Doğaner Şirvan in the 96th minute. The supporters of Güzelyali SK booed when Gürbüz Niğde FK was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 99 match minutes in a wonderful position. Gao Yuan Song didn't get a good kick on the ball. Güzelyali SK were delighted with the way they had won the match. They had held their defensive line well and made the most of their chances, to claim a victory over Gürbüz Niğde FK's much stronger midfield.