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Match Report
Galatasaray
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000,
Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Semavi Özalpsan started the match with the kick off. Galatasaray's Sertaç Serhun played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Semavi Özalpsan in the 5th minute of play. Kirecburnu's Yasin Erdesir proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 9th minute of the match, managed to save Kirecburnu from getting a goal against them. Semavi Özalpsan sent away a hard shot on goal in the 10th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 12 minutes into the match, Galatasaray's goal looked a bit too open when Semavi Özalpsan came free, but Sertaç Serhun reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Abdullatif Ergül kicked well hit freekick during the 14th minute of the match. Nejat Uysal could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 16th minute of the match, but Yasin Erdesir made a huge save. Sertaç Serhun showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Mehmet Ferit Öktuna, who was totally free with the ball in the 17th minute. The supporters of Kirecburnu booed when Galatasaray was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 18 match minutes in a wonderful position. Gazi Parshan didn't get a good kick on the ball. When Semavi Özalpsan came up free with the goalie in the 20th minute, the Kirecburnu 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 Semavi Özalpsan couldn't finish the play. When Mehmet Ferit Öktuna came up free with the goalie in the 24th minute, the Kirecburnu 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 Mehmet Ferit Öktuna couldn't finish the play. 27 minutes had been played when some careless play by Kirecburnu's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Erkut Yaves was slow to take the kick. During this time Galatasaray's players had a chance to rest. A nice corner shot did that Erkut Yaves got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Yasin Erdesir quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. When the match had gone on for 29 minutes, Tayyip Hakyemez took a quick shot and it went in 1-0 without a chance for Yasin Erdesir to make any attempt to save it. After some careless play in the Galatasaray defense, Semavi Özalpsan kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Sertaç Serhun. The Galatasaray fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Sertaç Serhun should have stopped the shot. In the 39th minute, Mehmet Ferit Öktuna 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. 43 minutes into the game, Kirecburnu's Semavi Özalpsan nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Sertaç Serhun made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-2. Aydın Kumanbay hit a great freekick 47 minutes into the match. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 1-2 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.
When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Akil Ülken made a kick off. A collision led to Galatasaray getting a freekick after 53 minutes play. Yüce Akdoğan hit a great ball. When Gazi Parshan fell near the penalty area in the 57th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Galatasaray's protests and gave Gazi Parshan a yellow card for diving instead. In the 57th minute, Gazi Parshan hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 60 minutes of play, Kirecburnu's Mehmet Ferit Öktuna made it 1-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Sertaç Serhun was left in no man's land by his defense there! When Nejat Uysal came up free with the goalie in the 64th minute, the Galatasaray 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 Nejat Uysal couldn't finish the play. Yasin Erdesir took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Nejat Uysal, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The crowd rose to their feet as Kirecburnu's Semavi Özalpsan slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Sertaç Serhun. That made the score 1-4 after 71 minutes of play. After 74 minutes of play, Kirecburnu's Mehmet Ferit Öktuna made it 1-5 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Sertaç Serhun was left in no man's land by his defense there! Nejat Uysal hit a great freekick 78 minutes into the match. Sertaç Serhun made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Mehmet Ferit Öktuna in the 80th minute of play. Galatasaray's Gazi Parshan got a good chance for a goal in the 82nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After a rather tough play, Galatasaray's Gazi Parshan got a free kick in the 85th minute. After some fancy dribbling in the 88th minute, Mehmet Ferit Öktuna managed to get in a good position for a shot. Kirecburnu's supporters rose to their feet, but Mehmet Ferit Öktuna was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Sertaç Serhun breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. After some fancy dribbling in the 91st minute, Uğur Salim managed to get in a good position for a shot. Kirecburnu's supporters rose to their feet, but Uğur Salim was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Sertaç Serhun breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. When the match was over Kirecburnu could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Galatasaray throughout the match.
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