League

Gördes
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Şenel Tanaydin took the kick off in the first half of the match. 2 minutes into the match, Menemen's Şenel Tanaydin sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Ayberk Hıfzullah narrowly saved just below the crossbar. When Menemen's Şenel Tanaydin in the 4th minute got a chance for a shot 4th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Gördes's goalie prevented a goal. In the 6th minute of the match Sümer Mukbil sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Ayberk Hıfzullah skillfully saved the ball. After a rather tough play, Menemen's Dorukhan Sabancı got a free kick in the 10th minute. İzzettin Yavuzcan kicked well hit freekick during the 14th minute of the match. After 14 played minutes, Menemen's Sümer Mukbil shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Ayberk Hıfzullah came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Menemen reached it. Ziya Alp was out of position in the 19 minute of play, and Esen Çavlı capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Esen Çavlı really showed his touch with that goal: 1-0. Ayberk Hıfzullah showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Engin Uğursal, who was totally free with the ball in the 22nd minute. Engin Uğursal fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 25th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ayberk Hıfzullah having to interfere. Şenel Tanaydin received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 27th minute. Ayberk Hıfzullah tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Şenel Tanaydin in the 31st minute of play forced Gördes's goalkeeper Ayberk Hıfzullah to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Şenel Tanaydin sent away a hard shot on goal in the 36th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Şenel Tanaydin sent away a hard shot on goal in the 41st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 42nd minute, Engin Uğursal left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Menemen fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-1. The audience was convinced that Şenel Tanaydin's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Ayberk Hıfzullah was relentless in the 47th minute of the game. The score stood at 1-1 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Esen Çavlı stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Ziya Alp took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Esen Çavlı, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. If Esen Çavlı had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 57th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Mustafa Numan Bozkurt kicked well hit freekick during the 59th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, Menemen's Caner İrgun got a free kick in the 60th minute. Gördes's Esen Çavlı got a good chance for a goal in the 66th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Ziya Alp showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Kıvanç Torcan in the 68th minute of the match. 69 minutes into the match, Şenel Tanaydin dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Ayberk Hıfzullah, 1-2. In the 74th minute, Ardahan Torehan hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 78th minute, Esen Çavlı left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Gördes fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-2. A collision led to Menemen getting a freekick after 85 minutes play. Sümer Mukbil hit a great ball. Ziya Alp showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Kıvanç Torcan, who was totally free with the ball in the 86th minute. In the 87th minute, İzzettin Yavuzcan hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 90 played minutes Gördes got a freekick which was hit by Kıraç Resulhan. 93 minutes into the match, Menemen's goal looked a bit too open when Esen Çavlı came free, but Ziya Alp reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Caner İrgun kicked well hit freekick during the 93rd minute of the match. Esen Çavlı scored 3-2 in the 96th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Ziya Alp, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Menemen's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.