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Match Report
Dragon Arena
Spectators: 7171 (Terracing: 5380,
Seating: 1649, VIP seats: 142) Akay Recep made the kick off and thus started the match. Taksim's Sebati Aktaç got a good chance for a goal in the 3rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Nurkan Uslu recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 5th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. After a rather tough play, Taksim's Aygün Akçam got a free kick in the 6th minute. Akay Recep struck a weak shot in the 8th minute. Tayfur Kayhan didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Dragon Arena. Nurkan Uslu received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 20th minute. Tayfur Kayhan tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Tayfur Kayhan made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Akay Recep in the 22nd minute of play. Akay Recep sent away a hard shot on goal in the 23rd minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Akay Recep in the 25th minute of play forced Taksim's goalkeeper Tayfur Kayhan to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Nurkan Uslu had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 28th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Tayfur Kayhan was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Akay Recep showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 1-0 in the 29 minute of play. 32 minutes into the match, Dragon Arena's Akay Recep sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Tayfur Kayhan narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Tayfur Kayhan stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Akay Recep's shot from short distance in the 33rd minute. Tayfur Kayhan made an important save on a dangerous shot by Nurkan Uslu in the 35th minute. Tayfur Kayhan didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Nurkan Uslu went, in the 38th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-0 was the resulting score. After 41 played minutes Taksim got a freekick which was hit by Ahmet Ziya Akalp. In the 45th minute, Nurkan Uslu 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. Tayfur Kayhan made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Akay Recep in the 47th minute of play. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.
The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Aygün Akçam was the one to do the kick off. Berke Müşfik received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 51st minute. Tayfur Kayhan tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Akay Recep fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 53rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Tayfur Kayhan having to interfere. After 56 minutes of play, Dragon Arena's Akay Recep made it 3-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Tayfur Kayhan was left in no man's land by his defense there! If Akay Recep had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 59th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After some careless play in the Taksim defense, Akay Recep kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Tayfur Kayhan. The Taksim fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Tayfur Kayhan should have stopped the shot. Nurkan Uslu received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 78th minute. Tayfur Kayhan tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Sebati Aktaç hit a great freekick 79 minutes into the match. The Dragon Arena fans' excitement grew in the 83rd match minute when Dragon Arena's Akay Recep looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 5-0 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. In the 87th minute Akay Recep shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Tayfur Kayhan saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Tayfur Kayhan showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Akay Recep, who was totally free with the ball in the 91st minute. Tayfur Kayhan didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Berke Müşfik went, in the 93rd minute, to the upper right corner, 6-0 was the resulting score. When Nurkan Uslu came up free with the goalie in the 97th minute, the Dragon Arena 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 Nurkan Uslu couldn't finish the play. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. Dragon Arena fully deserved thier win.
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