League

Zafer Arena
Spectators: 6441 (Terracing: 5441, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Tevfik Adaş made the kick off which started today's match. In the 8th minute, Çelikan Yazgı hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 9th minute of the match Orhan Seyfi Sanal sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Şahin Kutsan skillfully saved the ball. Bican Okanalp scored 0-1 in the 14th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Şahin Kutsan, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tevfik Adaş in the 18th minute of play forced Zaferspor's goalkeeper Şahin Kutsan to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After having played for 19 minutes, Tevfik Adaş managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. ÖZBEŞLER's supporters crossed their fingers, but Tevfik Adaş was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 21st minute Bican Okanalp shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Şahin Kutsan saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Özbek Tokuztuğ's late challenge caught a Zaferspor's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Özbek Tokuztuğ helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of Zaferspor booed when ÖZBEŞLER was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 25 match minutes in a wonderful position. Özbek Tokuztuğ didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 26 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for ÖZBEŞLER! The goalkeeper, Doğan Buğrahan, was totally fooled by Zaferspor's Serter Hamurcu, who 28 minutes into the game made a penalty shot that went in on the goalkeeper's left side. In the 33rd minute Tevfik Adaş shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Şahin Kutsan saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 34th minute Tevfik Adaş shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Şahin Kutsan saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Bican Okanalp's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Şahin Kutsan read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 35th minute of play. Tevfik Adaş might have been able to make a better finish in the 37th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Şahin Kutsan. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Tevfik Adaş ran back to his position shaking his head. 47 minutes into the match, Zaferspor's goal looked a bit too open when Bican Okanalp came free, but Şahin Kutsan reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Besim Boyraz to make the kick off. If Kaptan Mevlit had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 64th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Besim Boyraz fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 66th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Doğan Buğrahan having to interfere. 73 minutes into the match, Zaferspor's goalkeeper Şahin Kutsan had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Özbek Tokuztuğ. Tevfik Adaş received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 76th minute. Şahin Kutsan tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 81st minute of the match Zaferspor got a corner. ÖZBEŞLER's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Serter Hamurcu ran over to the corner to take the kick. The corner went over the outstretched arms of ÖZBEŞLER's goalie and right to Afşin Arman. He fired away a shot at goal, but the shot had too much spin, and it went just outside the goal. ÖZBEŞLER's manager breathed a sigh of relief on the sidelines as his team had managed to escape an almost certain goal. When the match had gone on for 85 minutes, Besim Boyraz put it in 2-1 from a short distance just to the right of Doğan Buğrahan. In the 89th minute, Besim Boyraz 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. ÖZBEŞLER's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.