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Beyçayır Stadyum
Spectators: 7256 (Terracing: 5443, Seating: 1669, VIP seats: 144) In the 4th minute Bilal Akağan shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Suphi Balbay saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When Abayhan Akhan fell near the penalty area in the 7th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored KDZ.Ereğli's protests and gave Abayhan Akhan a yellow card for diving instead. A collision led to KDZ.Ereğli getting a freekick after 7 minutes play. Abayhan Akhan hit a great ball. Bahadırhan Celilay received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 8th minute. Talip Elçi tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Ahmet Çağrı Toycan struck a weak shot in the 12th minute. Suphi Balbay didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for KDZ.Ereğli. Suphi Balbay showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Bilal Akağan, who was totally free with the ball in the 14th minute. The supporters of KDZ.Ereğli booed when Cumhuriyet SPOR was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 15 match minutes in a wonderful position. Erman Seyran didn't get a good kick on the ball. Hızır Özalpman's late challenge caught a Cumhuriyet SPOR's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Hızır Özalpman helped the player get up and apologised. Talip Elçi took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Bahadırhan Celilay, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When Yakut Türkcan fell near the penalty area in the 27th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Cumhuriyet SPOR's protests and gave Yakut Türkcan a yellow card for diving instead. The supporters of KDZ.Ereğli booed when Cumhuriyet SPOR was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 28 match minutes in a wonderful position. Yakut Türkcan didn't get a good kick on the ball. When Melih Cevdet Ekincioğlu fell near the penalty area in the 30th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored KDZ.Ereğli's protests and gave Melih Cevdet Ekincioğlu a yellow card for diving instead. After 30 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for KDZ.Ereğli! The referee gave Cumhuriyet SPOR a penalty, 31 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Özkan Doğa, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of KDZ.Ereğli's Talip Elçi. 0-1. Talip Elçi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Bahadırhan Celilay in the 35th minute of the match. Azmi İribaş struck a weak shot in the 41st minute. Talip Elçi didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Cumhuriyet SPOR. Talip Elçi showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Azmi İribaş, who was totally free with the ball in the 46th minute. When Bahadırhan Celilay came up free with the goalie in the 48th minute, the Cumhuriyet SPOR 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 Bahadırhan Celilay couldn't finish the play. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-1 lead.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Azmi İribaş made a kick off. Bilal Akağan received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 55th minute. Suphi Balbay tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After a rather tough play, Cumhuriyet SPOR's Serbülent Akaltan got a free kick in the 58th minute. A collision led to Cumhuriyet SPOR getting a freekick after 61 minutes play. Rıfat Sargınal hit a great ball. In the 64th minute, Bahadırhan Celilay 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. Ahmet Çağrı Toycan fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 67th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Suphi Balbay having to interfere. In the 69th minute, KDZ.Ereğli's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Azmi İribaş fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. Bahadırhan Celilay's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Talip Elçi read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 71st minute of play. The audience was convinced that Bilal Akağan's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Suphi Balbay was relentless in the 76th minute of the game. An unexpectedly hard shot by Bahadırhan Celilay in the 79th minute of play forced KDZ.Ereğli's goalkeeper Talip Elçi to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Talip Elçi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Azmi İribaş in the 85th minute of the match. An unexpected shot in the 87th minute by Bahadırhan Celilay got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. Bahadırhan Celilay could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 89th minute of the match, but Talip Elçi made a huge save. Talip Elçi showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Azmi İribaş, who was totally free with the ball in the 90th minute. Bahadırhan Celilay sent away a hard shot on goal in the 95th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The KDZ.Ereğli fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Cumhuriyet SPOR were clearly better and deserved to take the win.