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Spectators: 7274 (Terracing: 5457, Seating: 1673, VIP seats: 144) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Güvenç Sazak made the kick off which started today's match. An unexpectedly hard shot by İhsan Şahinalp in the 5th minute of play forced yazıbaşı fk's goalkeeper Ahmet Hasan Tanbey to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. yazıbaşı fk's Ahmet Hasan Tanbey played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Birdal Huzur in the 13th minute of play. 16 minutes into the game, Cihat Attar was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Xenop United's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave yazıbaşı fk the free kick. The supporters of yazıbaşı fk booed when Xenop United was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 16 match minutes in a wonderful position. Cihat Attar didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 25 minutes of play, yazıbaşı fk's Kadim İstikbal made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Bilal Peykan was left in no man's land by his defense there! Bilal Peykan showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Kadim İstikbal, who was totally free with the ball in the 28th minute. When Birdal Huzur came up free with the goalie in the 37th minute, the Xenop United 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 Birdal Huzur couldn't finish the play. Ahmet Hasan Tanbey was out of position in the 40 minute of play, and İhsan Şahinalp capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. İhsan Şahinalp really showed his touch with that goal: 1-1.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Birdal Huzur to strike the kick off in the second half. In the 50th match minute, Xenop United was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Lütfullah Yağınalp to maneuver through the defense. In the 58th minute the ball was on its way in behind yazıbaşı fk's goalkeeper Ahmet Hasan Tanbey, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Ahmet Hasan Tanbey showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Birdal Huzur in the 60th minute of the match. Arın Özender's late challenge caught a Xenop United's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Arın Özender helped the player get up and apologised. In the 61st minute, Arın Özender hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 63 played minutes Xenop United got a freekick which was hit by Ahmet Turan Balabey. After 64 played minutes, yazıbaşı fk's Birkan Şabi shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Bilal Peykan 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 yazıbaşı fk reached it. Birdal Huzur sent away a hard shot on goal in the 74th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. A collision led to Xenop United getting a freekick after 77 minutes play. Cihat Attar hit a great ball. Ahmet Hasan Tanbey showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Birdal Huzur in the 82nd minute of the match. Cihat Attar got his second yellow card in the match during the 84th minute which meant that he had to leave the ground. Cihat Attar hit a great freekick 85 minutes into the match. yazıbaşı fk were clearly unhappy with the draw, as they felt they had done enough to earn themselves a victory.