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Esentepe
Spectators: 7337 (Terracing: 5500, Seating: 1690, VIP seats: 147) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when kaya Esay took the kick off in the first half of the match. After a rather tough play, Devrek's Hayati Sezen got a free kick in the 9th minute. 9 minutes into the match, Esentepe's Samim Torum broke free and took a long shot that unfortunately flew wide. A fine initiative that could have resulted in a goal. Devrek's Bülent Atlıoğlu got a good chance for a goal in the 13th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Devrek's kaya Esay got a good chance for a goal in the 14th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 21st minute Ramiz Korcan shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Nuratay Hadi saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 26 minutes into the match, Esentepe's goal looked a bit too open when Bülent Atlıoğlu came free, but Oğuz Ulukut reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Gencay Özkar kicked well hit freekick during the 27th minute of the match. In the 29th minute, Gencay Özkar 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. Gencay Özkar hit a great freekick 33 minutes into the match. kaya Esay received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 34th minute. Oğuz Ulukut tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 35 minutes, Yusuf Ziya Ülküsel mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Esentepe and the Devrek players grew even worse after the yellow card. Yusuf Ziya Ülküsel hit a great freekick 35 minutes into the match. In the 36th minute Bülent Atlıoğlu shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Oğuz Ulukut saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Oğuz Ulukut showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from kaya Esay, who was totally free with the ball in the 42nd minute. When Yusuf Ziya Ülküsel was, once again, overly rough in his play he received his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. 43 minutes had been played. In the 44th minute, Yusuf Ziya Ülküsel hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Özalp Berin took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 45th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Oğuz Ulukut. Esentepe's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Af the end of the first half the score was 1-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Gencay Özkar stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Esentepe's Oğuz Ulukut proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 56th minute of the match, managed to save Esentepe from getting a goal against them. Bülent Atlıoğlu struck a weak shot in the 59th minute. Oğuz Ulukut didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Devrek. After some fancy dribbling in the 67th minute, kaya Esay managed to get in a good position for a shot. Devrek's supporters rose to their feet, but kaya Esay was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Oğuz Ulukut breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. With a little luck, Esentepe's Oğuz Ulukut got control of the ball when Bülent Atlıoğlu tried to sneak it across the goal line. Bülent Atlıoğlu sent away a hard shot on goal in the 71st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Gencay Özkar scored 2-0 in the 83rd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Nuratay Hadi, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. If kaya Esay had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 86th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After a rather tough play, Esentepe's Mikail Talha got a free kick in the 87th minute. When kaya Esay fell near the penalty area in the 91st minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Devrek's protests and gave kaya Esay a yellow card for diving instead. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Gencay Özkar in the 93rd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Nuratay Hadi prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Devrek's Nuratay Hadi played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gencay Özkar in the 95th minute of play. The referee blew his whistle, and the match came to a close. The players exchanged shirts and headed down the tunnel. The Esentepe fans cheered their team off the field, for while Devrek had put up a good fight, they were unable to come out of the game with any points to show for their effort.