League

Karatas Stadium
Spectators: 6689 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1689, VIP seats: 0) Eses's Semavi Haspolatlı started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Semavi Haspolatlı received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 6th minute. Güngör Tunçhan tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Veli Hürmüz showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Murathan Baybora, who was totally free with the ball in the 13th minute. Mirkelam Taçkın hit a great freekick 17 minutes into the match. 19 minutes into the match, Eses's goal looked a bit too open when Bektaş Veli Sulhi came free, but Veli Hürmüz reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Veli Hürmüz made a fantastic save in the 21st minute, when Erkut Hasanoğlu sent off a good shot on target. Mirkelam Taçkın's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Güngör Tunçhan read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 24th minute of play. Mirkelam Taçkın fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 33rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Güngör Tunçhan having to interfere. After 34 played minutes Eses got a freekick which was hit by Gökçen Canel. Thanks to some nice moves Murathan Baybora could shoot a difficult shot in the 36th minute, which Veli Hürmüz however easily saved by the left post. 37 minutes into the match, Eses's goalkeeper Veli Hürmüz had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Erkut Hasanoğlu. Ali Berkant Özçınar recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 38th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. When Semavi Haspolatlı came up free with the goalie in the 41st minute, the Eses 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 Semavi Haspolatlı couldn't finish the play. 46 minutes into the match, Eses's goalkeeper Veli Hürmüz had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Murathan Baybora. After 48 minutes of play, Karatas FK's Murathan Baybora made it 2-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Veli Hürmüz was left in no man's land by his defense there! Af the end of the first half the score was 2-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

After 53 played minutes Karatas FK got a freekick which was hit by Erkut Hasanoğlu. In the 56th minute Bektaş Veli Sulhi shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Veli Hürmüz saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 73rd minute the ball was on its way in behind Karatas FK's goalkeeper Güngör Tunçhan, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. 78 minutes into the game, Bektaş Veli Sulhi cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 3-0. Veli Hürmüz was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Dinç Akman's late challenge caught a Eses's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Dinç Akman helped the player get up and apologised. Through an outstanding action, after 82 minutes, Güngör Tunçhan successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. If Mirkelam Taçkın had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 85th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The audience thought a goal was coming when Ali Berkant Özçınar got free with Güngör Tunçhan in the 93rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Karatas FK walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.