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Atatürk Stadyumu
Spectators: 7270 (Terracing: 5454, Seating: 1672, VIP seats: 144) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Eser Dirayet got the match started through his kick off. Vural Zülfü's late challenge caught a Bandırma Jets's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Vural Zülfü helped the player get up and apologised. In the 2nd match minute, Galatasaray was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Vural Zülfü to maneuver through the defense. Oğuz Uçkan sent away a hard shot on goal in the 4th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. If Korhan Esentürk had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 5th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. When Ateş Haylaz came up free with the goalie in the 7th minute, the Galatasaray 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 Ateş Haylaz couldn't finish the play. 11 minutes into the match, Ateş Haylaz had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Ahmet İlhan Koyak. Bandırma Jets's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Ateş Haylaz was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. With his leg Ediz Tunçboğa managed to avoid a goal in the 16thth minute, when Bandırma Jets's Oğuz Uçkan fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Ateş Haylaz sent away a hard shot on goal in the 17th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. When Vural Zülfü was, once again, overly rough in his play he received his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. 20 minutes had been played. After 20 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Galatasaray! In the 24th minute, Ali Numan Kutlutekin hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After recieving a nice pass, Bandırma Jets's Ali Numan Kutlutekin tried to score from far away in the 27th minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. 31 minutes into the game, Kamil Tanak was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Bandırma Jets's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Galatasaray the free kick. Kamil Tanak hit a great freekick 31 minutes into the match. Oğuz Uçkan sent away a hard shot on goal in the 35th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Ateş Haylaz fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 39th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ahmet İlhan Koyak having to interfere. İlhan Evvel received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 41st minute. Ahmet İlhan Koyak tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 43 minutes in the game, Korhan Esentürk fired away an excellent shot, which passed to the side of the right post without Ediz Tunçboğa having to interfere. Oğuz Uçkan recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 46th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. In the 47th match minute, Galatasaray was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Nuralp Ramiz to maneuver through the defense. 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.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Korhan Esentürk was the one to do the kick off. Ateş Haylaz's late challenge caught a Bandırma Jets's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Ateş Haylaz helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of Bandırma Jets booed when Galatasaray was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 51 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ateş Haylaz didn't get a good kick on the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Oğuz Uçkan in the 53rd minute of play forced Galatasaray's goalkeeper Ediz Tunçboğa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 56th match minute, Galatasaray was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ulaş Umar to maneuver through the defense. Ahmet Baki Koyak hit a great freekick 62 minutes into the match. Ateş Haylaz received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 66th minute. Ahmet İlhan Koyak tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 70th minute Oğuz Uçkan shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ediz Tunçboğa saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The audience was convinced that Korhan Esentürk's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Ediz Tunçboğa was relentless in the 71st minute of the game. Korhan Esentürk received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 73rd minute. Ediz Tunçboğa tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 74th minute, Oğuz Uçkan 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. 76 minutes into the game, Ateş Haylaz cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-2. Ahmet İlhan Koyak was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Halil Utku Yersel took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 80th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Ediz Tunçboğa. Galatasaray's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Ediz Tunçboğa took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Korhan Esentürk, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. If Nuralp Ramiz had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 85th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Ateş Haylaz fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 89th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ahmet İlhan Koyak having to interfere. 90 minutes into the match, Timur Ülkümen had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Ahmet İlhan Koyak. Bandırma Jets's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Timur Ülkümen was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-3. In the 93rd minute, Eser Dirayet hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. If Korhan Esentürk had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 97th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The away crowd were delighted with the way their team had played and cheered loudly when the final whistle sounded. Galatasaray walked away with the win, even though the match was close until the end.