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Sivasspor Stadium
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Okaner Özpolat made the kick off which started today's match. 4 minutes into the game, Okaner Özpolat cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Gökçek Hazer was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 10th minute Eralp Akşit shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Serkan Şengil saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Berat Baransel fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 12th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Serkan Şengil having to interfere. Serkan Şengil made an important save on a dangerous shot by Berat Baransel in the 14th minute. If Okaner Özpolat had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 21st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Okaner Özpolat in the 26th minute of play forced Sivasspor's goalkeeper Gökçek Hazer to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Eralp Akşit fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 28th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Serkan Şengil having to interfere. In the 30th minute, Bedir Çetin left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Elmali fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-2. Sivasspor's Berat Baransel got a good chance for a goal in the 37th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Serkan Şengil took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Eralp Akşit, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 41st minute the ball was on its way in behind Elmali's goalkeeper Serkan Şengil, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. If Eralp Akşit had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 43rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. If Eralp Akşit had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 46th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Serkan Şengil made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Eralp Akşit in the 48th minute of play. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-2 lead.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Eralp Akşit was the one to do the kick off. 52 minutes into the game, Berat Baransel cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-2. Serkan Şengil was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Erbatur Altınpınar scored 2-2 in the 58th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Serkan Şengil, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. After having played for 61 minutes, Berat Baransel managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Sivasspor's supporters crossed their fingers, but Berat Baransel was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Eralp Akşit sent away a hard shot on goal in the 69th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Serkan Şengil showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Berat Baransel in the 71st minute of the match. Eralp Akşit sent away a hard shot on goal in the 79th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Berat Baransel fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 82nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Serkan Şengil having to interfere. Berat Baransel received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 84th minute. Serkan Şengil tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After some careless play in the Elmali defense, Eralp Akşit kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Serkan Şengil. The Elmali fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Serkan Şengil should have stopped the shot. Berat Baransel fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 89th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Serkan Şengil having to interfere. If Eralp Akşit had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 91st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Berat Baransel in the 93rd minute of play forced Elmali's goalkeeper Serkan Şengil to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a rather tough play, Elmali's Mustafa Yaşar Zişan got a free kick in the 95th minute. Serkan Şengil didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Berat Baransel went, in the 98th minute, to the upper right corner, 4-2 was the resulting score. The referee blew his whistle, and the match came to a close. The players exchanged shirts and headed down the tunnel. The Sivasspor fans cheered their team off the field, for while Elmali had put up a good fight, they were unable to come out of the game with any points to show for their effort.