League

Corum
Spectators: 7262 (Terracing: 5448, Seating: 1670, VIP seats: 144) Galatasaray's Timur Yeltekin 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. Tarık Mürsel received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 3rd minute. Tan Uğurhan tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Ahmet Nafiz Ünseven hit a great freekick 4 minutes into the match. Tarık Mürsel received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 5th minute. Tan Uğurhan tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Galatasaray's defense didn't have a chance, in the 13th minute, when Gani Ulum scored to the left of an out of position Kasım Özakıncı, making the score, 1-0. After a rather tough play, Corum's Gani Ulum got a free kick in the 17th minute. Tarık Mürsel might have been able to make a better finish in the 19th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Tan Uğurhan. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Tarık Mürsel ran back to his position shaking his head. 25 minutes into the game, Aydın Gurbet was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Corum's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Galatasaray the free kick. In the 25th match minute, Corum was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Aydın Gurbet to maneuver through the defense. Haldun Kuyas took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 27th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Tan Uğurhan. Corum's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. 28 minutes into the match, Corum's goal looked a bit too open when Timur Yeltekin came free, but Tan Uğurhan reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 29th match minute, Corum was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ahmet Tolga Apaydın to maneuver through the defense. In the 32nd minute of the match Galatasaray got a corner. Corum's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Aşkın Riva ran over to the corner to take the kick. After a defensive mix-up in Corum's zone, Timur Yeltekin stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Tan Uğurhan came out of the goal and Timur Yeltekin tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. If Tarık Mürsel had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 36th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. When Timur Yeltekin came up free with the goalie in the 38th 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 Timur Yeltekin couldn't finish the play. The supporters of Galatasaray booed when Corum was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 40 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ahmet Nafiz Ünseven didn't get a good kick on the ball. The audience was convinced that Timur Yeltekin's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Tan Uğurhan was relentless in the 44th minute of the game. If Tarık Mürsel had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 47th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Gani Ulum made a kick off. After 53 minutes, Ahmet Nafiz Ünseven mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Corum and the Galatasaray players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a rather tough play, Corum's Ahmet Nafiz Ünseven got a free kick in the 53rd minute. Aydın Gurbet kicked well hit freekick during the 55th minute of the match. In the 58th minute Timur Yeltekin shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Tan Uğurhan saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Timur Yeltekin blasted a shot towards the goal in the 60th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Tan Uğurhan having to make a save. An unexpected shot in the 64th minute by Timur Yeltekin got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. With his leg Tan Uğurhan managed to avoid a goal in the 66thth minute, when Galatasaray's Tarık Mürsel fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. In the 73rd minute, Tarık Mürsel fired away a shot on goal. He put a little to much spin on the ball and sent it just wide of the right post. After 78 minutes of play, Galatasaray's Tarık Mürsel made it 1-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Tan Uğurhan was left in no man's land by his defense there! Tarık Mürsel came free with the goalkeeper in the 82nd minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Tan Uğurhan could save by the left post. Galatasaray's Timur Yeltekin got a good chance for a goal in the 87th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Corum's Tan Uğurhan proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 90th minute of the match, managed to save Corum from getting a goal against them. 95 minutes into the match, Galatasaray's goal looked a bit too open when Gani Ulum came free, but Kasım Özakıncı reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Galatasaray played a much better game than Corum and deserved their victory. The Corum players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.