League

Kars Stadium
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) ALACA FC's Ferdi Yalkın 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. After some fancy dribbling in the 3rd minute, Vatan Akçınar managed to get in a good position for a shot. Tarakli's supporters rose to their feet, but Vatan Akçınar was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Ahmet Ceyhan Tardu breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. After a defensive mix-up in Tarakli's zone, Ferdi Yalkın stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Armağan Dersu came out of the goal and Ferdi Yalkın tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Demiralp Sarpkan received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 11th minute. Ahmet Ceyhan Tardu tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. ALACA FC's Ahmet Ceyhan Tardu played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Demiralp Sarpkan in the 15th minute of play. After 16 minutes of play, Tarakli's Vatan Akçınar made it 1-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Ahmet Ceyhan Tardu was left in no man's land by his defense there! Ahmet Ceyhan Tardu showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Vatan Akçınar in the 19th minute of the match. After a defensive mix-up in ALACA FC's zone, Demiralp Sarpkan stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Ahmet Ceyhan Tardu came out of the goal and Demiralp Sarpkan tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Ahmet Ceyhan Tardu stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Vatan Akçınar's shot from short distance in the 31st minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Demiralp Sarpkan in the 33rd minute of play forced ALACA FC's goalkeeper Ahmet Ceyhan Tardu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 39 minutes into the match, ALACA FC's goal looked a bit too open when Vatan Akçınar came free, but Ahmet Ceyhan Tardu reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Vatan Akçınar in the 42nd minute of play forced ALACA FC's goalkeeper Ahmet Ceyhan Tardu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Tarakli's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by İslam Kınay in the 43rd minute. When the match clock showed 44 minutes, the score became 1-3 when Tarkan Yiğitkan sped through ALACA FC's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Ahmet Ceyhan Tardu. Disappointed in the 1-3 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Vatan Akçınar stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. If Demiralp Sarpkan had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 53rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Demiralp Sarpkan blasted a shot towards the goal in the 58th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Ahmet Ceyhan Tardu having to make a save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Vatan Akçınar in the 64th minute of play forced ALACA FC's goalkeeper Ahmet Ceyhan Tardu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. ALACA FC's Mürsel Özkok got a good chance for a goal in the 72nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 78thth minute of the game Vatan Akçınar who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but ALACA FC's Ahmet Ceyhan Tardu was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Demir Çetinalp struck a weak shot in the 80th minute. Ahmet Ceyhan Tardu didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Tarakli. After having played for 87 minutes, Vatan Akçınar managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Tarakli's supporters crossed their fingers, but Vatan Akçınar was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Demiralp Sarpkan scored 1-5 in the 91st match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Ahmet Ceyhan Tardu, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. When the final whistle sounded Tarakli left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than ALACA FC.