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KARTAL ARENA
Spectators: 7257 (Terracing: 5444, Seating: 1669, VIP seats: 144) Cengiz Okbaş started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. The Falcons's Ecevit Özkan played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Olcay Orkun Ergün in the 5th minute of play. When the match had gone on for 10 minutes, Sergen Yener put it in 0-1 from a short distance just to the right of Cemal Köker. The audience was convinced that Sergen Yener's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Cemal Köker was relentless in the 17th minute of the game. Ecevit Özkan took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Aydın Yüksel, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The Falcons's Ecevit Özkan played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Olcay Orkun Ergün in the 21st minute of play. KARTAL JK's attentive Olcay Orkun Ergün managed to snatch the ball when Bican Gariboğlu made a throw-in in the 25th minute of the game. The Falcons's Ecevit Özkan played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Hakkı Onur Kadem in the 28th minute of play. Cemal Köker showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Bican Gariboğlu in the 29th minute of the match. Cemal Köker made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Sergen Yener in the 33rd minute of play. Bican Gariboğlu made in the 35th minute of the game a quick throw-in and Basri Başsoy immediately put the ball in play. Sergen Yener fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 38th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Cemal Köker having to interfere. 45 minutes into the match, The Falcons's goal looked a bit too open when Olcay Orkun Ergün came free, but Ecevit Özkan reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 47th minute, Olcay Orkun Ergün made a precise shot to the right of Ecevit Özkan. The Falcons's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-1. 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 supporters of KARTAL JK booed when The Falcons was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 54 match minutes in a wonderful position. Bican Gariboğlu didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 57th minute Aydın Yüksel shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ecevit Özkan saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Sergen Yener fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 70th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Cemal Köker having to interfere. 72 minutes into the match, The Falcons's goal looked a bit too open when Olcay Orkun Ergün came free, but Ecevit Özkan reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Ecevit Özkan showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Hakkı Onur Kadem, who was totally free with the ball in the 81st minute. In the 81st match minute, The Falcons was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Sergen Yener to maneuver through the defense. The Falcons's Ecevit Özkan played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Aydın Yüksel in the 85th minute of play. Ecevit Özkan showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Olcay Orkun Ergün, who was totally free with the ball in the 86th minute. Ecevit Özkan showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Aydın Yüksel in the 87th minute of the match. Olcay Orkun Ergün scored 2-1 in the 90th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Ecevit Özkan, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. The Falcons's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.