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Saricakaya
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) In the 4th minute, Yusuf Ziya Secaattin ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Ozan Alp was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-0. If Yusuf Ziya Secaattin had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 13th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Mahmut Sıratullah received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Ozan Alp came out and tried to block the shot, but Mahmut Sıratullah slotted it home off the left post making it 2-0 in the 15th minute. Ozan Alp made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Mahmut Sıratullah in the 17th minute of play. Kuddusî Demirer kicked well hit freekick during the 18th minute of the match. After having played for 19 minutes, Mahmut Sıratullah managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Saricakaya's supporters crossed their fingers, but Mahmut Sıratullah was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Yusuf Ziya Secaattin might have been able to make a better finish in the 22nd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Ozan Alp. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Yusuf Ziya Secaattin ran back to his position shaking his head. 26 minutes into the game, Mahmut Cansun cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 3-0. Ozan Alp was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. 30 minutes into the match, Hatay FK's goalkeeper Ozan Alp had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Yusuf Ziya Secaattin. After a defensive mix-up in Saricakaya's zone, Ateş Tayuk stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Ahmet Ceyhan Ülker came out of the goal and Ateş Tayuk tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Ahmet Ceyhan Ülker took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Atabek Özdilmaç, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Yusuf Ziya Secaattin's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Ozan Alp read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 47th minute of play. Af the end of the first half the score was 3-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Mahmut Sıratullah stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 52nd minute Habib Uğurata shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ahmet Ceyhan Ülker saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 54thth minute of the game Habib Uğurata who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Saricakaya's Ahmet Ceyhan Ülker was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Yusuf Ziya Secaattin scored 4-0 in the 61st match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Ozan Alp, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. After 65 played minutes Hatay FK got a freekick which was hit by Kuddusî Demirer. Erdi Rasih was probably a little too eager to shoot when he, in the 66th played minute, shot the ball from way out. The shot was hard, but the ball flew wide of the goal. Ozan Alp showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mahmut Sıratullah in the 68th minute of the match. In the 70th minute Yusuf Ziya Secaattin shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ozan Alp saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After a rather tough play, Saricakaya's Hulusi Gök got a free kick in the 76th minute. A long shot from Göktan Karaman in the 76th minute of play was well struck, but Ahmet Ceyhan Ülker made a really good save at the right post. The crowd rose to their feet as Habib Uğurata kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Ahmet Ceyhan Ülker. That made the score 4-1 in the 78 minute of play. Kuddusî Demirer hit a great freekick 82 minutes into the match. In the 82nd minute the ball was on its way in behind Hatay FK's goalkeeper Ozan Alp, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 87th minute, Mahmut Sıratullah ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Ozan Alp was frozen by the shot and now it was 5-1. Habib Uğurata received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 91st minute. Ahmet Ceyhan Ülker tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Mahmut Sıratullah sent away a hard shot on goal in the 94th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Mahmut Sıratullah blasted a shot towards the goal in the 95th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Ozan Alp having to make a save. Hatay FK's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.