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Spectators: 6402 (Terracing: 5402, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Yahya Necaettin made the kick off which started today's match. After 3 minutes, Gürol Batıray mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Reşadiyespor and the Sekelspor players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a rather tough play, Reşadiyespor's Gürol Batıray got a free kick in the 3rd minute. Hızır Uzlet showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Hatemi Bağışhan in the 9th minute of the match. Göktürk Balısoy made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alkın Torehan in the 11th minute of play. 13 minutes into the game, Bora Sayyad lined in a short shot 1-0 behind a frustrated Göktürk Balısoy. Sekelspor's Göktürk Balısoy proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 16th minute of the match, managed to save Sekelspor from getting a goal against them. In the 22nd minute, Bora Sayyad ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Göktürk Balısoy was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-0. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Alkın Torehan in the 25th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Göktürk Balısoy prevented the ball from getting in the gole. After 32 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Sekelspor! When the match had been going on for 34 minutes, Reşadiyespor's Behram Semail got an opportunity to shoot a penalty. He stayed cool and waited for the goalkeeper to move, before he confidently shot the ball into the goal, to the left of Göktürk Balısoy. In the 37th minute, Yahya Necaettin left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Sekelspor fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-1. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alkın Torehan in the 42nd minute of play forced Sekelspor's goalkeeper Göktürk Balısoy to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When Yahya Necaettin came up free with the goalie in the 43rd minute, the Sekelspor 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 Yahya Necaettin couldn't finish the play. Abdulkadir Ocak charged in rather forcefully in the 46th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Abdulkadir Ocak the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 3-1 at half-time.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Alkın Torehan to make the kick off. After 52 played minutes Reşadiyespor got a freekick which was hit by Gürol Batıray. Hızır Uzlet made an important save on a dangerous shot by Menderes Salat in the 53rd minute. A collision led to Sekelspor getting a freekick after 57 minutes play. Fazıl Hüsnü Nejat hit a great ball. Göktürk Balısoy showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Bora Sayyad, who was totally free with the ball in the 58th minute. Yahya Necaettin fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 65th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Hızır Uzlet having to interfere. After having played for 71 minutes, Bora Sayyad managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Reşadiyespor's supporters crossed their fingers, but Bora Sayyad was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. After some fancy dribbling in the 81st minute, Behzat Naşit managed to get in a good position for a shot. Reşadiyespor's supporters rose to their feet, but Behzat Naşit was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Göktürk Balısoy breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Göktürk Balısoy made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alkın Torehan in the 84th minute of play. Hızır Uzlet showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Yahya Necaettin in the 87th minute of the match. If Yahya Necaettin had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 89th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 90th match minute, Reşadiyespor was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Behzat Naşit to maneuver through the defense. The referee blew his whistle, and the match came to a close. The players exchanged shirts and headed down the tunnel. The Reşadiyespor fans cheered their team off the field, for while Sekelspor had put up a good fight, they were unable to come out of the game with any points to show for their effort.