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Samatya Stadium
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Rüstem İstikbal made the kick off which started today's match. Hayrullah Şenbay made a fantastic save in the 4th minute, when Genco Kongar sent off a good shot on target. After 5 minutes, Mateo Ospin mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Artvin SK and the Samatya JK players grew even worse after the yellow card. Mateo Ospin hit a great freekick 5 minutes into the match. Genco Kongar fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 6th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Hayrullah Şenbay having to interfere. After 6 minutes, Genco Kongar mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Samatya JK and the Artvin SK players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a rather tough play, Samatya JK's Genco Kongar got a free kick in the 6th minute. After 8 played minutes Artvin SK got a freekick which was hit by Serter Ramiz. 9 minutes into the match, Samatya JK's Lütfi Candemir broke free and took a long shot that unfortunately flew wide. A fine initiative that could have resulted in a goal. Mateo Ospin recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 11th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. If Genco Kongar had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 16th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Artvin SK's Hayrullah Şenbay proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 18th minute of the match, managed to save Artvin SK from getting a goal against them. After 19 minutes of play, Artvin SK's Mateo Ospin made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Güralp Okbaş was left in no man's land by his defense there! Genco Kongar sent away a hard shot on goal in the 23rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Hayrullah Şenbay was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Rüstem İstikbal showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 1-1 in the 29 minute of play. 33 minutes into the match, Amílton Chaves notched a goal, 1-2, to the right of Samatya JK's Güralp Okbaş. Güralp Okbaş was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mateo Ospin in the 38th minute of play forced Samatya JK's goalkeeper Güralp Okbaş to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 40th minute Amílton Chaves shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Güralp Okbaş saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Hayrullah Şenbay made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Rüstem İstikbal in the 41st minute of play. In the 41st match minute, Artvin SK was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by İstemihan Öğün to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Rüstem İstikbal in the 45th minute of play forced Artvin SK's goalkeeper Hayrullah Şenbay to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 48th minute of the match, Rüstem İstikbal tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Hayrullah Şenbay saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Mateo Ospin to strike the kick off in the second half. Merih Hurmacı took the ball and in the 60 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Hayrullah Şenbay. Hayrullah Şenbay dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-2. 63 minutes into the match, Rüstem İstikbal notched a goal, 3-2, to the right of Artvin SK's Hayrullah Şenbay. Hayrullah Şenbay was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Hayrullah Şenbay showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Merih Hurmacı, who was totally free with the ball in the 75th minute. Hayrullah Şenbay took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Rüstem İstikbal, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Merih Hurmacı in the 78th minute of play forced Artvin SK's goalkeeper Hayrullah Şenbay to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 81 minutes into the match, Samatya JK's goal looked a bit too open when Tolga Yücelay came free, but Güralp Okbaş reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 83 minutes into the match, Mateo Ospin notched a goal, 3-3, to the right of Samatya JK's Güralp Okbaş. Güralp Okbaş was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Amílton Chaves kicked a quick shot right in front of the goal in the 86thth minute. Though ot was a great shot Samatya JK's keeper Güralp Okbaş was sill able to block leaving the score board unchanged. Hayrullah Şenbay came out of the goal in the 87th minute to try and stop a shot by Samatya JK's Merih Hurmacı. But to his dismay, Merih Hurmacı quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 4-3. In the 95th minute, Merih Hurmacı hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Behlül Vurgun fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 97th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Güralp Okbaş having to interfere. Artvin SK's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.