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ORTİ27 ARENA
Spectators: 7284 (Terracing: 5465, Seating: 1675, VIP seats: 144) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Serhan Rusuhi took the kick off in the first half of the match. In the 6th match minute, Akcaabat SK was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Serhan Rusuhi to maneuver through the defense. 13 minutes into the match, Dharmavati Rai dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Faruk Memduh, 1-0. After a defensive mix-up in Akcaabat SK's zone, Dharmavati Rai stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Faruk Memduh came out of the goal and Dharmavati Rai tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Rafael Longoria might have been able to make a better finish in the 24th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Faruk Memduh. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Rafael Longoria ran back to his position shaking his head. ORTİ27 FC's Rafael Longoria got a good chance for a goal in the 27th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Faruk Memduh made a fantastic save in the 32nd minute, when Rafael Longoria sent off a good shot on target. In the 40th minute, Serhan Rusuhi hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Abdullatif Oykan's late challenge caught a ORTİ27 FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Abdullatif Oykan helped the player get up and apologised. 44 minutes into the game, one of Akcaabat SK:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. Faruk Memduh had in the 45thth minute some difficulties stopping Bican Sağlamer's well aimed penalty as it nearly passed him on his left side, but he still managed to hold the ball. Faruk Memduh showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Dharmavati Rai, who was totally free with the ball in the 47th minute. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 1-0.

In the 51st minute, Dharmavati Rai got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Dharmavati Rai fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 56th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Faruk Memduh having to interfere. Rafael Longoria's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Faruk Memduh read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 58th minute of play. After a defensive mix-up in Akcaabat SK's zone, Bünyamin Özkent stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Faruk Memduh came out of the goal and Bünyamin Özkent tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Rafael Longoria received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 70th minute. Faruk Memduh tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Faruk Memduh took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Dharmavati Rai, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 79 minutes into the match, Akcaabat SK's goal looked a bit too open when Dharmavati Rai came free, but Faruk Memduh reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Abdullatif Oykan kicked well hit freekick during the 82nd minute of the match. Bican Sağlamer was probably a little too eager to shoot when he, in the 83rd played minute, shot the ball from way out. The shot was hard, but the ball flew wide of the goal. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Dharmavati Rai in the 85th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Faruk Memduh saved Akcaabat SK from getting behind. Dharmavati Rai fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 87th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Faruk Memduh having to interfere. The audience was convinced that Dharmavati Rai's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Faruk Memduh was relentless in the 92nd minute of the game. Rafael Longoria received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 94th minute. Faruk Memduh tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere.