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Spectators: 7208 (Terracing: 5408, Seating: 1657, VIP seats: 143) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Ahmet Vefik Çakır got the match started through his kick off. Göktuğ Erduran received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 3rd minute. Abdurrahman Şinas tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. If Özkan İhlas had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 5th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. If Grzegorz Cuber had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 6th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Bülent Eraslan made an important save on a dangerous shot by Özkan İhlas in the 8th minute. Grzegorz Cuber sent away a hard shot on goal in the 14th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 22ndth minute of the game Ahmet Vefik Çakır who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Kulu's Bülent Eraslan was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Bülent Eraslan made a fantastic save in the 24th minute, when Ahmet Vefik Çakır sent off a good shot on target. Grzegorz Cuber fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 28th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Bülent Eraslan having to interfere. If Ahmet Vefik Çakır had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 32nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Ahmet Vefik Çakır had several of the Kulu's defenders around him in the penalty area when he, after 35 minutes of play, received a pass and succeeded in some way to shoot a shot which went straight ahead into goal. This resulted in a 2-0 score and a disappointed Bülent Eraslan as he didn't even see the shot coming. Bülent Eraslan took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ahmet Vefik Çakır, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 42 played minutes Kulu got a freekick which was hit by Emir Erginay. After a defensive mix-up in Kulu's zone, Marlon Hunter stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Bülent Eraslan came out of the goal and Marlon Hunter tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The wind increased when Dinu Alexandrescu made the kick off in the second half. Grzegorz Cuber received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 53rd minute. Bülent Eraslan tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Bülent Eraslan showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ahmet Vefik Çakır, who was totally free with the ball in the 56th minute. The supporters of Kulu booed when GENÇ KAPLANLAR was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 58 match minutes in a wonderful position. Mustafa Ömer didn't get a good kick on the ball. The GENÇ KAPLANLAR fans' excitement grew in the 63rd match minute when GENÇ KAPLANLAR's Ahmet Vefik Çakır looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 3-0 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. In the 69th minute Grzegorz Cuber shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Bülent Eraslan saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Kulu's Bülent Eraslan played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ahmet Vefik Çakır in the 74th minute of play. Ahmet Vefik Çakır blasted a shot towards the goal in the 82nd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Bülent Eraslan having to make a save. Bülent Eraslan showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ahmet Vefik Çakır in the 88th minute of the match.