League

Senkaya Stadium
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Ertuğrul Şahkar got the match started through his kick off. When Van FK's Ertuğrul Şahkar in the 3rd minute got a chance for a shot 3rd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye çatalmaspor's goalie prevented a goal. Batuğ Öge received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 5th minute. Ferid Akkaynak tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Arif Cengiz İribaş charged in rather forcefully in the 6th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Arif Cengiz İribaş the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. A collision led to çatalmaspor getting a freekick after 7 minutes play. Arif Cengiz İribaş hit a great ball. Ferid Akkaynak was out of position in the 14 minute of play, and Batuğ Öge capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Batuğ Öge really showed his touch with that goal: 1-0. After 17 minutes, Ediz Toygun mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the çatalmaspor and the Van FK players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a rather tough play, çatalmaspor's Ediz Toygun got a free kick in the 17th minute. 20 minutes into the match, çatalmaspor's goal looked a bit too open when Ertuğrul Şahkar came free, but Nuh Zübeyir reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The audience was convinced that Batuğ Öge's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Ferid Akkaynak was relentless in the 21st minute of the game. A collision led to çatalmaspor getting a freekick after 25 minutes play. Batuğ Öge hit a great ball. The audience was convinced that Ertuğrul Şahkar's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Nuh Zübeyir was relentless in the 26th minute of the game. Erdoğan Bayır sent away a hard shot on goal in the 30th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Van FK's Ferid Akkaynak played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Batuğ Öge in the 31st minute of play. 32 minutes into the match, Van FK's goalkeeper Ferid Akkaynak had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Batuğ Öge. After some careless play in the çatalmaspor defense, Ertuğrul Şahkar kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Nuh Zübeyir. The çatalmaspor fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Nuh Zübeyir should have stopped the shot. çatalmaspor's Nuh Zübeyir played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Alpay Torcan in the 41st minute of play. After 43 played minutes, Van FK's Kutlu Vefik shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Nuh Zübeyir came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Van FK reached it. 46 minutes into the match, çatalmaspor's goal looked a bit too open when Ertuğrul Şahkar came free, but Nuh Zübeyir reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 47th minute Ertuğrul Şahkar shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Nuh Zübeyir saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line.

Nuh Zübeyir showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ertuğrul Şahkar in the 55th minute of the match. In the 59th match minute, Van FK was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Arcan Tümerk to maneuver through the defense. If Alpay Torcan had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 63rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Nuh Zübeyir made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ertuğrul Şahkar in the 67th minute of play. In the 68th minute, Alpay Torcan 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. Batuğ Öge might have been able to make a better finish in the 69th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Ferid Akkaynak. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Batuğ Öge ran back to his position shaking his head. In the 71st minute, one of çatalmaspor:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for çatalmaspor. The referee gave Van FK a penalty, 74 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Ali Kaan Tecimen, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of çatalmaspor's Nuh Zübeyir. 1-2. Alpay Torcan could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 87th minute of the match, but Nuh Zübeyir made a huge save. Ertuğrul Şahkar sent away a hard shot on goal in the 91st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The çatalmaspor manager could be seen shouting at his players as they walked down the tunnel after the match. He was clearly angry that they had squandered their superior possession, allowing Van FK to win.