League

Galata Stadium
Spectators: 6661 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1661, VIP seats: 0) Songurhan Tuğbay's late challenge caught a Karpuzlu's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Songurhan Tuğbay helped the player get up and apologised. When Karpuzlu's Wang Yuan Yi in the 5th minute got a chance for a shot 5th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Galata SK's goalie prevented a goal. Bilgehan Demiroğlu could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 7th minute of the match, but Haldun Tecimen made a huge save. Karpuzlu's Mao Ang Feng got a good chance for a goal in the 13th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. If João Paulo Teles had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 16th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 18th minute, Mao Ang Feng left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Karpuzlu fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-2. 22 minutes into the game, Karpuzlu's João Paulo Teles nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Yavuz Saru made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-3. When João Paulo Teles came up free with the goalie in the 26th minute, the Karpuzlu 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 João Paulo Teles couldn't finish the play. Mao Ang Feng fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 27th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Yavuz Saru having to interfere. After 28 played minutes Galata SK got a freekick which was hit by Nurettin Akdiken. Mao Ang Feng received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 36th minute. Yavuz Saru tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After some fancy dribbling in the 40th minute, Wang Yuan Yi managed to get in a good position for a shot. Karpuzlu's supporters rose to their feet, but Wang Yuan Yi was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Yavuz Saru breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Yavuz Saru didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Wang Yuan Yi went, in the 42nd minute, to the upper right corner, 1-5 was the resulting score. In the 46th minute the ball was on its way in behind Galata SK's goalkeeper Yavuz Saru, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 1-5.

The wind increased when Koray Aysan made the kick off in the second half. Yavuz Saru was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but João Paulo Teles showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 1-6 in the 53 minute of play. In the 61stth minute of the game Wang Yuan Yi who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Galata SK's Yavuz Saru was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. A hard shot 64 in the game by Mao Ang Feng from a close distance when the talented Yavuz Saru managed to make a qualified save. Galata SK's players were relieved. João Paulo Teles struck a weak shot in the 65th minute. Yavuz Saru didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Karpuzlu. After having played for 68 minutes, Mao Ang Feng managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Karpuzlu's supporters crossed their fingers, but Mao Ang Feng was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 70th match minute, Karpuzlu was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Mustafa Yaşar Ege to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Bilgehan Demiroğlu in the 73rd minute of play forced Karpuzlu's goalkeeper Haldun Tecimen to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Wang Yuan Yis short, quick shot in the 75thth minute got Yavuz Saru to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. After 76 played minutes Galata SK got a freekick which was hit by Songurhan Tuğbay. When Wang Yuan Yi, who was free, got the in front of the goal in the 77 minute he wasn't focused and tipped the ball just over the goal. The Yavuz Saru was delighted since the ball would have got in if it had gone under the crossbar. In the 79th minute the ball was on its way in behind Galata SK's goalkeeper Yavuz Saru, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Mao Ang Feng received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 80th minute. Yavuz Saru tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Karpuzlu's Wang Yuan Yi got a good chance for a goal in the 82nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 89 minutes into the match, Galata SK's goal looked a bit too open when João Paulo Teles came free, but Yavuz Saru reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 92 minutes had been played when some careless play by Galata SK's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Mao Ang Feng was slow to take the kick. During this time Karpuzlu's players had a chance to rest. The Galata SK fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Karpuzlu were clearly better and deserved to take the win.