U21 League

Ziya Özçakır Stadyum
Spectators: 161 (Terracing: 121, Seating: 37, VIP seats: 3) Ahmet Ömür Kuluk started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. 4 minutes into the match, H E P T A N FC's goal looked a bit too open when Erkut Ersevim came free, but Batıhan Ergüder reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 9 minutes into the game, ADANA DEMİR SPOR's Erkut Ersevim nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Batıhan Ergüder made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. In the 14th minute Erkut Ersevim suffered a thigh injury and had to be helped off the field. After 14 minutes, Arif Burak Münir mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the H E P T A N FC and the ADANA DEMİR SPOR players grew even worse after the yellow card. ADANA DEMİR SPOR made a substitution. Emrullah Budaklı replaced Erkut Ersevim. In the 15th match minute, H E P T A N FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Arif Burak Münir to maneuver through the defense. H E P T A N FC's Batıhan Ergüder played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Haramala Yaacoubi in the 17th minute of play. In the 18th minute, Oğuz Arslanşah hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Batıhan Ergüder took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Edip Sökmener, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Gazanfer Özcan Tuncaral was a little too slow when Oğuz Arslanşah got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 20th minute. The score was now 1-1. Eser Vezir could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 23rd minute of the match, but Gazanfer Özcan Tuncaral made a huge save. In the 28th minute, Emrullah Budaklı ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Batıhan Ergüder was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-2. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Mithat Kudret during the 36th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. 41 minutes into the match, Oğuz Arslanşah had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Gazanfer Özcan Tuncaral. ADANA DEMİR SPOR's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Oğuz Arslanşah was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-2. After fighting hard for a draw in the first half, the players were able to take a much needed rest.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Eser Vezir stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 53rd minute Hami Balyemez shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gazanfer Özcan Tuncaral saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. H E P T A N FC were awarded a corner in the 55th minute after ADANA DEMİR SPOR's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Sabahattin Durukan took the corner. A nice corner shot did that Sabahattin Durukan got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Gazanfer Özcan Tuncaral quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Emrullah Budaklı sent away a hard shot on goal in the 57th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Bahadırhan Atlas hit a great freekick 61 minutes into the match. If Edip Sökmener had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 66th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 69th minute, Emrullah Budaklı 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. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ahmet Ömür Kuluk in the 77th minute of play forced H E P T A N FC's goalkeeper Batıhan Ergüder to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The crowd rose to their feet as ADANA DEMİR SPOR's Oğuzer Kocak slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Batıhan Ergüder. That made the score 2-3 after 83 minutes of play. Latif Çetiner hit a great freekick 86 minutes into the match. In the 89th minute, Aydın Akaydın ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Gazanfer Özcan Tuncaral was frozen by the shot and now it was 3-3. ADANA DEMİR SPOR succeeded in salvaging a draw, even though H E P T A N FC had controlled the match.