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Spectators: 173 (Terracing: 130, Seating: 40, VIP seats: 3) Hayati Işık made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Öztürk Umuralp in the 5th minute of play. After 7 played minutes Gothic Souls got a freekick which was hit by Bahadır Yastıkcığlu. Menderes Hikmet made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Kostas Kelaidonis in the 8th minute of play. In the 10th minute, Navigators's Alphan Çırakoğlu ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Menderes Hikmet. Menderes Hikmet yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-0. Menderes Hikmet came out of the goal in the 15th minute to try and stop a shot by Navigators's Kostas Kelaidonis. But to his dismay, Kostas Kelaidonis quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-0. A throw-in in the 23rd minute of the game was made by Bülent Korkmaz with Burhanettin Haseki as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. In the 26th minute Öztürk Umuralp shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Hayati Işık saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Xabi Alonso kicked well hit freekick during the 28th minute of the match. In the 31st minute, Özden Nesefi hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After a rather tough play, Gothic Souls's Yıldırım Mertkal got a free kick in the 34th minute. Menderes Hikmet took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Şükrü Yelesen, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. With 43 minutes on the clock, Yakup Kadri Siddik commited a dangerous tackle. The referee had no choice but to show him the red card. 43 minutes into the game, one of Navigators:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 2-0 at half-time.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Alphan Çırakoğlu stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Hayati Işık made a fantastic save in the 52nd minute, when Öztürk Umuralp sent off a good shot on target. Menderes Hikmet showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Alphan Çırakoğlu, who was totally free with the ball in the 53rd minute. The crowd rose to their feet as Öztürk Umuralp kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Hayati Işık. That made the score 2-1 in the 57 minute of play. Navigators's Habib Mennan was substituted for Nizam Acabey. Öztürk Umuralp received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 63rd minute. Hayati Işık tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alphan Çırakoğlu in the 68th minute of play forced Gothic Souls's goalkeeper Menderes Hikmet to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After some careless play in the Gothic Souls defense, Kostas Kelaidonis kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Menderes Hikmet. The Gothic Souls fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Menderes Hikmet should have stopped the shot. Gothic Souls's Menderes Hikmet played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Alphan Çırakoğlu in the 75th minute of play. Hayati Işık made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Sezer İnan in the 77th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Zülfü Acunman in the 80th minute of play forced Gothic Souls's goalkeeper Menderes Hikmet to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The long shot by Tugay Kerimoglu in the 82nd minute really tested Hayati Işık's skills. The ball was on its way into the goal to the left of him when he managed to stretch himself and save the shot and avoid a goal. 85 minutes into the game, Alphan Çırakoğlu cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 4-1. Menderes Hikmet was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. 95 minutes into the match, Alphan Çırakoğlu had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Menderes Hikmet. Gothic Souls's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Alphan Çırakoğlu was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 5-1. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. Navigators had played much better football throughout.