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Match Report
Galatasaray
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26,
Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Akil Ülken made the kick off which started today's match. Arda Göksel Hafi hit a great freekick 6 minutes into the match. Pars Şenbay kicked well hit freekick during the 7th minute of the match. Gazi Cezri showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Erkut Yaves, who was totally free with the ball in the 8th minute. Giray Elmas fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 10th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Sertaç Serhun having to interfere. Nejat Uysal received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 13th minute. Gazi Cezri tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Nejat Uysals short, quick shot in the 15thth minute got Gazi Cezri to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. After a defensive mix-up in Caycuma's zone, Akil Ülken stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Gazi Cezri came out of the goal and Akil Ülken tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Giray Elmas might have been able to make a better finish in the 23rd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Sertaç Serhun. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Giray Elmas ran back to his position shaking his head. 25 minutes in the game, Nejat Uysal fired away an excellent shot, which passed to the side of the right post without Gazi Cezri having to interfere. 27 minutes into the game, Arda Göksel Hafi cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Sertaç Serhun was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Akil Ülken was really disappointed when he shot the ball just outside the right post instead of scoring a goal in the 33rd minute. Galatasaray's manager could be seen on the sidelines shaking his head and muttering to himself as his team had just wasted another chance. Galatasaray's Sertaç Serhun played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Giray Elmas in the 36th minute of play. In the 36th minute, Giray Elmas ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Sertaç Serhun was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-2. Arda Göksel Hafi received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 40th minute. Sertaç Serhun tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After a rather tough play, Caycuma's Ahmet Emir Vefik got a free kick in the 44th minute. In the 45th minute of the match Erkut Yaves shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Gazi Cezri showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-2 lead.
Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Giray Elmas to make the kick off. 54 minutes into the match, Nejat Uysal notched a goal, 1-2, to the right of Caycuma's Gazi Cezri. Gazi Cezri was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. After 59 minutes, İsrafil İhya mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Caycuma and the Galatasaray players grew even worse after the yellow card. 64 minutes into the match, Galatasaray's goalkeeper Sertaç Serhun had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Arda Göksel Hafi. Abdullatif Ergül's late challenge caught a Caycuma's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Abdullatif Ergül helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, Galatasaray's Abdullatif Ergül got a free kick in the 66th minute. Arda Göksel Hafi recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 67th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. 72 minutes into the game, Galatasaray's Akil Ülken nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Gazi Cezri made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 2-2. Tayyip Hakyemez succeeded in the game's 75th minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 3-2. After a defensive mix-up in Galatasaray's zone, Arda Göksel Hafi stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Sertaç Serhun came out of the goal and Arda Göksel Hafi tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Arda Göksel Hafi got free with Sertaç Serhun in the 95th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The referee blew his whistle, and the match came to a close. The players exchanged shirts and headed down the tunnel. The Galatasaray fans cheered their team off the field, for while Caycuma had put up a good fight, they were unable to come out of the game with any points to show for their effort.
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