Official Cup

Ismet Pasa
Spectators: 161 (Terracing: 121, Seating: 37, VIP seats: 3) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Ali Faruk Hasanoğlu started the match with the kick off. Halis Tuncaral received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 7th minute. Egemen Toralp tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When KOCAELİSPOR's Ali Faruk Hasanoğlu in the 8th minute got a chance for a shot 8th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye AKHisaR's goalie prevented a goal. Egemen Toralp didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when KOCAELİSPOR's Ali Faruk Hasanoğlu shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 1-0 in the ordered_time% minute. Halis Tuncaral's late challenge caught a AKHisaR's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Halis Tuncaral helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to KOCAELİSPOR getting a freekick after 22 minutes play. Halis Tuncaral hit a great ball. 25 minutes into the match, AKHisaR's goal looked a bit too open when Ali Faruk Hasanoğlu came free, but Egemen Toralp reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After taking down the ball on KOCAELİSPOR's corner Mustafa Emrah Mertoğlu fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Egemen Toralp quite easily take care of the ball. 26 minutes into the match it was 2-0 when Mustafa Emrah Mertoğlu shot a long shot which zipped by AKHisaR's goalkeeper at the right pole. Barbaros Çelebioğlu hit a great freekick 36 minutes into the match. Arif Burak Çimen showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Yakup Hacıoğlu in the 39th minute of the match. A collision led to AKHisaR getting a freekick after 39 minutes play. Baran Alp Kose hit a great ball. Egemen Toralp showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Halis Tuncaral in the 43rd minute of the match. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

In the 54th minute Baran Alp Kose shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Arif Burak Çimen saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After having played for 57 minutes, Ahmet Arif Durak managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. KOCAELİSPOR's supporters crossed their fingers, but Ahmet Arif Durak was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. After some fancy dribbling in the 67th minute, Mustafa Emrah Mertoğlu managed to get in a good position for a shot. KOCAELİSPOR's supporters rose to their feet, but Mustafa Emrah Mertoğlu was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Egemen Toralp breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. KOCAELİSPOR's Zafer Gümüşcü was substituted for Kerimhan Yalavaç. Arif Burak Çimen didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Ramazan Afacan went, in the 70th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-1 was the resulting score. Arif Burak Çimen made an important save on a dangerous shot by Yakup Hacıoğlu in the 75th minute. Yakup Hacıoğlu who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 76thth minute tested the skills of Arif Burak Çimen when he managed to save the team from getting behind. Arif Burak Çimen made an important save on a dangerous shot by Yakup Hacıoğlu in the 79th minute. Arif Burak Çimen showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Yakup Hacıoğlu, who was totally free with the ball in the 80th minute. In the 84th minute, Ahmet Arif Durak hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The audience thought a goal was coming when Yakup Hacıoğlu got free with Arif Burak Çimen in the 92nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ali Faruk Hasanoğlu in the 95th minute of play forced AKHisaR's goalkeeper Egemen Toralp to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Many of AKHisaR's supporters were seen to leave the ground early as it became clear their team was going to lose. AKHisaR may have spent more time on the ball, but KOCAELİSPOR were more willing to take their chances and they walked away with the win.