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Spectators: 8435 (Terracing: 6327, Seating: 1940, VIP seats: 168) Karapinar's Okan Golovichev started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Kayhan Canfeda fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 14th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Marcus Mazza having to interfere. Karapinar's Marcus Mazza proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 19th minute of the match, managed to save Karapinar from getting a goal against them. Sabino Valverde in the 20thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Marcus Mazza, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. With a little luck, Karapinar's Marcus Mazza got control of the ball when Kayhan Canfeda tried to sneak it across the goal line. Marcus Mazza took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Kayhan Canfeda, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Jiang Yu Lin didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Okan Golovichev went, in the 30th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. An unexpectedly hard shot by Okan Golovichev in the 40th minute of play forced BinDokuzYüzYirmiBeş's goalkeeper Jiang Yu Lin to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Okan Golovichev scored 0-2 in the 42nd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Jiang Yu Lin, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. The BinDokuzYüzYirmiBeş players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Karapinar were winning 0-2.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Sabino Valverde made a kick off. In the 51st minute, Kutlay Oytunç hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 53 minutes into the game, BinDokuzYüzYirmiBeş's Özgün Hatip nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Marcus Mazza made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-2. In the 57th minute, Okan Golovichev 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. Karapinar's Marcus Mazza played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Kayhan Canfeda in the 63rd minute of play. Jiang Yu Lin stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Okan Golovichev's shot from short distance in the 65th minute. After some careless play in the BinDokuzYüzYirmiBeş defense, Okan Golovichev kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Jiang Yu Lin. The BinDokuzYüzYirmiBeş fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Jiang Yu Lin should have stopped the shot. Okan Golovichev recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 75th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Jiang Yu Lin showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Sertel Ankara in the 77th minute of the match. In the 79th minute Özgün Hatip shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Marcus Mazza saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 81st minute Özgün Hatip shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Marcus Mazza saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 83 minutes had been played when some careless play by Karapinar's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Kayhan Canfeda was slow to take the kick. During this time BinDokuzYüzYirmiBeş's players had a chance to rest. After taking down the ball on BinDokuzYüzYirmiBeş's corner Kayhan Canfeda fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Marcus Mazza quite easily take care of the ball. In the 86th minute, Okan Golovichev ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Jiang Yu Lin was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-4. Okan Golovichev's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 90thth minute, Jiang Yu Lin skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. A collision led to Karapinar getting a freekick after 92 minutes play. Sertel Ankara hit a great ball. Karapinar were delighted with the way they had won the match. They had held their defensive line well and made the most of their chances, to claim a victory over BinDokuzYüzYirmiBeş's much stronger midfield.