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Spectators: 7324 (Terracing: 5598, Seating: 1716, VIP seats: 10) Léo Neves made the kick off and thus started the match. In the 3rd minute, Léo Neves left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The EsenlerSpor fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. EsenlerSpor's Ali Kürşat Demirkan played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Hasret Tansu in the 7th minute of play. Mirkelam Dilhan recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 16th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. In the 18th minute, Sufi Akdoğ made a precise shot to the right of Ali Kürşat Demirkan. EsenlerSpor's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-1. 26 minutes into the match, Türkeş Batüralp notched a goal, 2-1, to the right of EsenlerSpor's Ali Kürşat Demirkan. Ali Kürşat Demirkan was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. After 29 minutes of play, EsenlerSpor's Léo Neves made it 2-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Özgün Hamurcu was left in no man's land by his defense there! Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Léo Neves in the 34th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Özgün Hamurcu prevented the ball from getting in the gole. MUSTAFA KEMAL ATATÜRK's Özgün Hamurcu played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Léo Neves in the 36th minute of play. The score stood at 2-2 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Hasret Tansu made a kick off. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Türkeş Batüralp in the 56th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Ali Kürşat Demirkan saved EsenlerSpor from getting behind. Dilmen Eryildiz made in the 58th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Sufi Akdoğ. 59 minutes into the match, EsenlerSpor's goal looked a bit too open when Hasret Tansu came free, but Ali Kürşat Demirkan reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Anıl Vasif hit a great freekick 60 minutes into the match. In a very dangerous position, a player in EsenlerSpor fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 64th minute. Penalty! In the 65th minute, Türkeş Batüralp ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Ali Kürşat Demirkan was frozen by the shot and now it was 3-2. Türkeş Batüralp fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 72nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ali Kürşat Demirkan having to interfere. In the 75th minute of the match Mirkelam Dilhan sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Özgün Hamurcu skillfully saved the ball. Ali Kürşat Demirkan showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Türkeş Batüralp in the 83rd minute of the match. After a defensive mix-up in EsenlerSpor's zone, Hasret Tansu stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Ali Kürşat Demirkan came out of the goal and Hasret Tansu 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 Léo Neves got free with Özgün Hamurcu in the 87th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 92nd minute, Léo Neves 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. Jeers came from both ends of the stadium when the final whistle went. Neither team had looked impressive and the draw seeemd a fair result.