League

Stockings Stadium
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) KARAMAN F.C's Cankut Toprak 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. 3 minutes into the game, Öztürk Kılıçdaroğlu was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. KARAMAN F.C's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Black Stockings the free kick. In a very dangerous position, a player in KARAMAN F.C fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 2nd minute. Penalty! In the 4th minute, the referee gave Black Stockings a penalty. Vecdet Katib looked confident and blasted the ball into goal by the left post, totally unstoppable for Tolga Açıker. İlkan Metiner's late challenge caught a KARAMAN F.C's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. İlkan Metiner helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to Black Stockings getting a freekick after 7 minutes play. İlkan Metiner hit a great ball. After a defensive mix-up in Black Stockings's zone, Cankut Toprak stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Berker Rıza Kayra came out of the goal and Cankut Toprak tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Black Stockings's Mustafa Hakan Halıcı got a good chance for a goal in the 16th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Paşa Baykam received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 19th minute. Tolga Açıker tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When the match had gone on for 20 minutes, Mustafa Hakan Halıcı put it in 2-0 from a short distance just to the right of Tolga Açıker. KARAMAN F.C's Tolga Açıker proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 23rd minute of the match, managed to save KARAMAN F.C from getting a goal against them. The supporters of KARAMAN F.C booed when Black Stockings was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 25 match minutes in a wonderful position. Paşa Baykam didn't get a good kick on the ball. After having played for 28 minutes, Paşa Baykam managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Black Stockings's supporters crossed their fingers, but Paşa Baykam was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Berker Rıza Kayra didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Oğuzhan İlcan went, in the 33rd minute, to the upper right corner, 2-1 was the resulting score. KARAMAN F.C's Tolga Açıker proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 36th minute of the match, managed to save KARAMAN F.C from getting a goal against them. After a rather tough play, KARAMAN F.C's Kahraman Bengi got a free kick in the 37th minute. If Paşa Baykam had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 40th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After some fancy dribbling in the 42nd minute, Paşa Baykam managed to get in a good position for a shot. Black Stockings's supporters rose to their feet, but Paşa Baykam was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Tolga Açıker breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cankut Toprak in the 44th minute of play forced Black Stockings's goalkeeper Berker Rıza Kayra to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When Oğuzhan İlcan came up free with the goalie in the 46th minute, the KARAMAN F.C fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Oğuzhan İlcan couldn't finish the play.

Tolga Açıker made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Paşa Baykam in the 51st minute of play. Paşa Baykam sent away a hard shot on goal in the 52nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Black Stockings's Mustafa Hakan Halıcı got a good chance for a goal in the 55th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Berker Rıza Kayra took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cankut Toprak, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Yunus Uçbeyi struck a weak shot in the 68th minute. Tolga Açıker didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Black Stockings. Berker Rıza Kayra showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Cankut Toprak, who was totally free with the ball in the 71st minute. 94 minutes into the game, one of Black Stockings:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. Berker Rıza Kayra went to the wrong direction when Peyami Erzincanlı was taking care of the penalty kick which however missed the goal. The second half was just like the first, even and exciting. The match ended in a draw.