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Nisantasi Stadium
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Şadi Toktaş kicked off to start the match. Batur Yalkın made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Barış Yetişen in the 4th minute of play. The crowd rose to their feet as Nisantasi's Aysan Özkutal slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Emre Demiralp. That made the score 1-0 after 6 minutes of play. Batur Yalkın didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Şadi Toktaş went, in the 13th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-1 was the resulting score. An unexpectedly hard shot by Şadi Toktaş in the 21st minute of play forced Nisantasi's goalkeeper Batur Yalkın to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Batur Yalkın stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Şadi Toktaş's shot from short distance in the 23rd minute. The supporters of Senkaya SK booed when Nisantasi was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 23 match minutes in a wonderful position. Semavi Varol didn't get a good kick on the ball. Şadi Toktaş received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 25th minute. Batur Yalkın tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Muhammet Başdoğan lost his temper 31 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. 30 minutes into the game, one of Senkaya SK:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. Uğuralp Harmandalı shot the penalty kick by force right in the crossbar. No goal. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Aysan Özkutal in the 34th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Emre Demiralp prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Barış Yetişen received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 39th minute. Batur Yalkın tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. If Aysan Özkutal had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 42nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 44th minute, one of Senkaya SK:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Senkaya SK. Emre Demiralp had in the 46thth minute some difficulties stopping Uğuralp Harmandalı's well aimed penalty as it nearly passed him on his left side, but he still managed to hold the ball. Batur Yalkın made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Barış Yetişen in the 47th minute of play. The score stood at 1-1 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

Emre Demiralp showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Güney Tunçdağ in the 56th minute of the match. In the 61st minute Güney Tunçdağ shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Emre Demiralp saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Yüce Yağızkan fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 73rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Batur Yalkın having to interfere. When Hızır Hacıfettahoğlu came up free with the goalie in the 88th minute, the Senkaya SK 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 Hızır Hacıfettahoğlu couldn't finish the play. 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.