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Üçyol Arena
Spectators: 7643 (Terracing: 5735, Seating: 1758, VIP seats: 150) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Xerxes Handel took the kick off in the first half of the match. Vecdet Urgun fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 7th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Şener İdris having to interfere. After a defensive mix-up in Balya FK's zone, Vecdet Urgun stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Şener İdris came out of the goal and Vecdet Urgun tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Ilgaz Kapkin received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 11th minute. Şener İdris tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Xerxes Handel took the ball and in the 12 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Şener İdris. Şener İdris dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-0. Birant Dengizer sent away a hard shot on goal in the 19th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. With a little luck, Balya FK's Şener İdris got control of the ball when Xerxes Handel tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 27th match minute, Üçyol Paşalargücü was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Mustafa Namık Kuthan to maneuver through the defense. Vecdet Urgun sent away a hard shot on goal in the 31st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. With his leg Şener İdris managed to avoid a goal in the 33rdth minute, when Üçyol Paşalargücü's Xerxes Handel fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Hori Malburgo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Birant Dengizer, who was totally free with the ball in the 35th minute. 36 minutes had been played when some careless play by Üçyol Paşalargücü's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Enginalp Kadirsah was slow to take the kick. During this time Balya FK's players had a chance to rest. The corner led Balya FK's Enginalp Kadirsah to fire away a dangerous shot which Hori Malburgo despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. Mustafa Namık Kuthan recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 39th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. If Ilgaz Kapkin had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 40th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Şener İdris stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Xerxes Handel's shot from short distance in the 42nd minute. Xerxes Handel could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 44th minute of the match, but Şener İdris made a huge save. Şener İdris didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Xerxes Handel went, in the 46th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-0 was the resulting score. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Birant Dengizer to strike the kick off in the second half. Şener İdris came out of the goal in the 53rd minute to try and stop a shot by Üçyol Paşalargücü's Xerxes Handel. But to his dismay, Xerxes Handel quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 3-0. Şener İdris took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Xerxes Handel, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When Üçyol Paşalargücü's Vecdet Urgun in the 62nd minute got a chance for a shot 62nd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Balya FK's goalie prevented a goal. 62 minutes into the game, Müfit Şahbaz was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Balya FK's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Üçyol Paşalargücü the free kick. The audience was convinced that Vecdet Urgun's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Şener İdris was relentless in the 64th minute of the game. Üçyol Paşalargücü's Gökhan Okbudun was substituted for Birdal Karan. In the 71stth minute of the game Vecdet Urgun who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Balya FK's Şener İdris was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 76th match minute, Balya FK was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Birant Dengizer to maneuver through the defense. 78 minutes into the match, Balya FK's goal looked a bit too open when Xerxes Handel came free, but Şener İdris reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Kenan Ersoy hit a great freekick 81 minutes into the match. In the 85th minute, Ilgaz Kapkin 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. When the match had gone on for 87 minutes, Xerxes Handel put it in 5-0 from a short distance just to the right of Şener İdris. After a rather tough play, Üçyol Paşalargücü's Mustafa Namık Kuthan got a free kick in the 93rd minute. When the referee ended the match the Üçyol Paşalargücü players were able to celebrate. They had won a fair victory and recieved the ovations of their fans.