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Ula
Spectators: 7157 (Terracing: 5607, Seating: 1500, VIP seats: 50) Agah Pınar made the kick off and thus started the match. Nizam Barkans short, quick shot in the 4thth minute got Vecdet Biçim to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Nizam Barkan's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 6thth minute, Vecdet Biçim skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Agah Pınar in the 7th minute of play forced TrabzonSpor's goalkeeper Mithat Kocak to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Vecdet Biçim showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Nizam Barkan in the 10th minute of the match. Nizam Barkan sent away a hard shot on goal in the 13th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Nizam Barkan sent away a hard shot on goal in the 22nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. If Başaran İplikçi had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 24th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Mithat Kocak showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Agah Pınar in the 32nd minute of the match. Sungurhan Başbuğ might have been able to make a better finish in the 37th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Vecdet Biçim. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Sungurhan Başbuğ ran back to his position shaking his head. When the match had gone on for 38 minutes, Nizam Barkan took a quick shot and it went in 1-1 without a chance for Vecdet Biçim to make any attempt to save it. In the 41st minute, Özal Mübarek hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Nizam Barkan fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 46th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Vecdet Biçim having to interfere. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

Nizam Barkan blasted a shot towards the goal in the 55th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Vecdet Biçim having to make a save. After a rather tough play, TrabzonSpor's Özal Mübarek got a free kick in the 61st minute. After some fancy dribbling in the 65th minute, Sungurhan Başbuğ managed to get in a good position for a shot. TrabzonSpor's supporters rose to their feet, but Sungurhan Başbuğ was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Vecdet Biçim breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. After a rather tough play, TrabzonSpor's Sungurhan Başbuğ got a free kick in the 71st minute. After 77 minutes, Agah Pınar mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the US Città di Palermo and the TrabzonSpor players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 77th match minute, US Città di Palermo was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Agah Pınar to maneuver through the defense. After a defensive mix-up in US Città di Palermo's zone, Sungurhan Başbuğ stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Vecdet Biçim came out of the goal and Sungurhan Başbuğ tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Nizam Barkan sent away a hard shot on goal in the 86th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 89 minutes into the match, Nizam Barkan had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Vecdet Biçim. US Città di Palermo's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Nizam Barkan was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-1. The referee blew his whistle, and the match came to a close. The players exchanged shirts and headed down the tunnel. The TrabzonSpor fans cheered their team off the field, for while US Città di Palermo had put up a good fight, they were unable to come out of the game with any points to show for their effort.