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Alapli
Spectators: 7170 (Terracing: 5379, Seating: 1649, VIP seats: 142) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Esen İhya made the kick off which started today's match. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Esen İhya in the 12th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Şakir Tacik prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Ayhan Orhon fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 13th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Haldun Ulucan having to interfere. If Esen İhya had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 16th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Ahmet Vefik Okay received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 22nd minute. Haldun Ulucan tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. YEHA's Haldun Ulucan played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ayhan Orhon in the 24th minute of play. After a rather tough play, Falcao FC's Kılıçalp Gökyüzü got a free kick in the 26th minute. Haldun Ulucan made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ahmet Vefik Okay in the 32nd minute of play. In the 39th minute, Osman Ali Gündoğan hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Ayhan Orhon might have been able to make a better finish in the 45th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Haldun Ulucan. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Ayhan Orhon ran back to his position shaking his head. 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.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Ayhan Orhon stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. The audience was convinced that Esen İhya's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Şakir Tacik was relentless in the 55th minute of the game. The supporters of YEHA booed when Falcao FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 56 match minutes in a wonderful position. Rüknettin Ulutay didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 57th minute, Hasan Uçanok 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. Haldun Ulucan came out of the goal in the 61st minute to try and stop a shot by Falcao FC's Ahmet Vefik Okay. But to his dismay, Ahmet Vefik Okay quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. A collision led to YEHA getting a freekick after 69 minutes play. Mehmet Osman Zaim hit a great ball. Esen İhya fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 72nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Şakir Tacik having to interfere. When Hasan Uçanok came up free with the goalie in the 74th minute, the YEHA 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 Hasan Uçanok couldn't finish the play. If Ayhan Orhon had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 80th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. YEHA's Haldun Ulucan proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 82nd minute of the match, managed to save YEHA from getting a goal against them. YEHA's goalkeeper couldn't reach when Ayhan Orhon 83 minutes into the game got a good kick on the ball which found its way into goal just inside left pole. 0-2. A collision led to YEHA getting a freekick after 93 minutes play. Birkan Sayıl hit a great ball. It was beautiful to see Falcao FC's Osman Ali Gündoğan in action when he in the 95th minute dribbled his way through a couple of opponents and the fired away a shot from almost standing still. First the ball seemed to get in, but turned out to be on the outside of the net. A great chance! The Falcao FC players were relieved to hear the final whistle blow to end the match. The away crowd was happy to see their team win after a very tight game.