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Ayazpasa
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Mirza Dahi kicked off to start the match. Ayberk Harmandalı's late challenge caught a İskenderunspor's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Ayberk Harmandalı helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of İskenderunspor booed when Ayazpasa was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 3 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ayberk Harmandalı didn't get a good kick on the ball. 8 minutes into the game, Deniz Boğatekin was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Ayazpasa's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave İskenderunspor the free kick. In a very dangerous position, a player in Ayazpasa fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 8th minute. Penalty! The referee gave İskenderunspor a penalty, 9 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Arif Memduh Erben, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of Ayazpasa's Murat Selim Toygar. 0-1. The supporters of Ayazpasa booed when İskenderunspor was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 12 match minutes in a wonderful position. Nebi Berkman didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 14th minute the ball was on its way in behind Ayazpasa's goalkeeper Murat Selim Toygar, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Murat Selim Toygar didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Burç Akbudun went, in the 19th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-2 was the resulting score. In the 24th minute Burç Akbudun shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Murat Selim Toygar saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. If Mustafa Emre Bürge had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 34th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Burç Akbudun might have been able to make a better finish in the 35th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Murat Selim Toygar. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Burç Akbudun ran back to his position shaking his head. If Mustafa Emre Bürge had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 35th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After a defensive mix-up in Ayazpasa's zone, Burç Akbudun stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Murat Selim Toygar came out of the goal and Burç Akbudun tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Burç Akbudun in the 38th minute of play forced Ayazpasa's goalkeeper Murat Selim Toygar to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 39th match minute, Ayazpasa was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Barış Garipbaş to maneuver through the defense. Murat Selim Toygar came out of the goal in the 41st minute to try and stop a shot by İskenderunspor's Burç Akbudun. But to his dismay, Burç Akbudun quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-3. Mustafa Emre Bürge sent away a hard shot on goal in the 45th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Murat Selim Toygar took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Burç Akbudun, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-3 lead.

The wind increased when Burç Akbudun made the kick off in the second half. Ayazpasa's Ayberk Harmandalı got a good chance for a goal in the 53rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Mustafa Anıl Tanalp showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ayberk Harmandalı, who was totally free with the ball in the 56th minute. Ayberk Harmandalı's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Mustafa Anıl Tanalp read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 58th minute of play. Ayberk Harmandalı fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 66th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Mustafa Anıl Tanalp having to interfere. 69 minutes into the match, Ayazpasa's Mirza Dahi sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Mustafa Anıl Tanalp narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Murat Selim Toygar made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Burç Akbudun in the 75th minute of play. The audience was convinced that Ayberk Harmandalı's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Mustafa Anıl Tanalp was relentless in the 83rd minute of the game. Mustafa Emre Bürge sent away a hard shot on goal in the 85th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. In the 92nd match minute, Ayazpasa was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Melih Cevdet Adıgün to maneuver through the defense. The Ayazpasa supporters were disappointed that their team didn't take anything from the match, despite matching İskenderunspor's performance. The match ended with a win for İskenderunspor.