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Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) 3 minutes into the match, Hedy Lamarr Hoppers's goal looked a bit too open when Ali Macit Akbel came free, but Rajiv Pathak reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Sungur Yura received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 6th minute. Rajiv Pathak tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 8th minute, Ali Macit Akbel reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Rajiv Pathak. The goal made the score 1-0. BATMAN SK's Mikail Zeki played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by David Cook in the 14th minute of play. After a rather tough play, BATMAN SK's Bektaş Veli Kutal got a free kick in the 20th minute. Rajiv Pathak made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ali Macit Akbel in the 22nd minute of play. After 23 minutes, Nicholas Dalton mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Hedy Lamarr Hoppers and the BATMAN SK players grew even worse after the yellow card. After 23 played minutes Hedy Lamarr Hoppers got a freekick which was hit by Nicholas Dalton. The audience thought a goal was coming when Sungur Yura got free with Rajiv Pathak in the 25th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Timothy Antrobus hit a great freekick 26 minutes into the match. A collision led to Hedy Lamarr Hoppers getting a freekick after 28 minutes play. Robert Smith hit a great ball. In the 31st minute Ali Macit Akbel shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Rajiv Pathak saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. BATMAN SK's Burç Faydalı was substituted for İlhan Sunullah. David Cook hit a great freekick 35 minutes into the match. Rajiv Pathak made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ali Macit Akbel in the 47th minute of play. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 3-0.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when David Cook stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Nicholas Dalton might have been able to make a better finish in the 52nd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Mikail Zeki. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Nicholas Dalton ran back to his position shaking his head. An unexpectedly hard shot by Timothy Antrobus in the 54th minute of play forced BATMAN SK's goalkeeper Mikail Zeki to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Rajiv Pathak showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Sungur Yura, who was totally free with the ball in the 57th minute. In the 57th match minute, Hedy Lamarr Hoppers was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Martin Little to maneuver through the defense. Cumhur Ulualp took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 58th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Rajiv Pathak. Hedy Lamarr Hoppers's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. The throw-in from Cumhur Ulualp in the 62nd minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Hedy Lamarr Hoppers's Nicholas Dalton. Rajiv Pathak came out of the goal in the 65th minute to try and stop a shot by BATMAN SK's Ali Macit Akbel. But to his dismay, Ali Macit Akbel quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 4-0. Rajiv Pathak showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Sungur Yura in the 69th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ali Macit Akbel in the 73rd minute of play forced Hedy Lamarr Hoppers's goalkeeper Rajiv Pathak to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 83rd minute, David Cook ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Mikail Zeki was frozen by the shot and now it was 4-1. Sungur Yura 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. In the 88th minute, Ali Macit Akbel made a precise shot to the right of Rajiv Pathak. Hedy Lamarr Hoppers's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 5-1. A collision led to Hedy Lamarr Hoppers getting a freekick after 91 minutes play. Ian Bamber hit a great ball. After 92 played minutes, BATMAN SK's Cumhur Ulualp shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Rajiv Pathak came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in BATMAN SK reached it. David Cook got his second yellow card in the match during the 96th minute which meant that he had to leave the ground. BATMAN SK's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.