League

REAL MARDİN ARENA
Spectators: 6675 (Terracing: 5675, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Johannes Geraerts started the match with the kick off. With a little luck, BucaSpor ERSAN's Nihat Yekta got control of the ball when Johannes Geraerts tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 7th minute, Ali Macit Uluberk hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After a rather tough play, REAL MARDİN's Giraldo Maysonet got a free kick in the 9th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Johannes Geraerts in the 16th minute of play forced BucaSpor ERSAN's goalkeeper Nihat Yekta to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 18 minutes into the match, REAL MARDİN's goal looked a bit too open when Rune Asplund came free, but Bahri Doğanten reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Bahri Doğanten showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Günalp Şemsifer in the 19th minute of the match. 20 minutes into the game, BucaSpor ERSAN's Rune Asplund nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Bahri Doğanten made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-2. In the 29th minute Giraldo Maysonet shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Nihat Yekta saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Nihat Yekta showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Johannes Geraerts in the 31st minute of the match. Nihat Yekta took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Johannes Geraerts, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Rune Asplund hit a great freekick 34 minutes into the match. Gökay Kaynak kicked well hit freekick during the 37th minute of the match. Johannes Geraerts 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. In the 47th minute, Isaias Xabel ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Nihat Yekta was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-2. The REAL MARDİN players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. BucaSpor ERSAN were winning 1-2.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Andre Shipton to strike the kick off in the second half. After 59 minutes of play, REAL MARDİN's Johannes Geraerts made it 3-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Nihat Yekta was left in no man's land by his defense there! If Johannes Geraerts had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 66th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Giraldo Maysonet in the 70th minute of play forced BucaSpor ERSAN's goalkeeper Nihat Yekta to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. REAL MARDİN's defense didn't have a chance, in the 72nd minute, when Andre Shipton scored to the left of an out of position Bahri Doğanten, making the score, 4-3. 75 minutes into the match, Johannes Geraerts had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Nihat Yekta. BucaSpor ERSAN's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Johannes Geraerts was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 5-3. The audience thought a goal was coming when Andre Shipton got free with Bahri Doğanten in the 79th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Johannes Geraerts took the ball and in the 81 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Nihat Yekta. Nihat Yekta dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 6-3. In the 85th minute Johannes Geraerts shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Nihat Yekta saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 86 minutes into the game, Isaias Xabel cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 7-3. Nihat Yekta was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 94th minute Johannes Geraerts shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Nihat Yekta saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When the referee ended the match the REAL MARDİN players were able to celebrate. They had won a fair victory and recieved the ovations of their fans.