NİSAN 3 - 0 İsmail1967 (388899152)

25300 punters turned up at KARTAL YUVASI, and despite threatening clouds on the horizon, no rain came. Naiden Filipov was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Daniel Quandt and Ermes Vinci. NİSAN started off with a 5-3-2 lineup. Starters: Giuliani - Ceman, Plensa, Vermot, Moga, Stokowiec - Kaldvee, Orrela, Møller - Hormiga, Peña.

A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for İsmail1967. Lineup: Rebas - Meşkur, Vujanić, Yegan - Saylu, Savklı, Ferrão, Miranda, Ivanov - Barroso, Abat.

NİSAN used their ability to concentrate their attacks in the middle of the pitch, rather than on the wings. They were singing the praises of N. Moga 4 minutes into the match after his speculative chip from the middle of the penalty box found its way over the visitors' keeper to make the score 1 - 0 to NİSAN. The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave V. Vujanić from İsmail1967 a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 30 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! NİSAN had a good opportunity to attack on the wing, but remembered their instructions to go for middle attacks. T. Orrela should probably have put his team up another goal after 31 minutes, but some great goalkeeping by R. Rebas kept the visitors in the game. With the clock showing 39 minutes played, a great pass from the defensive line of NİSAN resulted in a counterattack that was smoothly brought under control by L. Hormiga in the centre of the opposition's penalty area, but his finish went high. Things were going to get worse for the visitors. H. Kaldvee squirmed through their central defence after 41 minutes, increasing the lead to 2 - 0. After this, you could see that the players of NİSAN were more interested in killing time than scoring more goals. İsmail1967 came close to narrowing the gap when G. Abat's free kick nearly made it past the outstretched hands of P. Giuliani after 42 minutes. After 44 minutes a very unfortunate collision in the penalty area led to İsmail1967's M. Ferrão being carried off the pitch and replaced by Y. Fazlı. The teams went for the halftime break at 2 - 0. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by NİSAN, with 57 percent of the ball.

NİSAN players heard their coach's words ringing in their ears and steered their wing attacks to the middle instead. E. Møller could have increased the lead after 47 minutes, but his shot hit the post after a nice combination in the middle of the park. I. Plensa almost put NİSAN ahead another goal when he curled a free kick over the defensive wall and almost into the net, but the visitors' keeper got there just in time to knock it wide. After 62 minutes, a couple of quick and successful challenges followed by a shot from just outside the penalty area by L. Hormiga might have resulted in another goal for NİSAN. However, R. Rebas made a spectacular save. Having been awarded a free kick in an awkward position after 71 minutes, NİSAN did not go for a shot but instead fired the ball hard into the 6 yard box. After a brief tussle with his marker, F. Peña was able to power the ball past the keeper to make the score 3 - 0. N. Moga was ever so close to scoring after an excellent corner was beautifully flicked on by M. Stokowiec, but the ball bounced off the post to safety. NİSAN enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 55 percent of possession.

H. Kaldvee performed admirably for NİSAN. However, M. Ceman made a disastrous appearance. Most important İsmail1967 player was G. Miranda. Y. Fazlı on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 3 - 0.