Spasmitic 1 - 7 KARTAL1903 (363566204)

2545 punters turned up at Iskenderun, and despite threatening clouds on the horizon, no rain came. Vladyslav Stadnichenko was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Hannes Arumeel and Zeljko Stankovic. Spasmitic started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. Starters: Topaz - Agosta, Panigati, Scuteri - Westh, Farina, Guillot, Sinner, Falvo - Launay, Salambo.

A 4-5-1 alignment was the formation of choice for KARTAL1903. They fielded: Sánchez - Karadut, Hayal, Arpak, Akçora - Plötz, Moreno Torre, Aznar, Ramos de Oliveira, Delov - Vafiadakis.

KARTAL1903 were relying on their ability to counter-attack. The terraces were silenced after 19 minutes when KARTAL1903's L. Vafiadakis put the guests ahead 0 - 1, following an attack on the right. With 27 minutes played, a quick exchange of passes on the left wing freed Ç. Hayal of KARTAL1903 to slip through the defence and score another goal for the visitors. That made the score 0 - 2. After 28 minutes, KARTAL1903's T. Arpak burst through the central defence and let loose a cannonball of a shot, scoring for 0 - 3. The players of KARTAL1903 now seemed to think the job was done and acted more defensively, just waiting for the ref to blow the final whistle. 31 minutes into the game, KARTAL1903 had difficulty finding their positions and their organisation dropped to passable. 34 minutes in, KARTAL1903's A. Ramos de Oliveira received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. 35 minutes into the game, KARTAL1903 seemed a little tentative in their play as their organization fell to weak. It was 0 - 3 at the break. KARTAL1903 claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 55 percent.

The coach gave his players an extra tactical briefing during the break, and after that KARTAL1903 had passable organisation. With 46 minutes played, the Spasmitic coach decided a substitution may help turn the game around. D. Balestri came on, A. Topaz had to leave the fray. The home crowd was not impressed when T. Plötz came in from the right, shooting hard to score after 57 minutes. KARTAL1903 were now up 0 - 4. D. Akçora increased the visitors' lead by putting a volley away after a pass from the right. 0 - 5. Ç. Hayal showed his inexperience when he failed to anticipate the bounce of a high ball, allowing Spasmitic's F. Launay to take advantage and place a shot into the bottom corner of the goal. 1 - 5. KARTAL1903 increased their lead after 76 minutes when L. Vafiadakis broke through on the right, upping the score to 1 - 6, much to the home crowd's dismay. Some fine movement on the left led to a KARTAL1903 goal after 79 minutes, making it 1 - 7. A. Ramos de Oliveira was noted down as the scorer. KARTAL1903 had most of the ball, with 62 percent of possession.

Spasmitic's best player was F. Launay. However, D. Balestri made a disastrous appearance. Most important KARTAL1903 player was L. Vafiadakis. K. Karadut turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 1 - 7.