tarıkspor 2 - 1 emirspor24 (377638681)

1191 punters turned up at Gümüş Arena, and despite threatening clouds on the horizon, no rain came. Raoul Meijers was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Eustachio Borrello and Agripino Mayoral. tarıkspor had chosen a strategic 3-4-3 formation. Starters: Öztay - Parla, Rekin, Mümtaz - Aybay, Berkkan, Nağme, Örsay - Özel, Cenap, Devrim.

emirspor24 tactics involved an interesting 4-4-2 combination. Lineup: Kadem - Tüm, Bach, Turkan, Galkin - Jekić, Águas, Grootendorst, Öztaylan - Downe, Myrhall.

tarıkspor seemed to prefer attacking in the middle. emirspor24 were mostly trying to use their skill at attacking on the flanks. After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, D. Downe got himself booked. The manager of emirspor24 was not happy. 27 minutes of the match played, and a comedy of errors by the home side gave the visitors a chance at the lead, but N. Turkan, after finding himself dashing down on goal from the left with only the keeper to beat, sliced his shot horribly wide. emirspor24's G. Águas gave the visitors a 0 - 1 lead after 35 minutes with a superb strike from the right. The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave F. Özel from tarıkspor a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 38 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! 40 minutes into the game, emirspor24 worked the left side industriously creating several opportunities to add to their lead, but just couldn't apply the finishing touch. It was 0 - 1 at the break. emirspor24 had most of the ball, with 53 percent of possession.

tarıkspor needed a fresh pair of legs on the field, and after 55 minutes S. Cenap made way for H. Batur. After 55 minutes, tarıkspor switched K. Devrim with D. Özbil, hoping for a quick impact on the pitch. With 55 minutes played, the tarıkspor coach decided a substitution may help turn the game around. M. Durul came on, F. Özel had to leave the fray. With a shot curled in from just outside the middle of the penalty area after 58 minutes played, A. Nağme of tarıkspor made the score 1 - 1. After 61 minutes, there was a bit of a mixup on the field as emirspor24 found themselves out of position and their organisation level dropped to passable. tarıkspor's M. Durul refused to leave the field after injuring his achilles tendon after 65 minutes. This was a good period for the visitors, with several opportunities to take the lead, particularly when T. Öztaylan slipped through the defence on the right to come up alone against S. Öztay, but the home side's keeper showed his lightning reflexes. tarıkspor's counterattacks created a good chance for P. Berkkan on the right after 70 minutes, but he could only look on with dismay as his strike rebounded off the crossbar. tarıkspor could have put themselves ahead after 73 minutes but E. Örsay missed a volley shot on a ball coming in from the right. After 82 minutes, tarıkspor raised their score by one when E. Örsay's dangerous low cross was cleverly tucked in at the near post by H. Batur. 2 - 1. Possession in this half belonged to tarıkspor, who controlled the ball 55 percent of the time.

tarıkspor's top performer was clearly M. Mümtaz. D. Özbil on the other hand, had a terrible day. G. Águas performed admirably for emirspor24. A. Bach turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 2 - 1.