Akrakaspor 7 - 1 Bilkent (378232817)

1007 spectators had found their way to AKRA ARENA, despite the heavy rain. Matthias Kilsgaard was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Gustaw Piorunek and Teo Cagliani. Akrakaspor tactics involved an interesting 4-4-2 combination. They fielded: Dünyadagülmez - Gürtuna, Payboğa, Ventura, Wolkenhaar - Tutya, Davril, Rapino, Özkılıç - Lully, Elefteryaoğlu.

A 4-4-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Bilkent. The following players took the field: Karlık - Türk, Oğuzhan, Sakin, Başhan - Sehran, Savtur, Sayran, Ökten - Gürler, Roli.

Akrakaspor seemed to prefer attacking in the middle. It was an obvious ambition of Bilkent to use their ability at attacking on the flanks. H. Ökten was struggling to make the ball dance with his usual trickery and panache, and the opposing players had little trouble shutting him down in these muddy conditions. S. Lully caused the crowd to go mental with his goal up the middle after 27 minutes. This gave Akrakaspor the 1 - 0 lead. C. Davril could have increased the lead after 28 minutes, but his shot hit the post after a nice combination in the middle of the park. C. Davril struck a 30 metre free kick home 30 minutes into the match. 2 - 0 for the home team. Akrakaspor managed to extend their lead to 3 - 0 when S. Elefteryaoğlu cut in neatly from the left side and struck a fine shot past the away team's goalkeeper. The players of Akrakaspor now seemed to think the job was done and acted more defensively, just waiting for the ref to blow the final whistle. Akrakaspor's P. Tutya had an excellent opportunity after 39 minutes, shooting after receiving a pass from the right hand side, but he missed the goal by miles! It was 3 - 0 at the break. Possession in this half belonged to Akrakaspor, who controlled the ball 74 percent of the time.

With 46 minutes played, the Bilkent coach decided a substitution may help turn the game around. A. Devlet came on, A. Türk had to leave the fray. After 46 minutes, Bilkent switched İ. Başhan with Ç. Medeni, hoping for a quick impact on the pitch. The bench was restless, and with 46 minutes passed Bilkent's coach gave A. Evcan the opportunity the player had been hoping for. T. Gürler reluctantly left the field. H. Ökten's early cross saw the defenders caught out of position and the alert M. Roli was able to pounce and roll the ball past the hapless goalkeeper to score for Bilkent. 3 - 1. S. Savtur did not have a good day today, often losing his footing on the muddy pitch. S. Lully wanted to play on, but the Akrakaspor coach had other ideas, and he was replaced 70 minutes into the game by B. Nazar. Content with how the game was proceeding, the Akrakaspor coach let H. Sarbek replace A. Rapino after 70 minutes. C. Davril increased the lead for Akrakaspor to 4 - 1, getting a head onto a hooked ball from the right. The ball looked to have taken a deflection on the way in, but he's claiming it! A magnificent combination in the middle resulted in Akrakaspor's J. Wolkenhaar increasing the lead to 5 - 1. The coach of Akrakaspor was happy with the game so far, but still wanted to change the line up. After 80 minutes, C. Avınca came on for T. Payboğa. 82 minutes into the match, the visitors' central line of defence had to look on as J. Wolkenhaar broke through, making the score 6 - 1 for Akrakaspor. Akrakaspor players heard their coach's words ringing in their ears and steered their wing attacks to the middle instead. Cheers filled the stadium as H. Sarbek broke through the visitors' central defence to put away the ball to increase the lead to 7 - 1 to Akrakaspor. Akrakaspor enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 75 percent of possession.

Most important Akrakaspor player was B. Nazar. On the other hand, C. Avınca's play was disheartening. Bilkent's top performer was clearly M. Roli. S. Savtur turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 7 - 1.