ş.urfa 4 - 4 sahinli (388998103)

2665 spectators arrived at ş.urfa spor klübü Arena, where weather conditions were pretty good for football. Otso Järviseutu was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Mauri Cerezo and Dunga Dadivoso. ş.urfa started off with a 4-4-2 lineup. Lineup: Buruktekin - Buluş, Gündaş, Laçin, Rami - Metanet, Otak, Derbeder, Karakoç - Karamürsel, Esinay.

A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for sahinli. The following players had been chosen: Başbağ - Payboğa, Ronak, Kadam - Yılmaz, Özdal, Efsun, Fuçin, Sümbülzade - Dink, Ayşin.

With 23 minutes gone, sahinli had a free kick in a decent position. Despite this being a great chance for a shot, they tried a cheeky move intended to bypass the defence. However, Z. Sümbülzade did not manage to connect with it cleanly and the ball went out. ş.urfa's Ç. Derbeder was shown a yellow card after 25 minutes for slicing down an opponent. A mistake by the home side's central defence after 27 minutes allowed F. Fuçin to score for sahinli. The scoreboard now read 0 - 1. With the crowd on their feet chanting wildly, some great moves down the right hand side after 28 minutes gave ş.urfa a wonderful opportunity to level the score, and S. Esinay stepped up to the challenge. 1 - 1 After 31 minutes, İ. Metanet came in from the right, feinted, then sped past the off-balance defender to make the score 2 - 1, giving ş.urfa the lead. ş.urfa had to make a substitution after 32 minutes. M. Laçin limped off the field and was replaced by Ş. Gücal. sahinli's A. Ayşin was shown a yellow card for standing over the ball and blocking an opponent's quick free kick after 33 minutes. I. Çaykara was called on to replace ş.urfa's K. Buruktekin after 37 minutes following a nasty collision. M. Gündaş became the new ş.urfa captain. It was 2 - 1 at the break. ş.urfa enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 51 percent of possession.

52 minutes into the match the visitors levelled the score at 2 - 2 as M. Payboğa struck home from a rebound off the crossbar, following a shot from the right. The visitors were very close to gaining the lead with a marvellous free kick after 53 minutes, but I. Çaykara made a beautiful one-handed save. 83 minutes into the game, sahinli's B. Başbağ surprised the visitors with a raking cross-field pass to Z. Sümbülzade who easily found the back of the net, making the score 2 - 3. A. Ayşin of sahinli seemed to be floating in the air as he elegantly headed in to make the score 2 - 4 after a corner kick that was nicely executed by S. Ronak. After this, you could see that the players of sahinli were more interested in killing time than scoring more goals. The home crowd was given a certain amount of consolation when C. Rami scored after a brilliant midfield combination through the centre, reducing the lead to 3 - 4. After 89 minutes, S. Esinay made a dash down the middle past the away team's defenders to score the goal that made it 4 - 4. ş.urfa had most of the ball, with 54 percent of possession.

S. Esinay performed admirably for ş.urfa. I. Çaykara turned in a dismal performance, however. The most dominating sahinli player was without a doubt N. Dink. S. Ronak was a disappointment, however. The match ends 4 - 4.