Başkent 2 - 4 1967trabzon61 (389012616)

Dark skies made the crowd of 11260 at AnkaraGücü a little nervous, but the rain held off. Mesrob Yezikyan was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Aldo Esteban Rolón and Aaron Still. The derby had been the talk of Ankara all week and fans of both teams could be seen throughout the stadium. Başkent decided to use a 2-5-3 set up. The following players took the field: Bulava - Valdés, Aguilar - Vardopoulos, Hawk, Grisez, Pritoni, Martone - Mergola, Cecinato, Colonval.

1967trabzon61 tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. The following players had been chosen: Saponaro - Denizer, Yıldızhan, Yargıcı - Rauchhaupt, Pinte, Gallone, Salens, Offelli - Baykal, Uuldriks.

1967trabzon61 mostly ignored the flanks in favour of their ability to attack in the middle. Başkent took the lead 4 minutes into the game by 1 - 0, as D. Colonval elegantly received a long range pass through the middle, finishing off with a half-volley shot just below the bar. Coming from the right, O. Hawk almost managed to score another goal for Başkent, but his header was tipped over the bar by the visitors' keeper. F. Martone of Başkent was booked for kicking the ball away after the whistle. After 23 minutes, a couple of quick and successful challenges followed by a shot from just outside the penalty area by F. Mergola might have resulted in another goal for Başkent. However, P. Saponaro made a spectacular save. D. Colonval could have put Başkent up one more, but he fired into the side netting after breaking free on the left after 24 minutes. Cheers filled the stadium as N. Cecinato broke through the visitors' central defence to put away the ball to increase the lead to 2 - 0 to Başkent. The home side's F. Martone came close to extending the lead 29 minutes into the game. His shot came in from the right hand side but P. Saponaro managed to save it with an unbelievable reaction stop. 2 - 0 was the score after the first half. Possession in this half belonged to Başkent, who controlled the ball 52 percent of the time.

Başkent's F. Martone had an excellent opportunity after 58 minutes, shooting after receiving a pass from the right hand side, but he missed the goal by miles! The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave T. Gallone from 1967trabzon61 a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 72 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! The home crowd was silenced as Ş. Yıldızhan took a successful penalty shot 74 minutes into the game, reducing the home lead to 2 - 1. 78 minutes in, Başkent's N. Cecinato received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. The visiting team's B. Denizer was able to score the 2 - 2 equaliser with a header 81 minutes into the match, after some good work on the right. The referee showed 1967trabzon61's Ş. Yıldızhan the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. In a fantastic display of determination, Başkent's F. Mergola forced himself to his feet, after an opponent viciously knocked him down. The visitors grabbed the lead after Ş. Yıldızhan's free kick succeeded, resulting in a score of 2 - 3. After 87 minutes, a deliberate handball from Başkent's F. Martone was judged to be his second bookable offence, and he was sent off. T. Gallone received a delicate pass through the home side's central defence after 87 minutes, and chipped it past the flailing keeper to score making it 2 - 4. The 1967trabzon61 fans went wild, whilst the home fans started to think about leaving early. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by 1967trabzon61, with 56 percent of the ball.

Başkent's best player was S. Grisez. E. Aguilar was a disappointment, however. Most important 1967trabzon61 player was T. Rauchhaupt. On the other hand, S. Offelli's play was disheartening. The match ends 2 - 4.