Maintained by Erdinç Sivritepe
	ALTAY WIN; BUT OH DEAR
	Altay won this battle against Hacılar, but it was not convincing.

	
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	Date: 3/3/2001 12:00
	Venue Altay Alsancak Stadyumu, İzmir (1,985)
	Ref: Harun Yiğit
	Altay GK İzmir 3-1 Hacılar Erciyes SK Kayseri

	Altay: Nihat Tümkaya, Toprak Kırtoğlu, Tahir Karapınar, Orhan Üstündağ (61' Serkan Demir),
	Hüseyin Nazlı, Kenan Arayıcı, Aytekin Viduşlu, Yakup Sertkaya (65' Fatih Egedik),
	Gökmen Yıldıran, Mehmet Yılmaz, Bülent Öztürk (53' Mehmet Zengin)
	Hacılar Erciyes: Cengiz Balcıoğlu, Selçuk Pekel, Ferhat Tunç, Erdinç Yavuz, Abidin Çakmak,
	Seyit İçgül, Alper Doğan, Halim Karaköse (74' Zeynel Çaco), Ahmet Tolgahan Kayıran,
	(46' Ertuğrul Arslan), Ferhat Timoçin, Uğur Bozkurt

	
	Altay: Gökmen Yıldıran 16', Mehmet Yılmaz 36', Fatih Egedik 72'
	Hacılar: Ferhat Timoçin 23'
	
	Altay: Orhan Üstündağ, Aytekin Viduşlu, Kenan Arayıcı
	Hacılar: Selçuk Pekel, Ertuğrul Arslan, Erdinç Yavuz

	Colours corner:
	Altay: White shirts with Black trim, White shorts and socks
	Hacılar: Yellow nad Navy Striped shirts, Navy shorts and socks

	Playing conditions: Dull but dry

	 5' First chance to Altay from a cross by Toprak but goalkeeper Cengiz is first to clear it
	 6' Mehmet Yılmaz shoots wide for Altay
	 8' Cengiz saves easy from an Altay header by Erdinç
	 9' First corner of the game goes to Altay but nothing comes from it
	10' Hacılar get their first chance when Ferhat shoots over the bar from 25 yards
	15' GOALLLLL 1-0: Altay take the lead when Gökmen heads home a cross from the right
	23' GOALLLLL 1-1: Hacılar equalize 8 minutes later when from a free kick Ferhat gets the
		slightest touch with his head to steer it past Nihat
	24' Altay come again and this time Gökmen shoots wide inside the box
	26' Bülent (AT) latches onto a pass inside the Hacılar box and his shot is excellently
		defended for a corner
	30' From a free kick just outside the Hacılar area to Altay. Kenan shoots and hits the,
		crossbar
	34' From a good move by Altay, the final ball in sees Toprak volley wide
	34' GOALLLLL 2-1: Second for Altay when a mistake by Hacılar in the midfield. The ball is
		knocked forward to Gökmen who crosses and Mehmet Yılmaz scores with a simple tap in
		from 5 yards
	38' Ferhat (HE) shoots from 35 yards but Nihat in the Altay goal catches easily
	39' Hacılar come again and Uğur shoots wide from 25 yards

	Time of half: 45 minutes 12 seconds

	50' Bülent (AT) has a weak shot on target but Cengiz gathers easy
	56' Mehmet Yılmaz shoots over from 25 yards for Altay
	60' From a free kick from 30 yards, Cengiz makes a good save
	64' Hacılar attack and Halim recieves the ball in the box and turns a defender and shoots
		just wide with the goalkeeper beaten
	65' Nihat in the Altay goal makes a good save from Alper
	72' GOALLLLL 3-1: Third for Altay when from a free kick, Fatih slots home from close range
		from the kick taken by Toprak
	82' Ten minutes pass before the next chance for Altay which sees Mehmet Yılmaz shoot weakly
		at Cengiz
	90' Nihat saves well from Ferhat for Hacılar

	Time of half: 48 minutes 00 seconds

	Crowd rating: 6
	Ref rating: 6 - Harun Yiğit

	MVP of the game: Abidin Çakmak of Hacılar who was the only one to stand out in this
		pathetic game

	Goal of the game: Altay's 2nd

	Entertainment value:
	Altay:4 - Hacilar:4

	Match Statistics:

	ALTAY			HACILAR ERCIYES
          15       shots           15
           5       corners          3
          14       fouls            9
           4       offsides         1
           3       yellow cards     2
           0       red cards        0
          48%      pocession       52%

	Summary:
	ALTAY: Well questions must be asked why they did not play better. They had no pace or flair
	and the attacking force that we know about them was just non existent but they scored their
	goals well.
	HACILAR: Disappointing again and I will eat my words about them making 1st league now.
	Their normal game made way for a boring style and really this was terrible, even though
	they worked hard it got them nowhere and have kissed goodbye to their chances of promotion
	now I think.
	Prepared and maintained by Mark Willoughby and Erdinç Sivritepe.

	Author: Mark Willoughby
	Editor: Erdinç Sivritepe

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