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	Maintained by Erdinç Sivritepe

	ALTAY ENTERTAIN BUT CAN NOT BREAK SİVAS
	Altay played good but the Sivas team only came for a draw and got it.
	Sivas only had 38 per cent of pocession all game, but still resisted to give in.

	ATSV
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	14/1/2001
	12:00 - Altay Alsancak, İzmir - Ref: Musa Eryılmaz
	Altay GK İzmir 0-0 Sivasspor K

	Altay: Nihat Tümkaya, Hüseyin Nazlı, Kenan Arayıcı, Serkan Demir, Mehmet Zengin,
	Gökmen Yıldıran (62' Toprak Kırtoğlu), Yakup Sertkaya, Aytekin Viduşlu, Murat Karakoç,
	Necati Ateş, Serkan Gültang (67' Bülent Öztürk)
	Sivas: Abdullah Aslan, Turgay Koçak, Caner Yılmaz, Atilla Çelik, Ekrem Altunkaynak,
	Yusuf Bayraktar, M.Ali Karabaş, Tahsin Engin, Gökhan Çalışal (58' Hüseyin Özcan),
	Emin Toplu (90' Ekrem Yaman), Erdal Tanhan (84' Mahmut Hoşgiz)

	Yellow Cards S: Ekrem Altunkaynak, Atilla Çelik

	Altay: Black and white striped shirt,black shorts,black socks
	Sivasspor: White shirts woth red trim,red shorts,white socks

	Weather conditions: Dull but dry

	 3' Altay freee kick just outside the area which goalkeeper Abdullah punches away to safety
	    from the kick by Yakup
	 5' First corner of the game goes to Altay, which Yakup plays short to Murat who delivers a
	    very good cross, only for Serkan Gültang to head wide
	10' Sivas have their first shot on goal by Gökhan charged down by Serkan Demir the Altay
	    defender
	15' Another Altay attack and a very good cross by Murat to the back post drops onto the 
	    crossbar
	18' Sivas get a free kick 30 yards out but it is cleared easily
	21' Mistake by Kenan lets Emin for Sivas to chase the ball in the area but goalkeeper Nihat
	    races off his line to gather
	23' Necati has a long range effort for Altay but it goes wide
	25' Yakup for Altay shoots from 30 yards straight at goalkeeper Abdullah
	26' Aytekin has a go from 25 yards and it goes wide
	30' Altay free kick outside the box creates a chance but Serkan Gültang shoots straight at
	    Abdullah
	32' Sivas get another chance but the shot by Gökhan from 30 yards goes over the bar
	33' Sivas get their first corner and it is a poor one and caught easy by the goalkeeper
	    Nihat
	36' Another Altay corner and as it comes in Murat shoots wide
	38' A quick break by Sivas and Tahsin runs and shoots wide when he had two team mates in
	    better positions
	43' Tahsin again shoots from 35 yards straight at Nihat
	45' A good run by Emin for Sivas. He crosses and Tahsin shoots over

	Duration of half 46m 06

	49' Altay free kick just outside the area. It is taken by Mehmet Zengin and Serkan Gültang
	    shoots wide
	56' Gökmen for Altay shoots inside the are and is charged down by a diving arm of a Sivas
	    defender and his appeal for a penalty is turned down
	60' Kenan shoots for Altay and is blocked by Turgay and the ball runs loose to Necati and
	    he shoots and Abdullah makes a good save 
	63' Sivas attack again but the final shot from Atilla goes way over
	67' Atilla receives a yellow card for a late tackle
	70' Erdal runs onto Yusuf's long pass for Sivas and again Nihat is quick off his line to
	    save at his feet
	75' Altay press forward again and a cross by Hüseyin finds Necati who heads at Abdullah
	78' Altay come again and Murat shot from 30 yards goes over
	79' Altay get two corners in the space of this minute but waste both
	81' Sivas sub Hüseyin makes a quick break and crosses to Emin, but his shot never troubles
	    Nihat
	86' Aytekin of Altay gets a yellow card for not retrieving 10 yards on a Sivas free kick
	87' Turgay makes a very good tackle in the 6 yard area to stop Toprak scoring for Altay
	88' Murat again has a long shot for Altay but it goes over
	89' Bülent for Altay shoots in the area and Abdullah makes a very good one handed save
	90' Last shot of the game goes to Altay when Aytekin shoots over

	Duration of half: 47 min 50 sec

	Ball posession:
	ALTAY 62%
	SİVAS 38%

	Crowd rating: 5
	Ref rating:Musa Eryılmaz 8
	MVP of the game goes to Hüseyin Nazlı of Altay who gave a very good performance all round

	Entertainment value:
	ALTAY 8
	SİVAS 2

	To sum up:
	Altay just could not find a way past Sivas who crowded out the goal area with 9 players and
	Altay have proved that they could be in the reckoning at the end even though thay only got
	a point
	Sivas have only one word to call their performance and that is dismal. They even brought
	about 300 fans to the game and they never made a noise till the end of the game when they
	thought they had won a European trophy but all they got was a undeserving point

	Prepared and maintained by Mark Willoughby and Erdinç Sivritepe.

	Author: Mark Willoughby
	Editor: Erdinç Sivritepe

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