Maintained by Erdinç Sivritepe
	KONYA GET A FAIR REF INSTEAD OF A CHEAT
	After the antics of a cheating ref last week, Konya got back to winning ways in a one sided
	contest.

	Date:  31/3/2001 12:00
	Venue: Atatürk Stadyumu, Konya
	Ref:   Metin Tokat
	Kombassan Konyaspor K 1-0 Sivasspor K

	Konyaspor: Recep Öztürk, İhsan Burak Özsaraç, Altay Can, Ulaş Meyan, Hayri Yılmaz,
	Cahit Paşa, Cem Koşanoğlu, Fatih Sezer, Ercüment Şahin (79' Cüneyt Yis), Yunus Altun
	(86' Osman Akyol), Serdar Samatyalı (74' Metin Karaca)
	Sivasspor: Abdullah Aslan, Atilla Çelik, Hayrettin Yerlikaya, Metin Küçük
	(62' Önder Dalkıran), Caner Yılmaz, Muhammed Ali Karabaş, Ekrem Altunkaynak, Yusuf Bayraktar
	(46' Gökhan Çalışal), Ekrem Yaman (57' Mahmut Hoşgiz), Tahsin Engin, Erdal Tanhan
	
	Konyaspor: Serdar Samatyalı 53'-pen
	
	Konyaspor: Ulaş Meyan 23'
	Sivasspor: Metin Küçük 51', Gökhan Çalışal 82'

	Colours corner:
	Konyaspor: Green shirts with White trim, White shorts and socks
	Sivasspor: Red and White striped shirts, Red shorts and socks

	Playing conditions: Overcast with rain
	Pitch condition: Wet and greasy

	 3' Serdar runs and passes the ball in the box to Fatih whose shot hits the post
	 8' A well worked move between Fatih and Ercüment sees Fatih shooting over
	10' 35 yard free kick for Konya is headed over for a corner
	10' From the corner Ercüment (K) heads into Abdullah's arms
	12' Cahit's long range efffort for Konya goes wide
	14' Serdar (K) beats a defender and shoots over
	21' At last Sivas break and Yusuf crosses but the header by Erdal goes wide
	23' Ulaş (K) gets a yellow card for a mistimed foul
	25' Abdullah punches clear a Konya corner
	26' Konya attack and Yunus crosses and Ercüment heads over
	26' Ercüment turns a defender and curls it wide
	27' Konya come again and Serdar shoots over
	28' Altay Can (K) shoots over from 40 yards
	30' Sivas attack and Tahsin shoots over from 30 yards
	31' Free kick from 28 yards for Konya and the shot is deflected onto the crossbar for a
		corner from Cahit's shot
	32' From the corner Konya win two more corners then it is cleared
	34' Konya free kick from 30 yards and Serdar's shot is just over
	36' Konya attack and Cahit shoots over from 25 yards
	37' From a corner Konya hit the post with a header by Burak
	38' A cross by Cem for Konya is turned over by Abdullah
	40' Ercüment for Konya shoots in the area and Abdullah makes a good save
	42' Ercüment gets the ball in the area and lobs Abdullah and it just goes over the bar
		Sivas free kick just outside the box is taken by Tahsin and caught by goalkeeper
		Recep
	45' Konya corner is headed against the bar by Yunus

	Time of half: 46 minutes 18 seconds

	First half stats:
	Konyaspor			Sivasspor
	    23		shots		     3
	    12		corners		     0
	     8		fouls		    10
	     1		offside		     0
	     1		yellow card	     0
	     0		red card	     0
	    65%		posession	    35%

	46' Gökhan replaces Yusuf for Sivas
	48' Sivas break and Ekrem shoots over
	49' Down the other end Fatih shoots for Konya and Abdullah save for the corner
	51' Metin (S) gets a yellow card
	52' Konya get a penalty when Cahit is brouht down in the box
	53' GOALLLLL 1-0: Serdar scores from the spot
	55' Konya free kick just outside the box and it is passed to Ercüment whose shot is saved
		by Abdullah
	56' Good break by Konya leads to Fatih shooting wide
	57' Mahmut replaces Ekrem for Sivas
	58' Abdullah has to save again from Serdar's shot for Konya
	60' Serdar shoots over for Konya from 27 yards
	62' Sivas bring on Önder to replace Metin
	65' Konya again hit the post from Cahit's shot from 30 yards
	68' Ercüment shoots for Konya form the edge of the area and again Abdullah makes a good save
	70' Cahit shoots from 30 yards and again Abdullah makes a marvellous save
	75' Konya bring on Metin to replace Serdar
	79' Shock as Sivas win a corner after Recep turns the shot over
	80' Ercüment is replaced by Cüneyt for Konya
	82' Gökhan (S) gets a yellow card
	86' Konya bring on Osman to replace Yunus

	Time of half: 48 minutes 05 seconds

	Final stats
	Konyaspor			Sivasspor
	    34		shots		     7
	    16		corners		     2
	    18		fouls		    22
	     4		offside		     4
	     1		yellow card	     2
	     0		red card	     0
	    57%		posession	    43%

	Crowd rating: 8
	Ref rating: 9 for me Mr.Metin Tokat. It was nice to see the ref in the referees colours
	instead of an opponents

	MVP of the match: Cahit Paşa of Konyaspor for a very all round game

	Goal of the game: Only one but an excellent penalty straight down the middle

	Entertainment value:
	Konya:10 - Sivas:2

	Summary:
	Konya:
	Excellent comeback after being cheated last week and it shows the depth in the squad, there
	was not one bad perfomance from any player and now it is green lights for the green machine
	of Konya to get to 1.league
	Sivas:
	Please TRT do not show this team again or I will scream
	Prepared and maintained by Mark Willoughby and Erdinç Sivritepe.

	Author: Mark Willoughby
	Editor: Erdinç Sivritepe

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