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	Maintained by Erdinç Sivritepe

ELAZIĞ REIGN IN THE POURING RAIN In a match where the pitch got waterlogged, Elazığ overcome the problems to win 3/2/2001 12:00 - Atatürk, Antakya - Ref: Çetin Sarıgül Playing conditions: Torrential rain Hatayspor 1-3 Elazığspor Hatayspor: Maroon and White shirts, Maroon shorts and socks Mücahit Dönmez, Mehmet Balcı (46' Kenan Aşkan), Ali Gürsoy, Hakan Özyay, Serhat Güller, Selçuk Şahin, Levent Öztürk (46' Ferdi Top), İlhan Palut, Ayhan Tumani, Mustafa Diliçıkık, Ekrem Ekşioğlu (83' Seyithan Kayar) Elazığspor: White shirts with maroon sides, White shorts and socks Candan Genç, Osman Yeşilmeşe, Ümit Hatipoğlu (13' Bülent Bal), Atilla Metin, Murat Esen, Mehmet Deliorman, Ferit Alper Salgın, Mehmet Altıparmak, Levent Yılmaz, Mehmet Kaplan (74' Tufan Apaydın), Ekrem Onuk (58' Erdem Genç) Goals H: Mustafa Diliçıkık 47' E: Ferit Alper Salgın 36',45', Tufan Apaydın 87' Yellow cards H: Ekrem Ekşioğlu 13, Hakan Özyay 37, Levent Öztürk 42, Selçuk Şahin 55, Mücahit Dönmez 78 E: Osman Yeşilmeşe 13, Bülent Bal 25, Mehmet Altıparmak 75 3' Levent (E) goes close from 35 yards but it is just wide. 5' First corner of the game goes to Hatay, which is taken by İlhan and is cleared to Mehmet Balcı who shoots high over 8' Ekrem (H) gets to the corner flag and crosses and somehow Ayhan manages to put the ball wide in a very good goalscoring position. 13' Ekrem (H) and Osman (E) both get a yellow card for an off the ball incident. 15' İlhan takes another corner for Hatay and Hakan heads over. 18' Candan in the Elazig goal makes a very good save from Ayhan's 25 yard effort. 19' Selçuk (H) recieves the ball by the penalty spot and with only Candan to beat, he shoots wide. 20' Elazığ free kick from 26 yards. It is taken by Ekrem and he curls it around the two man wall and it just goes the wrong side of the right hand post. 22' Elazığ get their first corner, but it is cleared with ease. 25' Bülent (E) gets a yellow card for a foul. 28' Ayhan's shot for Hatay in the penalty area is excellently blocked by the goalkeeper. 29' Levent puts in a cross for Hatay and İlhan's header hits the bar. 31' Ekrem (H) puts in a very good cross from the left and Candan punches clear under pressure. 36' GOALLLLL 0-1: Elazığ take the lead when Alper heads home from 8 yards from the cross by Mehmet Altıparmak. 38' Hakan (H) gets a yellow card for a bad challenge. 43' Levent (H) gets his yellow card for argueing with the linesmen. 45' GOALLLLL 0-2: Alper beats two defenders and slots it under the goalkeeper for his second of the game. Time of half: 48 min 10 secs 47' GOALLLLL 1-2: From the first corner of the 2nd period, Hatay pull one back when Mustafa heads home from the corner taken by Ferdi. 48' Ekrem heads over for Hatay. 52' Candan of Elazığ makes a diving save from Mustafa. 53' Hatay break and Ferdi passes to Kenan just inside the area and he shoots wide. 54' Selçuk (H) gets a yellow card for a late tackle. 57' In a rare attack from Elazığ in this period, Mücahit makes a very good save from Mehmet Altıparmak. 63' Mehmet Altıparmak gets a yellow card for Elazığ for his mis-timed challenge. 71' The Hatay bench are furious with the linesmen when he give offside causing the police to break it up. 76' Candan punches a Hatay corner clear under immense pressure. 78' İlhan (H) beats the offside trap and with only the goalkeeper to beat he miskicks. 79' Another fracas at the other end when an Elazığ player gets injured. The goalkeeper Mücahit and a defender throw the injured player off the pitch and Mücahit gets a yellow for arguing with the ref about his part in it. 82' Candan saves well again in a one on one with Kenan. 87' GOALLLLL 1-3: Alper (E) breaks free and runs to the edge of the area where he passes to Tufan to chip over the diving goalkeeper to make it 3-1. 89' Hatay have a goal disallowed for offside. 90' The reliable Candan drops a cross and İlhan shoots over for Hatay in front of an open goal. 90' Selçuk heads over from a Hatay corner. 90' Candan makes a good save from Hakan. Time of half:49.05secs Crowd rating: 4 Ref rating: Mr. Çetin Sarıgül 10. An excellent ref with a lot of pressure he handled very well in this game. Why isn't he in the 1st league? Entertainment value: Hatay:6 Elazig:6 MVP of the game: Ferit Alper Salgın of Elazığ for excellent vision and awareness and 2 good goals. Goal of the game: Alper's second for Elazığ
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