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Malatya win with ten men
Date: 25-10-2004
Wrote: EP's reporter in Turkey Hakan Colakoglu

Malatya recovered from the lost game against Samsunspor last week. Against Istanbulspor, they took the three points with ten men, and so Ayman's side beat Ragab's.




The game in Istanbulspor was also a game that brought Malatya’s manager Aykut Kocaman back at the club he coached for the past few years.

As usual, Ayman played the entire game, but Istanbulspor’s Ragab didn’t play.

First half:

8th minute: Eren sends the ball into the box from the left. Osterc shoots the ball but it goes wide.

9th minute: Ilyas heads the ball after a long pass from Atilla Birlik. The ball goes past Istanbul keeper Oguz, but Osterc fails to finish it in front of an empty goal.

16th minute: Atilla Birlik sends the ball into the box from the left, it is headed by Ilyas. The ball falls close to Omer, but he can’t reach the ball and an opportunity is wasted.

23rd minute: Another Malatya attack, this time with Ilyas from the right with the cross. Osterc heads the ball, but the ball is easy for Oguz to save.

35th minute: A free kick from the right for Istanbulspor. Guven passes the ball towards Yalcin who is on the edge of the box. His shot deflects off the defenders and ends up in the hands of Fevzi.

In the first half Malatyaspor were the slightly better side and also had more chances.

Second half:

52nd minute: It’s a free kick for Istanbulspor close to the penalty box. Ahmet Dursun takes the free kick. His shot is tipped out to a corner kick by Fevzi.

57th minute: Yordanov of Istanbulspor goes into the box from the left and is one-on-one with Fevzi. Yordanov’s hard shot is saved by Fevzi with his legs and the ball goes out for a corner kick.

74th minute: Bulent Akin gets a second yellow card and is sent off. Malatyaspor have to play the last part of the game with ten men.

76th minute: Murat takes the corner kick from the right and finds the head of Omer. Omer’s header goes through and the ball is headed by Atilla Birlik who gives Malatyaspor the lead; 0-1.

82nd minute: Again it’s Yordanov who is one-on-one with Fevzi and again Fevzi is the winner, because Yordanov’s shot comes back from the keeper and the defense clears the ball.

87th minute: Ahmet Dursun has the best chance for Istanbulspor this game. He has all the time when he is alone in front of Fevzi, but his shot is terrible and very easy for the goalkeeper.

90th minute: ASSIST FOR AYMAN! Ayman has the ball in his own half. He dribbles with the ball to Istanbulspor’s penalty box and then passes the ball to M’Bayo. M’Bayo finishes this opportunity; 0-2.

Ayman’s Malatya win their away game against Istanbulspor, even though they had to play with ten men when the score was still 0-0.

Ayman played a satisfactory game. He gave the assist for the second goal, but was not in a commanding role.

Malatyaspor’s manager said after the game that the defeat against Samsunspor was an incident. But his team forgot about that game and prepared for the game against Istanbulspor. He said that his team had trouble scoring the goal and that they were more relaxed after they scored the first.

After this win Malatyaspor are now in the fourth place in the league.

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