Struggling to get rid of the lower ranks in the Spor Toto 1st League, Altay beat Sakaryaspor, who was aiming for the top, 3-1 at home, making it 2 out of 2.
Black-whites won a penalty in the 23rd minute, Donkor from Sakaryaspor received a direct red card. Paixao scored the penalty on the 26th: 1-0. Sakaryaspor drew with Oğuz in the 30th minute: 1-1. Zeki put Altay ahead once again in the 50th minute of the match, the first half of which ended in a draw: 2-1. Ceyhun gave Altay a sigh of relief with the goal he scored in 65 and the difference increased to two: 3-1. Altay scored the critical 3 points. With this result, the Izmir team rose to 31 points and moved away from the lower ranks, Sakaryaspor remained at 52 points and was injured on the way to the Super League.
MINUTES FROM THE FIGHT
Sakaryaspor approached the goal in the 8th minute. In the corner kick used from the left wing, Donkor’s head shot returned to the field of play from the side post.
Altay won a penalty in the 23rd minute, while Sakaryaspor had 10 players left. Paxiao hit the ball in the short falling pass of the goalkeeper Furkan. When Donkor interfered with the ball that went to the empty goal, the referee first showed the penalty spot, then gave Donkor a red card.
Altay took the lead with Paixao’s penalty goal in the 26th minute: 1-0.
Sakaryaspor caught the draw in the 30th minute. Oğuz, who touched the ball in an empty position in the middle of the back post by Burak, who entered the penalty area from the left wing, shook the nets: 1-1.
Altay took the lead again in the 50th minute. Meeting the ball in the penalty arc, Zeki hit the ball properly, Altay found the goal: 2-1.
Paixao faced the goalkeeper in the 59th minute with Berkan’s intermediate pass. Paixao’s stabbing shot narrowly went overboard.
Altay tripled the goals in the 65th minute. In the fast developing attack, in the middle of Eren, Paixao dropped the ball with his chest, Ceyhun hit the leather ball when he came: 3-1.
Sakaryaspor approached the goal in the 80th minute. Nalepa hit the ball dropped by Mehmet Akyüz on his arrival, the ball returned from the crossbar.