Kocaelispor defeated Altay 3-2 in the 3rd week of the 1st League.
Kocaelispor took the lead in the 33rd minute. Tanque, who met Amaral’s pass in the penalty area, sent the ball into the net with a good shot: 1-0.
Kocaelispor increased the difference to 2 in the 38th minute. Amaral, who took the ball from the midfield, brought Cem Ekinci, who was jogging inside, to the ball. Faced with the goalkeeper, Cem scored his team’s second goal: 2-0.
The first half was completed with the superiority of Kocaelispor 2-0.
In the 73rd minute, Kocaelisporlu Fofana bit Ceyhun Gülselam on the shoulder during the players’ scuffle in Altay’s free kick organization. Referee Oğuzhan Aksu, who watched the footage with the warning of VAR, left Fofana out of the game with a red card.
Kocaelispor increased the lead to 3 in the 83rd minute. Emir Ortakaya, who rose to the ball in the penalty area with the corner kick used by Candeias, sent the ball into the net with a head shot: 3-0.
In the 85th minute, Altay reduced the lead to 2. Zeki Yıldırım, who faced the goalkeeper by controlling the middle that Tolga opened into the penalty area, brought the leather round to the nets: 3-1.
Altay reduced the lead to 1 in the 90+9th minute. In the fight between Alihan Kubalas and Mehmet Yıldız, the referee showed the penalty spot. Using the penalty, Paixao sent the ball into the net: 3-2.