Kayserispor hold nerve in cup final

Kayserispor lifted the Turkish Cup by overcoming Gençlerbirliği SK – but only after a prolonged 11-10 penalty shoot-out following a goalless 120 minutes.

Tight affair
Neither team was able to dominate during the first half at the Bursa Atatürk Stadium, while the second half mirrored the first with Gençlerbirliği unable to fashion any chances against a Kayserispor side content to play on the counterattack. But it was Gençlerbirliği who came closest to scoring during extra time when Mehmet Cakır wasted a one-on-one chance against Kayserispor goalkeeper Dimitar Ivankov after 100 minutes. Kayserispor responded but Franco Cangele's chip went wide, and so the match went to penalties, where Mehmet Cakır missed his sudden-death kick to hand the trophy to Kayserispor.