Umraniyespor advance to Turkish Cup semifinals

By Fatih Erel

ISTANBUL (AA) - Umraniyespor beat Trabzonspor 3-1 on Tuesday to be the first semifinalist in the Turkish Cup.

The sides drew 0-0 in the first-leg football match in Trabzon in Turkey's Black Sea region.

In the semifinals, Umraniyespor will face the Akhisarspor-Kasimpasa tie winner.

The teams making the semifinalists in the Turkish Cup football tournament will be named this week.

The second-leg matches will run through Thursday.

On Wednesday, Galatasaray will face Hatayspor at home in Istanbul after beating its rival 2-0 in an away match in the first leg.

In an away match, Evkur Yeni Malatyaspor, which beat Goztepe 1-0 in the first leg, will play against its rival on Wednesday.

On Thursday, Akhisar will face Kasimpasa in an away match in Istanbul after beating the latter 3-1 in the first leg.

The first leg of semifinals will be played on April 2-4, and the second-leg matches are set for April 23-25.

The final will be played in the central Sivas province on May 16.

The second-leg quarterfinal matches are as follows:

Tuesday:

Umraniyespor - Trabzonspor: 3-1

Wednesday:

Hatayspor - Galatasaray at 1100GMT

Goztepe - Evkur Yeni Malatyaspor at 1700GMT

Thursday:

Kasimpasa - Akhisarspor at 1700GMT

The semifinal matches are as follows:

Umraniyespor vs. Akhisarspor - Kasimpasa tie winner

Galatasaray - Hatayspor tie winner vs. Evkur Yeni Malatyaspor - Goztepe tie winner