Official Cup

Kultakenttä
Spectators: 166 (Terracing: 125, Seating: 38, VIP seats: 3) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Hatemi Babaoğlu got the match started through his kick off. When Martin Fossum came up free with the goalie in the 3rd minute, the AFK Petržalka fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Martin Fossum couldn't finish the play. 6 minutes into the match, Savon Palloseura's goal looked a bit too open when Martin Fossum came free, but Lasse Saarelainen reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Kaarle Väätäinen charged in rather forcefully in the 7th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Kaarle Väätäinen the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After a rather tough play, Savon Palloseura's Kaarle Väätäinen got a free kick in the 7th minute. After a defensive mix-up in Savon Palloseura's zone, Martin Fossum stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Lasse Saarelainen came out of the goal and Martin Fossum tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Hatemi Babaoğlu hit a great freekick 11 minutes into the match. After 13 minutes Savon Palloseura's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Rick Haremeijer who took care of the corner kick. The corner led AFK Petržalka's Stanko Lobotka to fire away a dangerous shot which Lasse Saarelainen despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. Lasse Saarelainen showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Martin Fossum in the 14th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tauno Pärssinen in the 18th minute of play forced AFK Petržalka's goalkeeper Adam Hrdina to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Lasse Saarelainen took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Martin Fossum, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 24th minute Hatemi Babaoğlu shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Adam Hrdina saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Lasse Saarelainen took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Martin Fossum, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Lasse Saarelainen made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Martin Fossum in the 33rd minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Martin Fossum in the 34th minute of play forced Savon Palloseura's goalkeeper Lasse Saarelainen to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Lasse Saarelainen didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Martin Fossum went, in the 39th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. With 44 minutes on the clock, Sahnoyan Şahbey commited a dangerous tackle. The referee had no choice but to show him the red card. In a very dangerous position, a player in Savon Palloseura fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 43rd minute. Penalty!

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Martin Fossum was the one to do the kick off. When the match had gone on for 51 minutes, Martin Fossum put it in 0-2 from a short distance just to the right of Lasse Saarelainen. In the 58th minute, Martin Fossum ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Lasse Saarelainen was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-4. Martin Fossum was really disappointed when he shot the ball just outside the right post instead of scoring a goal in the 62nd minute. AFK Petržalka's manager could be seen on the sidelines shaking his head and muttering to himself as his team had just wasted another chance. Lasse Saarelainen came out of the goal in the 67th minute to try and stop a shot by AFK Petržalka's Martin Fossum. But to his dismay, Martin Fossum quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-5. AFK Petržalka's Nikola Krstović was substituted for Martin Fossum. Toivo Suoste hit a great freekick 74 minutes into the match. The AFK Petržalka fans' excitement grew in the 75th match minute when AFK Petržalka's Nikola Krstović looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 0-6 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. After a defensive mix-up in Savon Palloseura's zone, Nikola Krstović stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Lasse Saarelainen came out of the goal and Nikola Krstović tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. 81 minutes into the match, Savon Palloseura's goal looked a bit too open when Nikola Krstović came free, but Lasse Saarelainen reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 86th minute, Nikola Krstović made a precise shot to the right of Lasse Saarelainen. Savon Palloseura's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-7. In the 95th minute, Nikola Krstović made a precise shot to the right of Lasse Saarelainen. Savon Palloseura's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-8. The Savon Palloseura fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. AFK Petržalka were clearly better and deserved to take the win.