League Play-Off

Tavola Stadion
Spectators: 38 (Terracing: 29, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Tino Paappanen kicked off to start the match. After 4 minutes of play, Manninkangas IFK's Tino Paappanen made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Janne Tuuri was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 7th minute, Tino Paappanen left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Manninkangas IFK fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-2. Tino Paappanen received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 11th minute. Janne Tuuri tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Tino Paappanen received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 13th minute. Janne Tuuri tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Janne Tuuri took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Tino Paappanen, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After some fancy dribbling in the 25th minute, Tino Paappanen managed to get in a good position for a shot. Manninkangas IFK's supporters rose to their feet, but Tino Paappanen was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Janne Tuuri breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 28th match minute, Tavola was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Topi Liimatainen to maneuver through the defense. Janne Tuuri showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Keijo Oksa in the 29th minute of the match. Mika Heinikallio struck a weak shot in the 32nd minute. Jami Immonen didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Tavola. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Keijo Oksa in the 36th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Janne Tuuri saved Tavola from getting behind. Janne Tuuri took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Keijo Oksa, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 44th minute, Tino Paappanen got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Janne Tuuri showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Tino Paappanen, who was totally free with the ball in the 47th minute. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-2 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Mika Heinikallio stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. The supporters of Tavola booed when Manninkangas IFK was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 51 match minutes in a wonderful position. Nikodemus Reponen didn't get a good kick on the ball. Jarkko Järvenpää kicked well hit freekick during the 53rd minute of the match. Keijo Oksa struck a weak shot in the 54th minute. Janne Tuuri didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Manninkangas IFK. Janne Tuuri made an important save on a dangerous shot by Keijo Oksa in the 62nd minute. Tavola's Eeli Sulonen got a good chance for a goal in the 64th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After 68 played minutes Tavola got a freekick which was hit by Seppo Loikala. Tino Paappanen succeeded in the game's 71st minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 0-3. Eeli Sulonen fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 74th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jami Immonen having to interfere. 81 minutes into the match, Eeli Sulonen notched a goal, 1-3, to the right of Manninkangas IFK's Jami Immonen. Jami Immonen was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. After some careless play in the Tavola defense, Tino Paappanen kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Janne Tuuri. The Tavola fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Janne Tuuri should have stopped the shot. Jami Immonen showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Mika Heinikallio, who was totally free with the ball in the 93rd minute. A collision led to Tavola getting a freekick after 95 minutes play. Topi Liimatainen hit a great ball. After having played for 97 minutes, Tino Paappanen managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Manninkangas IFK's supporters crossed their fingers, but Tino Paappanen was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. The Tavola fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Manninkangas IFK were clearly better and deserved to take the win.