League Play-Off

Paksal Stadium
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Jukka Siponen took the kick off in the first half of the match. Jere Oinas received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 4th minute. Kari Harinen tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Kaarle Jokiranta hit a great freekick 6 minutes into the match. Jukka Siponen struck a weak shot in the 17th minute. Salomon Esala didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Paksal FC. Sauli Pakarinen received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 21st minute. Kari Harinen tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Jere Oinas struck a weak shot in the 24th minute. Kari Harinen didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Åsgårda. 26 minutes into the game, one of Paksal FC:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. After a rather tough play, Åsgårda's Jan Oinas got a free kick in the 30th minute. When Kaarle Jokiranta was, once again, overly rough in his play he received his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. 34 minutes had been played. In the 37th minute Jukka Siponen shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Salomon Esala saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. With a little luck, Åsgårda's Salomon Esala got control of the ball when Jaakko Lamminen tried to sneak it across the goal line.

The wind increased when Jere Oinas made the kick off in the second half. Jere Oinas fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 52nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Kari Harinen having to interfere. Salomon Esala made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jukka Siponen in the 56th minute of play. Salomon Esala came out of the goal in the 58th minute to try and stop a shot by Paksal FC's Jaakko Lamminen. But to his dismay, Jaakko Lamminen quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-1. 61 minutes into the game, Jere Oinas cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-2. Kari Harinen was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Salomon Esala didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Jaakko Lamminen went, in the 67th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-2 was the resulting score. Kari Harinen made a fantastic save in the 71st minute, when Jere Oinas sent off a good shot on target. After 72 minutes, Sauli Pakarinen mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Åsgårda and the Paksal FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. After 73 played minutes Åsgårda got a freekick which was hit by Sauli Pakarinen. Salomon Esala showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jukka Siponen in the 75th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, Åsgårda's Sauli Pakarinen got a free kick in the 78th minute. Jere Oinas sent away a hard shot on goal in the 82nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 92nd minute, Paksal FC's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Jere Oinas fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. In the 95th minute, Paksal FC's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Sauli Pakarinen fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. Åsgårda were unable to convert their possession into goals, allowing Paksal FC to leave the ground with a draw.