Challenge

Pojo Stadium
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) Henrich Slany took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Juho Marttinen, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 9 minutes into the match, Slovakia's goal looked a bit too open when Ahto Paatelainen came free, but Henrich Slany reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Juho Marttinen in the 12th minute of play forced Slovakia's goalkeeper Henrich Slany to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Henrich Slany was out of position in the 13 minute of play, and Rikhard Alatalo capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Rikhard Alatalo really showed his touch with that goal: 1-0. Henrich Slany made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Juho Marttinen in the 21st minute of play. In the 26th minute, Pojo's Ahto Paatelainen ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Henrich Slany. Henrich Slany yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 3-0. Kauno Timmonen showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Metod Mlynar in the 37th minute of the match. Rikhard Alatalo succeeded in the game's 38th minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 4-0. In the 41st minute, Juho Marttinen reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Henrich Slany. The goal made the score 5-0. The supporters of Pojo booed when Slovakia was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 43 match minutes in a wonderful position. Kornel Jahoda didn't get a good kick on the ball. Kauno Timmonen showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Oliver Holub, who was totally free with the ball in the 46th minute.

The wind increased when Rikhard Alatalo made the kick off in the second half. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Rikhard Alatalo in the 53rd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Henrich Slany saved Slovakia from getting behind. In the 55th minute, Ilari Kuokkanen fired away a hard free kick towards the goal. Henrich Slany moved to his left, but didn't have to make a save as the ball went out of bounds. Henrich Slany made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Rikhard Alatalo in the 56th minute of play. 58 minutes had been played when some careless play by Slovakia's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Rauli Liimatainen was slow to take the kick. During this time Pojo's players had a chance to rest. A well-hit corner resulted in Juho Marttinen heading the ball towards the goal, but to his dismay he misdirected it and missed the goal completely. Henrich Slany showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Teijo Okkonen, who was totally free with the ball in the 60th minute. In the 61st minute Juho Marttinen shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Henrich Slany saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 65th minute, Taavetti Noponen ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Henrich Slany was frozen by the shot and now it was 6-0. Henrich Slany showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Rikhard Alatalo, who was totally free with the ball in the 71st minute. Henrich Slany showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Taavetti Noponen in the 73rd minute of the match. A nice corner shot did that Rauli Liimatainen got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Henrich Slany quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. After some careless play in the Slovakia defense, Rikhard Alatalo kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Henrich Slany. The Slovakia fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Henrich Slany should have stopped the shot. Pojo made a substitution. Taisto Laaksonen replaced Teijo Okkonen. In the 81st minute Juho Marttinen shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Henrich Slany saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Taavetti Noponen took the ball and in the 82 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Henrich Slany. Henrich Slany dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 8-0. Juho Marttinen scored 10-0 in the 93rd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Henrich Slany, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Taavetti Noponen recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 96th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Pojo's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.