Friendly League

MAXIM
Spectators: 42 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Rami Lehto made the kick off which started today's match. After a defensive mix-up in Palloketut's zone, Maximilian Brander stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Jimi Nyrhinen came out of the goal and Maximilian Brander tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After a defensive mix-up in Palloketut's zone, Björn Ahlquist stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Jimi Nyrhinen came out of the goal and Björn Ahlquist tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. With his leg Jimi Nyrhinen managed to avoid a goal in the 6thth minute, when TSIGALKO's Örjan Sandell fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. In the 7th match minute, Palloketut was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Arto Karalahti to maneuver through the defense. After having played for 9 minutes, Örjan Sandell managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. TSIGALKO's supporters crossed their fingers, but Örjan Sandell was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Rami Lehto sent away a hard shot on goal in the 10th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Jimi Nyrhinen made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Örjan Sandell in the 12th minute of play. In the 15thth minute of the game Örjan Sandell who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Palloketut's Jimi Nyrhinen was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. The audience was convinced that Örjan Sandell's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Jimi Nyrhinen was relentless in the 16th minute of the game. The supporters of TSIGALKO booed when Palloketut was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 17 match minutes in a wonderful position. Marko Mäkitalo didn't get a good kick on the ball. Björn Ahlquist sent away a hard shot on goal in the 22nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. A collision led to Palloketut getting a freekick after 23 minutes play. Roni Kaitainen hit a great ball. The TSIGALKO fans' excitement grew in the 31st match minute when TSIGALKO's Örjan Sandell 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 1-0 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. In the 36th minute, Jon Majman hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When Aarre Lajunen came up free with the goalie in the 37th minute, the Palloketut 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 Aarre Lajunen couldn't finish the play. After a defensive mix-up in Palloketut's zone, Örjan Sandell stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Jimi Nyrhinen came out of the goal and Örjan Sandell tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Örjan Sandell was extremely unlucky when he, in the 47th minute, took a shot that hit the right post and went out. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Örjan Sandell was the one to do the kick off. TSIGALKO's Isak Björkdal played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Rami Lehto in the 54th minute of play. Jimi Nyrhinen showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Björn Ahlquist in the 60th minute of the match. The TSIGALKO fans' excitement grew in the 64th match minute when TSIGALKO's Örjan Sandell 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 2-1 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. After 70 minutes, Örjan Sandell made it 4-1 with a short kick to the right side. Palloketut's Jimi Nyrhinen tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. 73 minutes into the match, Örjan Sandell had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Jimi Nyrhinen. Palloketut's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Örjan Sandell was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 5-1. The supporters of TSIGALKO booed when Palloketut was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 80 match minutes in a wonderful position. Rami Lehto didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 86th match minute, Palloketut was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Marko Mäkitalo to maneuver through the defense. The audience was convinced that Örjan Sandell's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Jimi Nyrhinen was relentless in the 89th minute of the game. Marko Mäkitalo got his second yellow card in the match during the 92nd minute which meant that he had to leave the ground. In the 93rd match minute, Palloketut was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Marko Mäkitalo to maneuver through the defense. Jimi Nyrhinen showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Örjan Sandell, who was totally free with the ball in the 95th minute. TSIGALKO walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.