Friendly League

The Dome
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Jim Håkansson started the match with the kick off. Haymakers FC's Egil Byström suffered a sore thigh after 2 minutes and couldn't finish the game. 2 minutes into the game, Roni Kaitainen was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Palloketut's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Haymakers FC the free kick. Haymakers FC made a substitution. Roger Pil replaced Egil Byström. After a rather tough play, Palloketut's Aku Kaukomaa got a free kick in the 5th minute. Aarne Pasoja showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jim Håkansson, who was totally free with the ball in the 12th minute. In the 13th minute Urmas Vuorinen shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Robin Olsen saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Robin Olsen showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Urmas Vuorinen, who was totally free with the ball in the 14th minute. Palloketut were awarded a corner in the 16th minute after Haymakers FC's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Jimi Nyrhinen took the corner. After taking down the ball on Palloketut's corner Jimi Nyrhinen fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Robin Olsen quite easily take care of the ball. In the 19th minute the ball was on its way in behind Haymakers FC's goalkeeper Robin Olsen, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Lennart Kjellbom hit a great freekick 23 minutes into the match. 24 minutes into the match, Haymakers FC's goal looked a bit too open when Urmas Vuorinen came free, but Robin Olsen reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Urmas Vuorinen sent away a hard shot on goal in the 28th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. The throw-in from Tommi Sairanen in the 30th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Haymakers FC's Tommy Josefsson. Aku Kaukomaa's late challenge caught a Haymakers FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Aku Kaukomaa helped the player get up and apologised. In the 31st minute, Aku Kaukomaa hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 32ndth minute of the game Jim Håkansson who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Palloketut's Aarne Pasoja was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. The attack was good, but when Jim Håkansson in the 32nd minute was about to shoot he didn't kick quite good enough and the ball went high over goal. After 36 played minutes Palloketut got a freekick which was hit by Jari Welling. After some fancy dribbling in the 38th minute, Jim Håkansson managed to get in a good position for a shot. Haymakers FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Jim Håkansson was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Aarne Pasoja breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. After 43 played minutes Haymakers FC got a freekick which was hit by Sven-Olof Blomkvist. Urmas Vuorinen charged in rather forcefully in the 44th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Urmas Vuorinen the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Urmas Vuorinen hit a great freekick 44 minutes into the match. Aarne Pasoja came out of the goal in the 47th minute to try and stop a shot by Haymakers FC's Jim Håkansson. But to his dismay, Jim Håkansson quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-0. 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.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Urmas Vuorinen made a kick off. The audience was convinced that Jim Håkansson's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Aarne Pasoja was relentless in the 53rd minute of the game. Palloketut's Aarne Pasoja played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jim Håkansson in the 62nd minute of play. Aarne Pasoja made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jim Håkansson in the 65th minute of play. In the 66th minute, Veijo Lähtelä hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 67th minute Jim Håkansson shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Aarne Pasoja saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The audience was convinced that Jim Håkansson's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Aarne Pasoja was relentless in the 71st minute of the game. Sven-Olof Blomkvist kicked well hit freekick during the 74th minute of the match. Robin Olsen took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Urmas Vuorinen, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Roger Pil kicked well hit freekick during the 78th minute of the match. If Jimi Nyrhinen had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 78th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. The audience was convinced that Jim Håkansson's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Aarne Pasoja was relentless in the 80th minute of the game. Haymakers FC were awarded a corner in the 81th minute after Palloketut's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Villiam Tidén took the corner. Juha Kokkonen tried to clear up in front of the goal, but didn't succeed and rather the ball rolled into the own goal to the right of a despaired Aarne Pasoja. An unnecessary self made goal, 4-0 in the 81st minute. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Jim Håkansson in the 84th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Aarne Pasoja saved Palloketut from getting behind. The supporters of Palloketut booed when Haymakers FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 87 match minutes in a wonderful position. Villiam Tidén didn't get a good kick on the ball. 90 minutes into the match, Palloketut's goal looked a bit too open when Kurt Ahlbeck came free, but Aarne Pasoja reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Lennart Kjellbom made in the 92nd minute of the game a quick throw-in and Kurt Ahlbeck immediately put the ball in play. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Jim Håkansson in the 95th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Aarne Pasoja prevented the ball from getting in the gole. In the 97th minute, Lennart Kjellbom hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Haymakers FC'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.