League

Saari Staadion
Spectators: 8530 (Terracing: 6398, Seating: 1962, VIP seats: 170) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Ain Karelson took the kick off in the first half of the match. With a little luck, HC Kehra's Ilmar Ida got control of the ball when Ain Karelson tried to sneak it across the goal line. Lembit Ude received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 5th minute. Ilmar Ida tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 7th minute Renan do Valle shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ilmar Ida saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Saari JK's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Ain Karelson in the 8th minute. The corner ended in Ain Karelson almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but HC Kehra's Ilmar Ida did a great save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ain Karelson in the 9th minute of play forced HC Kehra's goalkeeper Ilmar Ida to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 11th minute, Lembit Ude 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. HC Kehra's Ilmar Ida proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 12th minute of the match, managed to save HC Kehra from getting a goal against them. 13 minutes had been played when some careless play by HC Kehra's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Ain Karelson was slow to take the kick. During this time Saari JK's players had a chance to rest. HC Kehra's defense didn't have a chance, in the 15th minute, when Ain Karelson scored to the left of an out of position Ilmar Ida, making the score, 1-0. In the 19th minute, Peeter Kabonen hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 21st minute, Lennart Ojakallas 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. Hannes Traks received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 23rd minute. Jan Pankiewicz tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. With a little luck, HC Kehra's Ilmar Ida got control of the ball when Ain Karelson tried to sneak it across the goal line. Lembit Ude sent away a hard shot on goal in the 29th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 33 played minutes Saari JK got a freekick which was hit by Max Isaksson. After some fancy dribbling in the 39th minute, Hannes Traks managed to get in a good position for a shot. HC Kehra's supporters rose to their feet, but Hannes Traks was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Jan Pankiewicz breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 43rd minute, Kristjan Jaani left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Saari JK fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-0. Jan Pankiewicz showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Hannes Traks in the 47th minute of the match. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Hannes Traks to make the kick off. The audience thought a goal was coming when Hannes Traks got free with Jan Pankiewicz in the 53rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. If Renan do Valle had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 62nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Ilmar Ida showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Lembit Ude, who was totally free with the ball in the 64th minute. 71 minutes into the match, HC Kehra's goal looked a bit too open when Lembit Ude came free, but Ilmar Ida reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 74th minute, Lembit Ude left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Saari JK fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-0. In the 76th match minute, Saari JK was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Koit Lipmeister to maneuver through the defense. Ilmar Ida showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Lembit Ude in the 79th minute of the match. The supporters of HC Kehra booed when Saari JK was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 80 match minutes in a wonderful position. Rein Viilukas didn't get a good kick on the ball. Arto Loorits 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 Ilmar Ida. An unnecessary self made goal, 4-0 in the 89th minute. Ain Karelson received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 95th minute. Ilmar Ida tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Saari JK'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.