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Nwankwo Stadium
Spectators: 7432 (Terracing: 5575, Seating: 1709, VIP seats: 148) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Karmo Lätte kicked off to start the match. Silver Hint showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ülo Teras, who was totally free with the ball in the 3rd minute. Juhan Mänd showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Karmo Lätte in the 4th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, Alderi Pallipoisid's Jass Lukk got a free kick in the 5th minute. 6 minutes into the match, Alderi Pallipoisid's goalkeeper Juhan Mänd had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Karmo Lätte. A collision led to Alderi Pallipoisid getting a freekick after 7 minutes play. Sepo Kirsimäe hit a great ball. Karmo Lätte fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 8th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Juhan Mänd having to interfere. Silver Hint showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ülo Teras, who was totally free with the ball in the 13th minute. After a defensive mix-up in Vändra Alévimeeskond's zone, Ülo Teras stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Silver Hint came out of the goal and Ülo Teras tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ando Emane in the 16th minute of play forced Vändra Alévimeeskond's goalkeeper Silver Hint to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When the match clock showed 17 minutes, the score became 0-1 when Ando Emane sped through Vändra Alévimeeskond's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Silver Hint. After a defensive mix-up in Vändra Alévimeeskond's zone, Ülo Teras stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Silver Hint came out of the goal and Ülo Teras tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After 23 minutes, Ago Aabloo mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Vändra Alévimeeskond and the Alderi Pallipoisid players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 23rd minute, Ago Aabloo hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. With a little luck, Alderi Pallipoisid's Juhan Mänd got control of the ball when Pearu Ernits tried to sneak it across the goal line. Alderi Pallipoisid's Ülo Teras got a good chance for a goal in the 34th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. A collision led to Vändra Alévimeeskond getting a freekick after 36 minutes play. Ander Asjalik hit a great ball. In the 40thth minute of the game Ülo Teras who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Vändra Alévimeeskond's Silver Hint was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Alderi Pallipoisid's Juhan Mänd played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Karmo Lätte in the 43rd minute of play. Juhan Mänd took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Karmo Lätte, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Pearu Ernits sent away a hard shot on goal in the 46th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Juhan Mänd was out of position in the 47 minute of play, and Karmo Lätte capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Karmo Lätte really showed his touch with that goal: 2-1. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 2-1 at half-time.

The wind increased when Ando Emane made the kick off in the second half. After 56 minutes Vändra Alévimeeskond's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Sepo Kirsimäe who took care of the corner kick. A nice corner shot did that Sepo Kirsimäe got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Silver Hint quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Vändra Alévimeeskond's goalkeeper couldn't reach when Ando Emane 59 minutes into the game got a good kick on the ball which found its way into goal just inside left pole. 2-2. If Pearu Ernits had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 64th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Juhan Mänd took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Karmo Lätte, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 75th play minutes Ando Emane shot 2-4, a short shot which went by Silver Hint and just under the crossbar into goal. Ando Emane did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 2-5 to the left of a surprised Silver Hint 79 minutes into the match. After 81 played minutes Alderi Pallipoisid got a freekick which was hit by Ando Emane. Juhan Mänd showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Pearu Ernits in the 87th minute of the match. In the 89th minute, Karmo Lätte hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Silver Hint stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Ando Emane's shot from short distance in the 92nd minute. Pearu Ernits's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Juhan Mänd read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 96th minute of play. When the match was over Alderi Pallipoisid could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Vändra Alévimeeskond throughout the match.