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Paiusalmi
Spectators: 8120 (Terracing: 6000, Seating: 1951, VIP seats: 169) Jarkko Sammalkangas fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 3rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Petri Helenius having to interfere. The crowd rose to their feet as Jarkko Sammalkangas kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Petri Helenius. That made the score 1-0 in the 5 minute of play. After 9 minutes, Heimo Hautaniemi mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Lähdekylä and the Paiusalmi IFK players grew even worse after the yellow card. Heimo Hautaniemi hit a great freekick 9 minutes into the match. Iisakki Saksinen kicked well hit freekick during the 11th minute of the match. Jarkko Sammalkangas fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 12th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Petri Helenius having to interfere. The audience was convinced that Jarkko Sammalkangas's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Petri Helenius was relentless in the 15th minute of the game. In the 15th minute, Kalle Halminen hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Jarkko Sammalkangas sent away a hard shot on goal in the 19th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. With an all-out effort, Paiusalmi IFK's Petri Helenius threw himself towards the right post 25 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Vilppu Grönholm, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. If Jarkko Sammalkangas had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 27th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. When Vilppu Grönholm fell near the penalty area in the 29th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Paiusalmi IFK's protests and gave Vilppu Grönholm a yellow card for diving instead. A collision led to Paiusalmi IFK getting a freekick after 29 minutes play. Vilppu Grönholm hit a great ball. Jarkko Sammalkangas sent away a hard shot on goal in the 35th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 1-0.

52 minutes into the game, Paiusalmi IFK's Jarkko Sammalkangas nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Petri Helenius made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 2-0. In the 55th minute, Isko Karalahti hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Jimmie Damm was in exellent shape and made a fantastic save when he, in the 57th minute of the match, managed to get hold of the ball after a long shot from Jouni Petsamo. Petri Helenius stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Jarkko Sammalkangas's shot from short distance in the 65th minute. In the 67th minute Paiusalmi IFK were awarded a corner. Yrjänä Esala went to the cornerflag to take it. The corner ended in Ukko Räsänen almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Lähdekylä's Petri Helenius did a great save. Hannes Palolahti could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 71st minute of the match, but Jimmie Damm made a huge save. Jarkko Sammalkangas sent away a hard shot on goal in the 73rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Jimmie Damm made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Marko Viljanen in the 76th minute of play. If Jarkko Sammalkangas had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 78th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Marko Viljanen in the 81st minute of play forced Paiusalmi IFK's goalkeeper Jimmie Damm to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Petri Helenius made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Marcos Betadur in the 83rd minute of play. Petri Helenius made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Marcos Betadur in the 91st minute of play. Paiusalmi IFK's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.