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Kantosyrjä
Spectators: 6793 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1793, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Paavali Huppunen took the kick off in the first half of the match. Rainer Jalkanen showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Antero Kangaskorpi in the 6th minute of the match. After 7 minutes, Lasse Esala made it 0-1 with a short kick to the right side. FC CHELSEA's Rainer Jalkanen tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 10th match minute, Nordic F.C. was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Aulis Kevari to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Petri Seppo in the 14th minute of play forced FC CHELSEA's goalkeeper Rainer Jalkanen to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Rainer Jalkanen stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Lasse Esala's shot from short distance in the 23rd minute. After 30 minutes, Jere Peltomaa mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the FC CHELSEA and the Nordic F.C. players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 30th match minute, FC CHELSEA was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jere Peltomaa to maneuver through the defense. After 31 minutes of play, Nordic F.C.'s Lasse Esala made it 0-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Rainer Jalkanen was left in no man's land by his defense there! Rainer Jalkanen stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Lasse Esala's shot from short distance in the 34th minute. After 36th play minutes Lasse Esala shot 0-4, a short shot which went by Rainer Jalkanen and just under the crossbar into goal. In the 43rdth minute of the game Lasse Esala who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but FC CHELSEA's Rainer Jalkanen was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After 46th play minutes Lasse Esala shot 0-5, a short shot which went by Rainer Jalkanen and just under the crossbar into goal. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-5.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Lasse Esala stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Iivari Luhtio kicked well hit freekick during the 53rd minute of the match. When Lasse Esala came up free with the goalie in the 56th minute, the Nordic F.C. 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 Lasse Esala couldn't finish the play. In the 57th minute, Perttu Laiho hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Lasse Esala might have been able to make a better finish in the 59th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Rainer Jalkanen. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Lasse Esala ran back to his position shaking his head. Rainer Jalkanen took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Lasse Esala, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 65 minutes into the game, Lasse Esala lined in a short shot 0-6 behind a frustrated Rainer Jalkanen. If Petri Seppo had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 68th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. If Lasse Esala had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 73rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Petri Seppo sent away a hard shot on goal in the 74th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 82 minutes into the match, Nordic F.C.'s Lasse Esala sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Rainer Jalkanen narrowly saved just below the crossbar. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Iivari Luhtio during the 82nd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 84th match minute, FC CHELSEA was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jere Peltomaa to maneuver through the defense. Lasse Esala received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 85th minute. Rainer Jalkanen tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 92 played minutes Lasse Esala rounded FC CHELSEA's defense and shot a beautiful shot into goal via left pole - 0-7. In the 96th minute, Petri Seppo made a precise shot to the right of Rainer Jalkanen. FC CHELSEA's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-8. When the final whistle sounded Nordic F.C. left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than FC CHELSEA.