League

Tammela
Spectators: 5710 (Terracing: 4500, Seating: 1200, VIP seats: 10) Aapeli Vähäsalo struck a weak shot in the 4th minute. Jeremias Parkkonen didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for South Hervanta FC. Alpo Kenig received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 7th minute. Toivo Rintala tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Alpo Kenig sent away a hard shot on goal in the 9th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. A collision led to South Hervanta FC getting a freekick after 10 minutes play. Antto Jokila hit a great ball. Team Leon's Alpo Kenig got a good chance for a goal in the 12th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. When Team Leon's Sami Höök in the 14th minute got a chance for a shot 14th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye South Hervanta FC's goalie prevented a goal. Patrik Uusitalo's late challenge caught a South Hervanta FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Patrik Uusitalo helped the player get up and apologised. Patrik Uusitalo kicked well hit freekick during the 18th minute of the match. Toivo Rintala showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Sami Höök in the 20th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, South Hervanta FC's Erno Takala got a free kick in the 24th minute. In the 28thth minute of the game Alpo Kenig who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but South Hervanta FC's Toivo Rintala was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Jeremias Parkkonen didn't succeed in stopping the ball in the 34th minute, which inside left pole to 1-0. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alpo Kenig in the 38th minute of play forced South Hervanta FC's goalkeeper Toivo Rintala to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When Team Leon's Alpo Kenig in the 42nd minute got a chance for a shot 42nd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye South Hervanta FC's goalie prevented a goal. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 43rd minute of the game. One of South Hervanta FC:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Team Leon:s goal. After fighting hard for a draw in the first half, the players were able to take a much needed rest.

The wind increased when Sami Höök made the kick off in the second half. A hard shot 52 in the game by Sami Höök from a close distance when the talented Toivo Rintala managed to make a qualified save. South Hervanta FC's players were relieved. Alpo Kenig was really disappointed when he shot the ball just outside the right post instead of scoring a goal in the 56th minute. Team Leon's manager could be seen on the sidelines shaking his head and muttering to himself as his team had just wasted another chance. Alpo Kenig could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 61st minute of the match, but Toivo Rintala made a huge save. In the 63rd minute of the match Team Leon got a corner. South Hervanta FC's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Sami Petsamo ran over to the corner to take the kick. A nice corner shot did that Onni Hernesniemi got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Toivo Rintala quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. The supporters of Team Leon booed when South Hervanta FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 73 match minutes in a wonderful position. Antto Jokila didn't get a good kick on the ball. After some careless play in the South Hervanta FC defense, Alpo Kenig kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Toivo Rintala. The South Hervanta FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Toivo Rintala should have stopped the shot. A collision led to Team Leon getting a freekick after 77 minutes play. Patrik Uusitalo hit a great ball. In the 80th minute, Hannu Salo hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 83rd minute, Sami Höök reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Toivo Rintala. The goal made the score 1-4. Alpo Kenig struck a weak shot in the 87th minute. Toivo Rintala didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Team Leon. After a rather tough play, South Hervanta FC's Hannu Salo got a free kick in the 90th minute. Team Leon's Alpo Kenig got a good chance for a goal in the 92nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Roni Lääkkö during the 94th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. When the final whistle sounded Team Leon left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than South Hervanta FC.