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Eräslahti
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Ilkka Nurminen made the kick off and thus started the match. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Ilkka Nurminen in the 5th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Ilmo Sorsa saved HolaHolaT from getting behind. If Ilkka Nurminen had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 7th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 15th match minute, Eräslahti IFK was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ilkka Nurminen to maneuver through the defense. After a defensive mix-up in HolaHolaT's zone, Keimo Turunen stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Ilmo Sorsa came out of the goal and Keimo Turunen tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After a rather tough play, HolaHolaT's Teuvo Järvenpää got a free kick in the 19th minute. Sami Miinalainen's late challenge caught a HolaHolaT's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Sami Miinalainen helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, Eräslahti IFK's Sami Miinalainen got a free kick in the 24th minute. After 25 minutes, Teppo Valin mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the HolaHolaT and the Eräslahti IFK players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a rather tough play, HolaHolaT's Teppo Valin got a free kick in the 25th minute. Aappo Metsäranta 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. Ilkka Nurminen sent away a hard shot on goal in the 33rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. When Salomon Naskali came up free with the goalie in the 36th minute, the Eräslahti IFK 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 Salomon Naskali couldn't finish the play. Ilkka Nurminen fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 42nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ilmo Sorsa having to interfere. In the 43rd minute, Salomon Naskali 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. After 48 played minutes, HolaHolaT's Rainer Kaukonen shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Lari Kurri came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in HolaHolaT reached it. The score stood at 0-0 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Taneli Myllys made a kick off. In the 55th minute, Salomon Naskali left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Eräslahti IFK fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-0. Ilmo Sorsa took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ilkka Nurminen, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Ilkka Nurminen sent away a hard shot on goal in the 67th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Aappo Metsäranta fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 74th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Lari Kurri having to interfere. In the 76th minute, Taneli Myllys fired away a shot on goal. He put a little to much spin on the ball and sent it just wide of the right post. In the 79th minute the ball was on its way in behind HolaHolaT's goalkeeper Ilmo Sorsa, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. The referee gave Eräslahti IFK a penalty, 82 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Kosti Rintala, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of HolaHolaT's Ilmo Sorsa. 2-0. In the 86th minute, Aappo Metsäranta made a precise shot to the right of Lari Kurri. Eräslahti IFK's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-1. Taneli Myllys sent away a hard shot on goal in the 94th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Aappo Metsäranta received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 98th minute. Lari Kurri tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere.