League

La Canchita
Spectators: 7784 (Terracing: 5839, Seating: 1790, VIP seats: 155) After a defensive mix-up in AMJFB's zone, Jalmari Vikström stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Jarmo Karjala came out of the goal and Jalmari Vikström tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. A collision led to Turun Tanakka getting a freekick after 5 minutes play. Joel Antila hit a great ball. In the 7th minute, Daavid Gustafsson ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Eelis Laurila was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-0. AMJFB's Hemmo Timonen got a good chance for a goal in the 13th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 14th minute, Joel Antila hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When AMJFB's Niilo Lehtilä in the 15th minute got a chance for a shot 15th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Turun Tanakka's goalie prevented a goal. Jalmari Vikström fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 19th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jarmo Karjala having to interfere. After 22 minutes, Jyrki Miinalainen mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Turun Tanakka and the AMJFB players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 21st minute, one of Turun Tanakka:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Turun Tanakka. Elmeri Kuusinen received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 27th minute. Jarmo Karjala tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Jalmari Vikström received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 32nd minute. Jarmo Karjala tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After some careless play in the AMJFB defense, Jalmari Vikström kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Jarmo Karjala. The AMJFB fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Jarmo Karjala should have stopped the shot. A collision led to Turun Tanakka getting a freekick after 37 minutes play. Jarno Siltavirta hit a great ball. After 40 played minutes AMJFB got a freekick which was hit by Sulevi Palolahti. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-1. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Niilo Lehtilä to make the kick off. Jalmari Vikström fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 51st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jarmo Karjala having to interfere. If Elmeri Kuusinen had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 53rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. When the match had gone on for 55 minutes, Jalmari Vikström took a quick shot and it went in 2-2 without a chance for Jarmo Karjala to make any attempt to save it. In the 60th minute, Niilo Lehtilä hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When Jalmari Vikström came up free with the goalie in the 61st minute, the Turun Tanakka 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 Jalmari Vikström couldn't finish the play. Jarno Siltavirta hit a great freekick 71 minutes into the match. After some fancy dribbling in the 74th minute, Jalmari Vikström managed to get in a good position for a shot. Turun Tanakka's supporters rose to their feet, but Jalmari Vikström was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Jarmo Karjala breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Joel Antila fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 76th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jarmo Karjala having to interfere. Hemmo Timonen hit a great freekick 78 minutes into the match. Jalmari Vikström sent away a hard shot on goal in the 81st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 86th minute, Jalmari Vikström reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Jarmo Karjala. The goal made the score 2-3. Jarno Siltavirta fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 92nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jarmo Karjala having to interfere. The AMJFB fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Turun Tanakka were clearly better and deserved to take the win.