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Ruukki Arena
Spectators: 7732 (Terracing: 5800, Seating: 1778, VIP seats: 154) Urmas Vihermäki hit a great freekick 3 minutes into the match. Urmas Vappula made an important save on a dangerous shot by Kasperi Kangaskorpi in the 7th minute. Kasperi Kangaskorpi who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 8thth minute tested the skills of Urmas Vappula when he managed to save the team from getting behind. In the 17th minute, Julius Sorsa hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Eerikki Penttinen showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jarkko Teräs in the 22nd minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Roope Myötänen in the 25th minute of play forced Rattosjärvi's goalkeeper Urmas Vappula to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tuukka Poikolainen in the 32nd minute of play forced FC Billnäs's goalkeeper Eerikki Penttinen to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Eerikki Penttinen made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jarkko Teräs in the 37th minute of play. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Tuukka Poikolainen in the 38th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Eerikki Penttinen saved FC Billnäs from getting behind. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tuukka Poikolainen in the 42nd minute of play forced FC Billnäs's goalkeeper Eerikki Penttinen to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. FC Billnäs's Eerikki Penttinen played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jarkko Teräs in the 43rd minute of play. Eerikki Penttinen made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Samu Ristolainen in the 46th minute of play. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

A hard shot by Eero Holttinen from long distance, 57 minutes into the match, got Eerikki Penttinen's attention. Through a fast twist with his body, he could stop the ball from going in on his right side. Kasperi Kangaskorpi sent away a hard shot on goal in the 60th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Eerikki Penttinen took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Tuukka Poikolainen, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Samu Ristolainen charged in rather forcefully in the 67th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Samu Ristolainen the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After a rather tough play, Rattosjärvi's Samu Ristolainen got a free kick in the 67th minute. The audience was convinced that Kasperi Kangaskorpi's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Urmas Vappula was relentless in the 70th minute of the game. After a defensive mix-up in FC Billnäs's zone, Tuukka Poikolainen stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Eerikki Penttinen came out of the goal and Tuukka Poikolainen tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Jarkko Teräs received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 76th minute. Eerikki Penttinen tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After a defensive mix-up in FC Billnäs's zone, Tuukka Poikolainen stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Eerikki Penttinen came out of the goal and Tuukka Poikolainen tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. When Rattosjärvi's Tuukka Poikolainen in the 87th minute got a chance for a shot 87th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye FC Billnäs's goalie prevented a goal. Tuukka Poikolainen fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 88th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Eerikki Penttinen having to interfere. If Jarkko Teräs had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 91st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. With an all-out effort, Rattosjärvi's Eerikki Penttinen threw himself towards the right post 93 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Tuukka Poikolainen, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Tuukka Poikolainen fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 96th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Eerikki Penttinen having to interfere.