League

Emirates
Spectators: 6010 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 10) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Sulo Kokkila took the kick off in the first half of the match. Ylermi Väänänen showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Sulo Kokkila in the 3rd minute of the match. Leppada FC were awarded a corner in the 5th minute after Gunners's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Taisto Söderström took the corner. Kari Uitto kicked well hit freekick during the 5th minute of the match. In the 7th minute Anselmi Kokkonen shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Urpo Vihermäki saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 14th minute, Sulo Kokkila left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Leppada FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. Sylvesteri Lumijärvi kicked well hit freekick during the 20th minute of the match. After 22 played minutes, Leppada FC's Taisto Söderström shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Ylermi Väänänen 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 Leppada FC reached it. In the 23rd minute Marko Enola shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ylermi Väänänen saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Lauri Suominen fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 27th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Urpo Vihermäki having to interfere. After 29 played minutes, Gunners's Sylvesteri Lumijärvi shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Urpo Vihermäki 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 Gunners reached it. Iivari Kauppila's late challenge caught a Gunners's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Iivari Kauppila helped the player get up and apologised. Lauri Suominen's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 33rdth minute, Urpo Vihermäki skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. Anselmi Kokkonen fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 35th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Urpo Vihermäki having to interfere. Toimi Kaitainen sent away a hard shot on goal in the 36th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Lauri Suominen in the 39thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Urpo Vihermäki, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. Verneri Kolsi fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 40th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Urpo Vihermäki having to interfere. Toimi Kaitainen fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 42nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Urpo Vihermäki having to interfere. In the 43rd match minute, Leppada FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Mika Jussilainen to maneuver through the defense. In the 47thth minute of the game Lauri Suominen who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Leppada FC's Urpo Vihermäki was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. The Gunners players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Leppada FC were winning 0-1.

With a couple of smart ball manuevers Lauri Suominen in the 52nd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Urpo Vihermäki saved Leppada FC from getting behind. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lauri Suominen in the 55th minute of play forced Leppada FC's goalkeeper Urpo Vihermäki to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Lauri Suominen succeeded in the game's 56th minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 1-1. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Lauri Suominen in the 67th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Urpo Vihermäki saved Leppada FC from getting behind. In the 69th minute Lauri Suominen shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Urpo Vihermäki saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 70 minutes, Lauri Suominen made it 3-1 with a short kick to the right side. Leppada FC's Urpo Vihermäki tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Urpo Vihermäki made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Lauri Suominen in the 79th minute of play. August Puro took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 82nd minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Urpo Vihermäki. Leppada FC's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. An unexpected shot in the 86th minute by Sulo Kokkila got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. Lauri Suominen received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 88th minute. Urpo Vihermäki tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Verneri Kolsi received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 92nd minute. Urpo Vihermäki tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After some fancy dribbling in the 96th minute, Lauri Suominen managed to get in a good position for a shot. Gunners's supporters rose to their feet, but Lauri Suominen was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Urpo Vihermäki breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Gunners walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.