League

Santiago Bernabeu
Spectators: 7092 (Terracing: 5221, Seating: 1776, VIP seats: 95) Jari Meltoranta started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Jorma Mäkilä showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ilmari Hiukka in the 4th minute of the match. Sampo Grönholm sent away a hard shot on goal in the 10th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Hannes Kaikkonen recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 13th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Sampo Grönholm received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 14th minute. Arttu Riippa tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 18th minute, Sampo Grönholm 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. In the 19th match minute, Northern Villa FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Elias Kiuru to maneuver through the defense. Sampo Grönholm sent away a hard shot on goal in the 20th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 24 minutes into the game, Ahti Jaakola was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Northern Villa FC's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Manchester City the free kick. 34 minutes into the match, Hannes Kaikkonen had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Arttu Riippa. Northern Villa FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Hannes Kaikkonen was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-0. Jari Meltoranta sent away a hard shot on goal in the 46th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Ilmari Hiukka received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 47th minute. Jorma Mäkilä tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Af the end of the first half the score was 1-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

Eerik Koistinen hit a great freekick 52 minutes into the match. Arttu Riippa showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Hannes Kaikkonen in the 57th minute of the match. In the 57th minute, Ahti Jaakola hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. If Jari Meltoranta had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 61st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 62nd minute, Hannes Kaikkonen 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. Arttu Riippa took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Sampo Grönholm, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Hannes Kaikkonen scored 2-0 in the 66th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Arttu Riippa, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. The audience was convinced that Hannes Kaikkonen's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Arttu Riippa was relentless in the 70th minute of the game. Arttu Riippa made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Sampo Grönholm in the 76th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sampo Grönholm in the 79th minute of play forced Northern Villa FC's goalkeeper Arttu Riippa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Uljas Ronkainen during the 85th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Uljas Ronkainen hit a great freekick 85 minutes into the match. In the 87th minute, Hannes Kaikkonen hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Jorma Mäkilä made an important save on a dangerous shot by Ilmari Hiukka in the 90th minute. Voitto Ilola hit a great freekick 92 minutes into the match.