League

Vannas Stadium
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Daavid Koponen started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. After a rather tough play, Virgin's Sampo Nybacka got a free kick in the 4th minute. Daavid Koponen hit a great freekick 5 minutes into the match. Daavid Koponen fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 12th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Aaron Ojala having to interfere. 16 minutes into the game, Hannu Hotakainen cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Aleksis Korkeakoski was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Aaron Ojala made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Daavid Koponen in the 23rd minute of play. Taneli Harinen took the ball and in the 26 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Aleksis Korkeakoski. Aleksis Korkeakoski dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-2. With his leg Aaron Ojala managed to avoid a goal in the 38thth minute, when Virgin's Ari Juujärvi fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-2.

The wind increased when Taneli Harinen made the kick off in the second half. With an all-out effort, Sentimiento Boca Juniors's Aleksis Korkeakoski threw himself towards the right post 51 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Taneli Harinen, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Taneli Harinen received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Aleksis Korkeakoski came out and tried to block the shot, but Taneli Harinen slotted it home off the left post making it 0-3 in the 54th minute. In the 65th minute Ari Juujärvi shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Aaron Ojala saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 72 minutes into the game, Virgin's Daavid Koponen nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Aaron Ojala made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-3. With a little luck, Virgin's Aleksis Korkeakoski got control of the ball when Uolevi Vihervä tried to sneak it across the goal line. Ari Juujärvi fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 81st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Aaron Ojala having to interfere. Nikolai Nyrhinen hit a great freekick 86 minutes into the match. After recieving a nice pass, Virgin's Aukusti Heinola tried to score from far away in the 87th minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Vihtori Lagerblom during the 91st minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After 91 played minutes Sentimiento Boca Juniors got a freekick which was hit by Vihtori Lagerblom. Uolevi Vihervä sent away a hard shot on goal in the 95th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The away crowd were delighted with the way their team had played and cheered loudly when the final whistle sounded. Sentimiento Boca Juniors walked away with the win, even though the match was close until the end.