League

Ruohonpää Stadion
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Tahvo Ruhanen took the kick off in the first half of the match. Jyri Seppo could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 3rd minute of the match, but Tapani Harjula made a huge save. In the 4th minute, Ilmari Pihlanen 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. Tapani Harjula made an important save on a dangerous shot by Mika Rimpiläinen in the 6th minute. Tapani Harjula showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ilmari Pihlanen, who was totally free with the ball in the 8th minute. Mika Rimpiläinen received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 9th minute. Tapani Harjula tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Mika Rimpiläinen received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Tapani Harjula came out and tried to block the shot, but Mika Rimpiläinen slotted it home off the left post making it 1-0 in the 11th minute. When Sami Kaikkonen fell near the penalty area in the 15th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored FC Corvette's protests and gave Sami Kaikkonen a yellow card for diving instead. The supporters of Haapakylä booed when FC Corvette was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 15 match minutes in a wonderful position. Sami Kaikkonen didn't get a good kick on the ball. If Juha-Pekka Kanninen had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 18th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Mika Rimpiläinen might have been able to make a better finish in the 19th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Tapani Harjula. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Mika Rimpiläinen ran back to his position shaking his head. After 21 played minutes FC Corvette's Jyri Seppo stole the ball from his opponents and shot the ball towards the upper left corner, but Tapani Harjula stretched himself as far as he could, and stopped the ball from passing the line. robbing Haapakylä of the goal. In the 22nd minute, Ilmari Pihlanen fired away a killer shot towards the goal that, to the delight of Tapani Harjula, passed just outside the right post. After 23 minutes, Juha-Pekka Kanninen mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Haapakylä and the FC Corvette players grew even worse after the yellow card. Juha-Pekka Kanninen kicked well hit freekick during the 23rd minute of the match. After a rather tough play, FC Corvette's Jyri Seppo got a free kick in the 43rd minute. Tarvo Litmanen took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Kuisma Kangasmäki, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 1-0 at half-time.

In a very dangerous position, a player in FC Corvette fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 52nd minute. Penalty! When the match had been going on for 54 minutes, Haapakylä's Raino Karjalainen got an opportunity to shoot a penalty. He stayed cool and waited for the goalkeeper to move, before he confidently shot the ball into the goal, to the left of Tarvo Litmanen. After some fancy dribbling in the 62nd minute, Mika Rimpiläinen managed to get in a good position for a shot. FC Corvette's supporters rose to their feet, but Mika Rimpiläinen was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Tapani Harjula breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Jyri Seppo fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 64th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Tapani Harjula having to interfere. Tarvo Litmanen showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Juha-Pekka Kanninen, who was totally free with the ball in the 67th minute. In the 72nd minute Kuisma Paatelainen shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Tarvo Litmanen saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 74th minute of the match, Kuisma Kangasmäki got a very nice opportunity to score, but Tarvo Litmanen was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. Mika Rimpiläinen received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 76th minute. Tapani Harjula tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Tarvo Litmanen made a fantastic save in the 78th minute, when Kuisma Kangasmäki sent off a good shot on target. Tapani Harjula made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Mika Rimpiläinen in the 81st minute of play. Kuisma Kangasmäki could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 84th minute of the match, but Tarvo Litmanen made a huge save. Mika Rimpiläinen sent away a hard shot on goal in the 85th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. When Juha-Pekka Kanninen was, once again, overly rough in his play he received his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. 88 minutes had been played. The supporters of FC Corvette booed when Haapakylä was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 89 match minutes in a wonderful position. Juha-Pekka Kanninen didn't get a good kick on the ball. Elmer Kaukomaa took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 91st minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Tapani Harjula. Haapakylä's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Ilmari Pihlanen recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 92nd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Kuisma Kangasmäki received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 94th minute. Tarvo Litmanen tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere.