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Sääksmäki
Spectators: 7598 (Terracing: 5700, Seating: 1747, VIP seats: 151) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Olof Ekman kicked off to start the match. When the match had gone on for 4 minutes, Olof Ekman put it in 0-1 from a short distance just to the right of Jaakob Mäki. FC Huurteinen's Jaakob Mäki played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Urpo Laitila in the 8th minute of play. 13 minutes into the match, Kortjärvi IFK's Veikka Hakala sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Jaakob Mäki narrowly saved just below the crossbar. 14 minutes into the match, Kortjärvi IFK's goal looked a bit too open when Miikka Petriläinen came free, but Fermín Salan reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Kortjärvi IFK's Fermín Salan proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 15th minute of the match, managed to save Kortjärvi IFK from getting a goal against them. Uljas Karjala's late challenge caught a FC Huurteinen's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Uljas Karjala helped the player get up and apologised. Fermín Salan didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Petri Huttunen went, in the 24th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-2 was the resulting score. In the 27th minute, Jan Tervonen hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. If Olof Ekman had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 30th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Jaakob Mäki showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Veikka Hakala, who was totally free with the ball in the 33rd minute. After a rather tough play, FC Huurteinen's Herman Nikkari got a free kick in the 33rd minute. When Kortjärvi IFK's Olof Ekman in the 35th minute got a chance for a shot 35th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye FC Huurteinen's goalie prevented a goal. Luca Mutu 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. Jaakob Mäki took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Olof Ekman, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Jaakob Mäki made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Olof Ekman in the 40th minute of play. Aimo Viklund took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 44th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Jaakob Mäki. FC Huurteinen's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Kortjärvi IFK's Fermín Salan proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 45th minute of the match, managed to save Kortjärvi IFK from getting a goal against them. Disappointed in the 1-2 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Untamo Sainomaa to make the kick off. Fermín Salan made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Untamo Sainomaa in the 55th minute of play. Jaakob Mäki took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Olof Ekman, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Olof Ekman who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 61stth minute tested the skills of Jaakob Mäki when he managed to save the team from getting behind. August Jokilahti was probably a little too eager to shoot when he, in the 65th played minute, shot the ball from way out. The shot was hard, but the ball flew wide of the goal. In the 69th play minute Olof Ekman came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Jaakob Mäki. 1-3. Jaakob Mäki took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Luca Mutu, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. If Olof Ekman had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 79th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Olof Ekman sent away a hard shot on goal in the 86th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Jaakob Mäki made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Olof Ekman in the 88th minute of play. Kortjärvi IFK's Uljas Karjala got a good chance for a goal in the 89th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar.