League

Kerälä Stadion
Spectators: 7620 (Terracing: 5716, Seating: 1752, VIP seats: 152) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Olli Holmström made the kick off which started today's match. Ahvo Tuominen received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 5th minute. Pertti Pirnes tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 13 minutes into the match, Taneli Hanninen had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Pertti Pirnes. FC...Musashi's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Taneli Hanninen was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. Pertti Pirnes took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Olli Holmström, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Pertti Pirnes showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ahvo Tuominen, who was totally free with the ball in the 21st minute. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Aukusti Kaukonen during the 24th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 24th match minute, FC...Musashi was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Aukusti Kaukonen to maneuver through the defense. Pertti Pirnes stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Olli Holmström's shot from short distance in the 25th minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Jarmo Welling got free with Sigurvin Þorbjörnsson in the 27th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Tarvo Koivisto received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 28th minute. Pertti Pirnes tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 32 played minutes, Aittiovuori FC's Jarmo Jokela shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Pertti Pirnes 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 Aittiovuori FC reached it. Olli Holmström sent away a hard shot on goal in the 43rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Pertti Pirnes made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Olli Holmström in the 47th minute of play. After the first half Aittiovuori FC were leading 0-1. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The wind increased when Kalervo Sulin made the kick off in the second half. A hard shot 52 in the game by Olli Holmström from a close distance when the talented Pertti Pirnes managed to make a qualified save. FC...Musashi's players were relieved. FC...Musashi's Pertti Pirnes proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 54th minute of the match, managed to save FC...Musashi from getting a goal against them. Robert Ruutu hit a great freekick 55 minutes into the match. Tarvo Koivisto kicked well hit freekick during the 57th minute of the match. In the 60th minute, Olli Holmström reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Pertti Pirnes. The goal made the score 0-2. Olli Holmström who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 66thth minute tested the skills of Pertti Pirnes when he managed to save the team from getting behind. When Jaakkima Juujärvi came up free with the goalie in the 67th minute, the Aittiovuori FC fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Jaakkima Juujärvi couldn't finish the play. 68 minutes into the game, Santeri Tuominen was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. FC...Musashi's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Aittiovuori FC the free kick. In the 68th minute, Santeri Tuominen hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After some fancy dribbling in the 75th minute, Jaakkima Juujärvi managed to get in a good position for a shot. Aittiovuori FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Jaakkima Juujärvi was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Pertti Pirnes breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Taneli Hanninen blasted a shot towards the goal in the 80th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Pertti Pirnes having to make a save. Taneli Hanninen was really disappointed when he shot the ball just outside the right post instead of scoring a goal in the 90th minute. Aittiovuori FC's manager could be seen on the sidelines shaking his head and muttering to himself as his team had just wasted another chance. In the 91st minute Jaakkima Juujärvi shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Pertti Pirnes saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Pertti Pirnes showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Olli Holmström, who was totally free with the ball in the 92nd minute. In the 95th match minute, FC...Musashi was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Tauno Aalto to maneuver through the defense. Aittiovuori FC played a much better game than FC...Musashi and deserved their victory. The FC...Musashi players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.