Official Cup

Kalpakikkailijat
Spectators: 956 (Terracing: 717, Seating: 220, VIP seats: 19) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Olen Homo started the match with the kick off. Karhulan Veikot's Tuomo Puikkonen played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Zenon Gall in the 4th minute of play. Ossi Sainio's late challenge caught a Socjopaci's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Ossi Sainio helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of Socjopaci booed when Karhulan Veikot was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 6 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ossi Sainio didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 8 played minutes Karhulan Veikot got a freekick which was hit by Arttu Piiroinen. Bartosz Wawrukiewicz took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 9th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Tuomo Puikkonen. Karhulan Veikot's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. The audience was convinced that Zenon Gall's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Tuomo Puikkonen was relentless in the 15th minute of the game. After 17 minutes Karhulan Veikot's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Bartosz Wawrukiewicz who took care of the corner kick. Bartosz Wawrukiewicz made a great header on Socjopaci's corner, it was just that Karhulan Veikot's Tuomo Puikkonen managed to reach the ball for a save. Zenon Gall fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 18th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Tuomo Puikkonen having to interfere. After having played for 23 minutes, Olen Homo managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Karhulan Veikot's supporters crossed their fingers, but Olen Homo was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Tuomo Puikkonen showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Aadam Dupe in the 24th minute of the match. When Socjopaci's Zenon Gall in the 28th minute got a chance for a shot 28th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Karhulan Veikot's goalie prevented a goal. Karhulan Veikot's Tuomo Puikkonen played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Aadam Dupe in the 33rd minute of play. In the 34th minute Zenon Gall shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Tuomo Puikkonen saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. A collision led to Socjopaci getting a freekick after 36 minutes play. Aadam Dupe hit a great ball. If Zenon Gall had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 38th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Karhulan Veikot's Tuomo Puikkonen played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Zenon Gall in the 42nd minute of play. In the 43rd minute, Zenon Gall left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Socjopaci fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-2. Karhulan Veikot's Tuomo Puikkonen played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Zenon Gall in the 46th minute of play. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-2 lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Zenon Gall stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Miska Pasanen kicked well hit freekick during the 54th minute of the match. Aadam Dupe recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 55th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Socjopaci's Mati Algaja was substituted for Arkadiusz Glowacki. Socjopaci's Kamil Kosowski was substituted for Rado Sobol. After 61 minutes of play, Socjopaci's Zenon Gall made it 0-4 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Tuomo Puikkonen was left in no man's land by his defense there! Karhulan Veikot's Tuomo Puikkonen proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 66th minute of the match, managed to save Karhulan Veikot from getting a goal against them. After 68th play minutes Zenon Gall shot 0-5, a short shot which went by Tuomo Puikkonen and just under the crossbar into goal. Socjopaci made a substitution. Yang Tian replaced Kajetan Pluta. In the 72nd match minute, Karhulan Veikot was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Arttu Piiroinen to maneuver through the defense. In the 76th minute the ball was on its way in behind Karhulan Veikot's goalkeeper Tuomo Puikkonen, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Tuomo Puikkonen showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Zenon Gall in the 77th minute of the match. Zachariasz Niewiadomski received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Tuomo Puikkonen came out and tried to block the shot, but Zachariasz Niewiadomski slotted it home off the left post making it 0-6 in the 80th minute. Zenon Gall's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 85thth minute, Tuomo Puikkonen skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. Zenon Gall who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 91stth minute tested the skills of Tuomo Puikkonen when he managed to save the team from getting behind. Socjopaci played a much better game than Karhulan Veikot and deserved their victory. The Karhulan Veikot players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.