League Play-Off

Matka
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Aivar Hermann took the kick off in the first half of the match. Matka's Eldur Rank got a good chance for a goal in the 4th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 6th minute, Mati Vee hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ain Pihlak in the 9th minute of play forced Matka's goalkeeper Tauno Rajavee to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 11 played minutes Kullamaa got a freekick which was hit by Steve Vares. After 13 minutes Kullamaa's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Janis Tagel who took care of the corner kick. The corner led to Matka's Üllar Silm getting away a dangerous shot that went just outside the goal. In the 16th minute of the match Kalju Uhtlik shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Aigar Palk showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Aivar Hermann in the 20th minute of play forced Matka's goalkeeper Tauno Rajavee to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Ain Pihlak scored 0-1 in the 21st match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Tauno Rajavee, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 26th match minute, Matka was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Janis Tagel to maneuver through the defense. Aigar Palk made a fantastic save in the 29th minute, when Edvard Mänd sent off a good shot on target. Aivar Hermann received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 31st minute. Tauno Rajavee tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 33rd minute, Aivar Hermann 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. An unexpectedly hard shot by Eldur Rank in the 36th minute of play forced Kullamaa's goalkeeper Aigar Palk to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Tauno Rajavee showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Aivar Hermann, who was totally free with the ball in the 39th minute. Mihkel Traat hit a great freekick 42 minutes into the match. Janis Tagel's shot from long distance in the 43rd minute was not bad at all, but Kullamaa's Aigar Palk knew what was happening and pushed the ball into his arms just before it hit the right post. Eldur Rank sent away a hard shot on goal in the 45th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-1.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Eldur Rank stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Edvard Mänd fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 51st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Aigar Palk having to interfere. Aigar Palk made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Eldur Rank in the 53rd minute of play. 54 minutes into the match, Matka's Eldur Rank sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Aigar Palk narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Edvard Mänd fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 56th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Aigar Palk having to interfere. Eldur Rank received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 58th minute. Aigar Palk tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 62nd minute, Kullamaa's Steve Vares ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Tauno Rajavee. Tauno Rajavee yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 0-2. Aivar Hermann sent away a hard shot on goal in the 75th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. An unexpectedly hard shot by Eldur Rank in the 81st minute of play forced Kullamaa's goalkeeper Aigar Palk to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Edvard Mänd had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 83rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 86th minute Eldur Rank shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Aigar Palk saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Leonhard Alle was astounded when the referee showed him the red card after a seemingly innocent challenge, 92 minutes into the match. 92 minutes into the game, one of Kullamaa:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. Aigar Palk went to the wrong direction when Janis Tagel was taking care of the penalty kick which however missed the goal. Eldur Rank fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 97th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Aigar Palk having to interfere. The Kullamaa supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing Kullamaa would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.