League Play-Off

Punikvere Staadion
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Tanel Rändkivi made the kick off which started today's match. Rain Herde made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Rein Vollmer in the 10th minute of play. In the 11th minute, Tõnn Jalakas hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Liverpool Estonia Branch's Kuldar Suursaar got a good chance for a goal in the 13th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After having played for 14 minutes, Kuldar Suursaar managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Liverpool Estonia Branch's supporters crossed their fingers, but Kuldar Suursaar was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. After 17 played minutes FC Tipp advokaat got a freekick which was hit by Tanel Rändkivi. Heino Looga who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 19thth minute tested the skills of Laur Lossmann when he managed to save the team from getting behind. A collision led to Liverpool Estonia Branch getting a freekick after 23 minutes play. Ahti Halman hit a great ball. 25 minutes into the game, Heino Looga cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-0. Laur Lossmann was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Rain Herde made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Rein Vollmer in the 34th minute of play. When Rein Vollmer came up free with the goalie in the 36th minute, the Liverpool Estonia Branch 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 Rein Vollmer couldn't finish the play. In the 42nd minute the ball was on its way in behind FC Tipp advokaat's goalkeeper Rain Herde, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. The audience was convinced that Kuldar Suursaar's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Rain Herde was relentless in the 43rd minute of the game. Rein Vollmer received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 44th minute. Rain Herde tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. If Rein Vollmer had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 47th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 1-0.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Kuldar Suursaar to make the kick off. Rein Vollmer received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 51st minute. Rain Herde tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Kaspar Vana during the 52nd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. The supporters of Liverpool Estonia Branch booed when FC Tipp advokaat was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 52 match minutes in a wonderful position. Kaspar Vana didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 54 minutes of play, Liverpool Estonia Branch's Kuldar Suursaar made it 1-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Rain Herde was left in no man's land by his defense there! Rain Herde made a fantastic save in the 57th minute, when Rein Vollmer sent off a good shot on target. In the 59th minute, Kusti Laid hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 60th minute of the match Sepo Järv sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Laur Lossmann skillfully saved the ball. Rain Herde showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Kuldar Suursaar in the 62nd minute of the match. Laur Lossmann made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tanel Rändkivi in the 63rd minute of play. After having played for 74 minutes, Osvald Lüdimois managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Liverpool Estonia Branch's supporters crossed their fingers, but Osvald Lüdimois was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Heino Looga charged in rather forcefully in the 84th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Heino Looga the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The supporters of Liverpool Estonia Branch booed when FC Tipp advokaat was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 84 match minutes in a wonderful position. Heino Looga didn't get a good kick on the ball. Kuldar Suursaar sent away a hard shot on goal in the 87th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. If Rein Vollmer had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 89th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Jeers came from both ends of the stadium when the final whistle went. Neither team had looked impressive and the draw seeemd a fair result.