League Play-Off

Männiku Arena
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) In the 4th minute of the game Lauri Erik made a throw-in which Bert Karp played forward. After 7 minutes of play, FC Männiku Strikers's Alex Vanaliin made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Laur Aluste was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 10th match minute, Paluoja was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Kaspar Annette to maneuver through the defense. FC Männiku Strikers's Koit Öösalu shoveled away a really nice long shot in the 10th minute of play. The shot was stopped by Laur Aluste but with some difficulty. After 13 minutes, Jaan Loomus mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Paluoja and the FC Männiku Strikers players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a rather tough play, Paluoja's Jaan Loomus got a free kick in the 13th minute. 16 minutes into the match, Koit Öösalu dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Laur Aluste, 2-0. Laur Aluste made a fantastic save in the 22nd minute, when Alex Vanaliin sent off a good shot on target. Alex Vanaliin could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 26th minute of the match, but Laur Aluste made a huge save. When Elmo Veeru fell near the penalty area in the 27th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Paluoja's protests and gave Elmo Veeru a yellow card for diving instead. Laur Aluste made an important save on a dangerous shot by Reino Trolla in the 30th minute. After 33 played minutes Paluoja got a freekick which was hit by Elmo Veeru. Alex Vanaliin's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Laur Aluste read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 35th minute of play. Laur Aluste made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Reino Trolla in the 39th minute of play. 41 minutes into the match, Paluoja's goalkeeper Laur Aluste had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Alex Vanaliin. Elmo Veeru kicked well hit freekick during the 41st minute of the match. FC Männiku Strikers's Alex Vanaliin got a good chance for a goal in the 43rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 44th minute Koit Öösalu shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Laur Aluste saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Laur Aluste made a fantastic save in the 46th minute, when Reino Trolla sent off a good shot on target. In the 47th minute Koit Öösalu shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Laur Aluste saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 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 2-0.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Koit Öösalu to make the kick off. In the 61st match minute, Paluoja was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Elmo Veeru to maneuver through the defense. Kaspar Annette hit a great freekick 64 minutes into the match. Koit Öösalu took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 65th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Laur Aluste. Paluoja's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Laur Aluste showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Koit Öösalu in the 69th minute of the match. Paluoja's Laur Aluste played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Koit Öösalu in the 75th minute of play. Koit Öösalu received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 77th minute. Laur Aluste tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Koit Öösalu sent away a hard shot on goal in the 82nd minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Laur Aluste showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Alex Vanaliin in the 84th minute of the match. After 86 played minutes Paluoja got a freekick which was hit by Elmo Veeru. Laur Aluste showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Koit Öösalu, who was totally free with the ball in the 89th minute. Raigo Varm sent away a hard shot on goal in the 92nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. FC Männiku Strikers fully deserved thier win.