League Play-Off

Merekula Staadion
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Armin Taevere started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. A collision led to Merekula getting a freekick after 4 minutes play. Indrek Laul hit a great ball. Armin Taevere sent away a hard shot on goal in the 7th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Madis Voolaid charged in rather forcefully in the 13th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Madis Voolaid the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 13th minute, Madis Voolaid hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Alex Jahe was probably a little too eager to shoot when he, in the 14th played minute, shot the ball from way out. The shot was hard, but the ball flew wide of the goal. Raigo Rillo took the ball and in the 17 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Kaido Lilleorg. Kaido Lilleorg dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-1. Madis Voolaid sent away a hard shot on goal in the 20th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Raigo Rillo received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 23rd minute. Kaido Lilleorg tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After some fancy dribbling in the 25th minute, Indrek Laul managed to get in a good position for a shot. Merekula's supporters rose to their feet, but Indrek Laul was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Väino Kraut breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Kaido Lilleorg showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Armin Taevere, who was totally free with the ball in the 26th minute. 29 minutes into the match, Armin Taevere had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Kaido Lilleorg. Merekula's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Armin Taevere was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-2. 35 minutes into the game, Lemmetsa's Armin Taevere nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Kaido Lilleorg made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-3. If Kaimo Lüdimois had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 44th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead.

The wind increased when Kaimo Lüdimois made the kick off in the second half. In the 55th match minute, Merekula was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Alex Jahe to maneuver through the defense. 61 minutes into the match, Indrek Laul notched a goal, 1-3, to the right of Lemmetsa's Väino Kraut. Väino Kraut was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Armin Taevere's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Kaido Lilleorg firmly grabbed it by the left post. A sloppy throw-in by Aivo Heikman in the 66th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Lemmetsa's Ragnar Väester. Raigo Rillo sent away a hard shot on goal in the 74th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After having played for 77 minutes, Armin Taevere managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Lemmetsa's supporters crossed their fingers, but Armin Taevere was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 78th minute, Armin Taevere 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. Armin Taevere blasted a shot towards the goal in the 82nd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Kaido Lilleorg having to make a save. Tarvi Haluriit received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 86th minute. Kaido Lilleorg tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. If Raigo Rillo had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 89th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 93rd minute Tarvi Haluriit shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Kaido Lilleorg saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Raigo Rillo might have been able to make a better finish in the 94th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Kaido Lilleorg. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Raigo Rillo ran back to his position shaking his head. Lemmetsa played a much better game than Merekula and deserved their victory. The Merekula players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.