League Play-Off

Haljala
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Simo Roolaht started the match with the kick off. When CF Laht's Simo Roolaht in the 5th minute got a chance for a shot 5th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye SK Unukse's goalie prevented a goal. Agu Raja showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jüri Rääbis in the 7th minute of the match. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Meelis Karbo during the 9th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After 9 played minutes CF Laht got a freekick which was hit by Meelis Karbo. After 10 minutes, Hugo Ess mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the CF Laht and the SK Unukse players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 10th minute, Hugo Ess hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 21st match minute, CF Laht was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Simo Halliste to maneuver through the defense. Endel Vatsar was probably a little too eager to shoot when he, in the 22nd played minute, shot the ball from way out. The shot was hard, but the ball flew wide of the goal. An unexpected shot in the 24th minute by Hugo Ess got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. After a rather tough play, SK Unukse's Voldemar Noormägi got a free kick in the 25th minute. Hugo Ess blasted a shot towards the goal in the 26th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Endel Lipp having to make a save. Simo Roolaht sent away a hard shot on goal in the 34th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Agu Raja showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jüri Rääbis in the 38th minute of the match. Heikki Hea received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 39th minute. Agu Raja tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 40th match minute, CF Laht was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Allar Juss to maneuver through the defense. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Jüri Rääbis to make the kick off. After some fancy dribbling in the 53rd minute, Heikki Hea managed to get in a good position for a shot. SK Unukse's supporters rose to their feet, but Heikki Hea was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Agu Raja breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Hugo Ess 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. Jüri Rääbis charged in rather forcefully in the 57th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Jüri Rääbis the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Jüri Rääbis hit a great freekick 58 minutes into the match. In the 61st minute Simo Roolaht shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Endel Lipp saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. If Simo Roolaht had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 63rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Ivari Läänemets might have been able to make a better finish in the 69th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Agu Raja. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Ivari Läänemets ran back to his position shaking his head. In the 75th minute of the match CF Laht got a corner. SK Unukse's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Harri Umal ran over to the corner to take the kick. A nice corner shot did that Harri Umal got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Endel Lipp quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Hugo Ess received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 83rd minute. Endel Lipp tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. A collision led to SK Unukse getting a freekick after 87 minutes play. Jüri Rääbis hit a great ball. When Hugo Ess came up free with the goalie in the 90th minute, the CF Laht 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 Hugo Ess couldn't finish the play. 94 minutes into the match, SK Unukse's goal looked a bit too open when Simo Roolaht came free, but Endel Lipp reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Endel Lipp didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when CF Laht's Simo Roolaht shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 1-0 in the ordered_time% minute. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. CF Laht had played much better football throughout.