League Play-Off

Kiritse Staadion
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) FC Manchester United's Maido Jaska started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Endel Kaljundi's late challenge caught a Kiritse's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Endel Kaljundi helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of Kiritse booed when FC Manchester United was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 3 match minutes in a wonderful position. Endel Kaljundi didn't get a good kick on the ball. With his leg Rene Inno managed to avoid a goal in the 11thth minute, when Kiritse's Eduard Nõmmoja fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. 13 minutes into the match, FC Manchester United's goal looked a bit too open when Frank Laar came free, but Rene Inno reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Eduard Nõmmoja who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 15thth minute tested the skills of Rene Inno when he managed to save the team from getting behind. Eduard Nõmmoja fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 16th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Rene Inno having to interfere. Eduard Nõmmoja took the ball and in the 19 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Rene Inno. Rene Inno dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-0. After 22 minutes of play, FC Manchester United's Maido Jaska made it 1-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Janis Einasto was left in no man's land by his defense there! With a couple of smart ball manuevers Frank Laar in the 27th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Rene Inno saved FC Manchester United from getting behind. Rene Inno took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Frank Laar, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Rene Inno was a little too slow when Frank Laar got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 37th minute. The score was now 2-1. If Eduard Nõmmoja had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 40th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The audience was convinced that Frank Laar's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Rene Inno was relentless in the 44th minute of the game. In the 46th minute, Kiritse's Frank Laar dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 3-1. 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 3-1.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Frank Laar to strike the kick off in the second half. In the 53rd minute Frank Laar shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Rene Inno saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 55th match minute, FC Manchester United was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Henrik Noorsalu to maneuver through the defense. Rene Inno showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Frank Laar in the 56th minute of the match. Eduard Nõmmoja took the ball and in the 59 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Rene Inno. Rene Inno dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 4-1. Frank Laar succeeded in the game's 67th minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 5-1. 72 minutes into the match, FC Manchester United's goal looked a bit too open when Eduard Nõmmoja came free, but Rene Inno reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The referee felt a red card was in order, 76 minutes into the game, when Aadam Aas put in a rough tackle. When Kiritse's Eduard Nõmmoja in the 82nd minute got a chance for a shot 82nd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye FC Manchester United's goalie prevented a goal. 85 minutes into the match, Eduard Nõmmoja had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Rene Inno. FC Manchester United's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Eduard Nõmmoja was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 7-1. When Frank Laar came up free with the goalie in the 92nd minute, the Kiritse 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 Frank Laar couldn't finish the play. After having played for 95 minutes, Eduard Nõmmoja managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Kiritse's supporters crossed their fingers, but Eduard Nõmmoja was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. When the referee ended the match the Kiritse players were able to celebrate. They had won a fair victory and recieved the ovations of their fans.