League Play-Off

Põrgu Arena
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. Janari Liik started the match with the kick off. A collision led to Pajaka getting a freekick after 2 minutes play. Jaak Tõruke hit a great ball. In the 12th minute, FC Eestimaa Vägilased's Sulev Sarv seemed to kick out at an opponent. The referee saw this and, surprisingly, showed Sulev Sarv the red card, dismissing him from the pitch. The coaching staff of FC Eestimaa Vägilased protested bitterly, but the referee would have none of it, and Sulev Sarv had no choice but to slowly walk off the pitch. After 13 played minutes FC Eestimaa Vägilased got a freekick which was hit by Sulev Sarv. After some fancy dribbling in the 20th minute, Heldur Alango managed to get in a good position for a shot. FC Eestimaa Vägilased's supporters rose to their feet, but Heldur Alango was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Mati Unt breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. An unexpectedly hard shot by Janari Liik in the 22nd minute of play forced FC Eestimaa Vägilased's goalkeeper Haarald Sadam to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Kalju Mahlaoks sent away a hard shot on goal in the 27th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 30 minutes into the game, Janari Liik cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Haarald Sadam was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Haarald Sadam made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Kalju Mahlaoks in the 33rd minute of play. In the 35th minute Juhan Lahe shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Haarald Sadam saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Jaak Tõruke charged in rather forcefully in the 40th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Jaak Tõruke the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Jaak Tõruke kicked well hit freekick during the 40th minute of the match. Haarald Sadam showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Janari Liik, who was totally free with the ball in the 44th minute. 46 minutes had been played when some careless play by FC Eestimaa Vägilased's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Oskar Roosipuu was slow to take the kick. During this time Pajaka's players had a chance to rest. Pajaka's Janari Liik was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Haarald Sadam in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. After the first half Pajaka were leading 0-1. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Heldur Alango to make the kick off. After a rather tough play, FC Eestimaa Vägilased's Eedi Loss got a free kick in the 56th minute. Heldur Alango fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 66th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Mati Unt having to interfere. Aivar Latikas hit a great freekick 67 minutes into the match. Haarald Sadam made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Janari Liik in the 72nd minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Janari Liik in the 76th minute of play forced FC Eestimaa Vägilased's goalkeeper Haarald Sadam to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Ander Halliste got free with Haarald Sadam in the 77th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. When the match had gone on for 86 minutes, Heldur Alango put it in 1-1 from a short distance just to the right of Mati Unt. With a little luck, FC Eestimaa Vägilased's Haarald Sadam got control of the ball when Kalju Mahlaoks tried to sneak it across the goal line. Pajaka were clearly unhappy with the draw, as they felt they had done enough to earn themselves a victory.