League Play-Off

Santamäki Stadion
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Atte Alanko made the kick off which started today's match. 4 minutes into the match, Eerik Rämö notched a goal, 1-0, to the right of Vasaramäki's Reijo Sulonen. Reijo Sulonen was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. The audience was convinced that Atte Alanko's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Kasperi Kesä was relentless in the 9th minute of the game. Santamäki IFK's Kasperi Kesä played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Atte Alanko in the 11th minute of play. Reijo Sulonen showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Samuel Helavuori in the 12th minute of the match. Salomon Mikkola hit a great freekick 16 minutes into the match. Reijo Sulonen showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Samuel Helavuori in the 18th minute of the match. Reijo Sulonen showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Samuel Helavuori in the 19th minute of the match. When Vasaramäki's Atte Alanko in the 22nd minute got a chance for a shot 22nd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Santamäki IFK's goalie prevented a goal. Vasaramäki's Reijo Sulonen played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Samuel Helavuori in the 24th minute of play. Reijo Sulonen took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Samuel Helavuori, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Kasperi Kesä showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Kerkko Immonen, who was totally free with the ball in the 28th minute. Kasperi Kesä stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Atte Alanko's shot from short distance in the 30th minute. Reijo Sulonen took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Samuel Helavuori, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Kerkko Immonen 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. When the match had gone on for 36 minutes, Atte Alanko put it in 1-1 from a short distance just to the right of Kasperi Kesä. When Vasaramäki's Atte Alanko in the 40th minute got a chance for a shot 40th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Santamäki IFK's goalie prevented a goal. When Vasaramäki's Kerkko Immonen in the 42nd minute got a chance for a shot 42nd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Santamäki IFK's goalie prevented a goal. The score stood at 1-1 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Samuel Helavuori was the one to do the kick off. Reijo Sulonen showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Eetu Laulaja in the 53rd minute of the match. Voitto Vilmunen sent away a hard shot on goal in the 54th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 56 minutes of play, Santamäki IFK's Eerik Rämö made it 2-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Reijo Sulonen was left in no man's land by his defense there! A well placed Atte Alanko short distance shot in the 60th minute ended with a hard ball which without a chance for the goalkeeper went staright up into the goalkeepers left cross. If Eerik Rämö had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 63rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 64th minute, Voitto Vilmunen hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Kasperi Kesä was out of position in the 68 minute of play, and Atte Alanko capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Atte Alanko really showed his touch with that goal: 2-3. The audience was convinced that Atte Alanko's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Kasperi Kesä was relentless in the 71st minute of the game. An unexpectedly hard shot by Atte Alanko in the 73rd minute of play forced Santamäki IFK's goalkeeper Kasperi Kesä to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The supporters of Vasaramäki booed when Santamäki IFK was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 75 match minutes in a wonderful position. Eetu Laulaja didn't get a good kick on the ball. The audience was convinced that Atte Alanko's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Kasperi Kesä was relentless in the 78th minute of the game. After having played for 79 minutes, Taito Vainionpää managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Vasaramäki's supporters crossed their fingers, but Taito Vainionpää was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. After some careless play in the Vasaramäki defense, Eerik Rämö kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Reijo Sulonen. The Vasaramäki fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Reijo Sulonen should have stopped the shot. When Taito Vainionpää came up free with the goalie in the 85th minute, the Vasaramäki 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 Taito Vainionpää couldn't finish the play. The referee felt a red card was in order, 89 minutes into the game, when Joakim Väätäinen put in a rough tackle. Kerkko Immonen sent away a hard shot on goal in the 97th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The audience thought a goal was coming when Kerkko Immonen got free with Kasperi Kesä in the 99th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort.