League Play-Off

Heinolahti Stadion
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Miikka Kallioniemi received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 5th minute. Marko Valkama tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 10 minutes into the match, Lapinjärvi's goal looked a bit too open when Rainer Reinikainen came free, but Viljo Vihtilä reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Viljo Vihtilä showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Esko Tammisto, who was totally free with the ball in the 13th minute. After 13 minutes, Ensio Holtti mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Lapinjärvi and the Heinolahti players grew even worse after the yellow card. Ensio Holtti hit a great freekick 14 minutes into the match. Reko Puistola received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 15th minute. Viljo Vihtilä tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 20th minute, Miikka Kallioniemi hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 21 minutes of play, Heinolahti's Reko Puistola made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Viljo Vihtilä was left in no man's land by his defense there! Ossi Reimari hit a great freekick 25 minutes into the match. When Reko Puistola came up free with the goalie in the 29th minute, the Heinolahti 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 Reko Puistola couldn't finish the play. In the 31st minute, Reko Puistola left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Heinolahti fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-0. If Esko Tammisto had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 34th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alvi Niskala in the 37th minute of play forced Heinolahti's goalkeeper Marko Valkama to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When Lapinjärvi's Alvi Niskala in the 39th minute got a chance for a shot 39th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Heinolahti's goalie prevented a goal. In the 40th minute the ball was on its way in behind Heinolahti's goalkeeper Marko Valkama, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Esko Tammisto made a kick off. The supporters of Lapinjärvi booed when Heinolahti was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 52 match minutes in a wonderful position. Valio Virtala didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 55th minute, Anttoni Parkkali reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Marko Valkama. The goal made the score 2-1. Marko Valkama showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Anttoni Parkkali, who was totally free with the ball in the 61st minute. Marko Valkama took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Anttoni Parkkali, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Viljo Vihtilä took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Reko Puistola, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Anttoni Parkkali fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 66th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Marko Valkama having to interfere. Anttoni Parkkali received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 68th minute. Marko Valkama tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The referee felt a red card was in order, 82 minutes into the game, when Uljas Nurmi put in a rough tackle. In the 82nd minute, one of Lapinjärvi:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Lapinjärvi. 3-1 came in the 84th minute when Valio Virtala all by himself managed to get straight through the defense and place the ball into the net to the right of Viljo Vihtilä. Viljo Vihtilä showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Reko Puistola, who was totally free with the ball in the 90th minute. Alvi Niskala sent away a hard shot on goal in the 92nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Alvi Niskala could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 94th minute of the match, but Marko Valkama made a huge save.