League Play-Off

Ensa Arena
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Valentin Vehanen got the match started through his kick off. FC EnsaAcademy's Reima Vähä got a good chance for a goal in the 4th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Jari Karjalainen succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 1-0 in the 6th playminute. If Kyösti Tuovinen had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 9th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Valentin Vehanen received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 11th minute. Kai Lehtimäki tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 13 minutes into the game, Real Madrid CF's Kyösti Tuovinen nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Kai Lehtimäki made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-1. Kai Lehtimäki made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Kyösti Tuovinen in the 17th minute of play. Reima Vähä fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 18th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Sampsa Berg having to interfere. Sampsa Berg came out of the goal in the 21st minute to try and stop a shot by FC EnsaAcademy's Reima Vähä. But to his dismay, Reima Vähä quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-1. If Reima Vähä had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 35th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 37 minutes into the match, FC EnsaAcademy's goal looked a bit too open when Valentin Vehanen came free, but Kai Lehtimäki reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Kyösti Tuovinen's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Kai Lehtimäki read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 38th minute of play. Reima Vähä took the ball and in the 45 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Sampsa Berg. Sampsa Berg dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 3-1. Af the end of the first half the score was 3-1. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Reima Vähä was the one to do the kick off. Taavi Ruutu's late challenge caught a Real Madrid CF's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Taavi Ruutu helped the player get up and apologised. In the 51st match minute, FC EnsaAcademy was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Taavi Ruutu to maneuver through the defense. After a defensive mix-up in FC EnsaAcademy's zone, Valentin Vehanen stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Kai Lehtimäki came out of the goal and Valentin Vehanen tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 61st minute, Iiro Pärssinen hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 62 minutes, Teemu Timoska mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Real Madrid CF and the FC EnsaAcademy players grew even worse after the yellow card. Real Madrid CF:s Sampsa Berg showed great skill when he stopped Iivari Välivaara:s penalty. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Jari Karjalainen in the 65th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Sampsa Berg prevented the ball from getting in the gole. In the 67th minute, Valentin Vehanen got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Anssi Vesanen's late challenge caught a Real Madrid CF's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Anssi Vesanen helped the player get up and apologised. If Kyösti Tuovinen had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 71st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Kai Lehtimäki made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Valentin Vehanen in the 72nd minute of play. 75 minutes into the match, Jari Karjalainen had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Sampsa Berg. Real Madrid CF's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Jari Karjalainen was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 4-1. Kai Lehtimäki showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Valentin Vehanen in the 80th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Reima Vähä in the 81st minute of play forced Real Madrid CF's goalkeeper Sampsa Berg to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Kai Lehtimäki took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Valentin Vehanen, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Reima Vähä in the 90th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Sampsa Berg saved Real Madrid CF from getting behind. FC EnsaAcademy's Jari Karjalainen got a good chance for a goal in the 98th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. FC EnsaAcademy fully deserved thier win.