League Play-Off

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Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Aatu Rahkonen took the kick off in the first half of the match. Tuorila's Kuisma Kankaanpää couldn't find anyone to pass the ball to, so he shot a long shot towards the goal in the 9th minute. The shot went wide which resulted in a goal kick for Harvanmäki. If Taneli Nutikka had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 12th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Keimo Petsamo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Iisakki Tuulola in the 19th minute of the match. Keimo Petsamo took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Timo Wesslin, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 24 played minutes Harvanmäki got a freekick which was hit by Henri Kampman. Timo Wesslin sent away a hard shot on goal in the 25th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Keimo Petsamo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Timo Wesslin in the 27th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, Tuorila's Kuisma Kankaanpää got a free kick in the 35th minute. Keimo Petsamo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Iisakki Tuulola, who was totally free with the ball in the 37th minute. 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.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Iisakki Tuulola was the one to do the kick off. Jouko Jantunen showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Aatu Rahkonen, who was totally free with the ball in the 54th minute. After a rather tough play, Harvanmäki's Henri Kampman got a free kick in the 55th minute. Teemu Vihtilä's late challenge caught a Harvanmäki's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Teemu Vihtilä helped the player get up and apologised. Aatu Rahkonen received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 61st minute. Jouko Jantunen tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Jouko Jantunen took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Taneli Nutikka, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The crowd rose to their feet as Harvanmäki's Iisakki Tuulola slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Keimo Petsamo. That made the score 1-1 after 74 minutes of play. Timo Wesslin recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 80th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. With his leg Keimo Petsamo managed to avoid a goal in the 82ndth minute, when Harvanmäki's Timo Wesslin fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Timo Wesslin fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 89th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Keimo Petsamo having to interfere. 97 minutes into the match, Harvanmäki's goal looked a bit too open when Aatu Rahkonen came free, but Jouko Jantunen reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The Harvanmäki players were the happier at the end of the match as they had prevented Tuorila from taking control. The game ends in a draw.