League Play-Off

Autionkyllä Stadium
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Ville Rantala took the kick off in the first half of the match. Yrjö Marttila scored 1-0 in the 7th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Gabriel Reinikka, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. 12 minutes into the match, Autionkyllä FC's Yrjö Marttila sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Gabriel Reinikka narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 15th minute of the match Aaro Suoraniemi shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Gabriel Reinikka showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. After 16 played minutes Autionkyllä FC got a freekick which was hit by Tarmo Tähtinen. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Jari Manninen in the 18th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Gabriel Reinikka prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Tarmo Tähtinen hit a great freekick 23 minutes into the match. In the 24th minute of the match Sipi Liimatainen sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Seppo Harjanne skillfully saved the ball. In the 26th minute Jari Manninen shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gabriel Reinikka saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Yrjö Marttila 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. After 35 played minutes Autionkyllä FC got a freekick which was hit by Vilho Reponen. Ville Rantala fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 36th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Seppo Harjanne having to interfere. If Ville Rantala had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 40th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. The audience was convinced that Ville Rantala's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Seppo Harjanne was relentless in the 42nd minute of the game.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Jari Manninen to strike the kick off in the second half. Seppo Harjanne showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ville Rantala in the 57th minute of the match. Petri Huhtiniemi sent away a hard shot on goal in the 60th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After a rather tough play, Vuosaari's Ahto Tuominen got a free kick in the 63rd minute. When Autionkyllä FC's Jari Manninen in the 65th minute got a chance for a shot 65th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Vuosaari's goalie prevented a goal. After 69 played minutes Vuosaari got a freekick which was hit by Ahto Tuominen. In the 72ndth minute of the game Jari Manninen who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Vuosaari's Gabriel Reinikka was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. If Ville Rantala had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 74th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. If Yrjö Marttila had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 78th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Gabriel Reinikka made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jari Manninen in the 80th minute of play. If Petri Huhtiniemi had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 81st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Ville Rantala received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 83rd minute. Seppo Harjanne tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ville Rantala in the 85th minute of play forced Autionkyllä FC's goalkeeper Seppo Harjanne to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 87 minutes Autionkyllä FC's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Sipi Liimatainen who took care of the corner kick. A nice corner shot did that Sipi Liimatainen got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Seppo Harjanne quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. After a rather tough play, Autionkyllä FC's Launo Kapanen got a free kick in the 88th minute. Sipi Liimatainen took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 91st minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Seppo Harjanne. Autionkyllä FC's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. In the 92nd minute, Petri Huhtiniemi 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. For all the effort they put into the match, the Vuosaari players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for Autionkyllä FC.