League Play-Off

Vuosaari Stadion
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Väinö Viander started the match with the kick off. Ilkka Sulin's late challenge caught a Ojalanperä's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Ilkka Sulin helped the player get up and apologised. In the 3rd match minute, Vuosaari was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ilkka Sulin to maneuver through the defense. In the 7th minute Väinö Viander 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. In the 11thth minute of the game Väinö Viander 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. Anttoni Uhlbäck's late challenge caught a Vuosaari's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Anttoni Uhlbäck helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of Vuosaari booed when Ojalanperä was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 12 match minutes in a wonderful position. Anttoni Uhlbäck didn't get a good kick on the ball. 15 minutes into the match, Ojalanperä's goal looked a bit too open when Ville Rantala came free, but Jyrki Wallenius reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Antti Uitto hit a great freekick 17 minutes into the match. Sipi Liimatainen was probably a little too eager to shoot when he, in the 18th played minute, shot the ball from way out. The shot was hard, but the ball flew wide of the goal. Jyrki Wallenius made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ville Rantala in the 19th minute of play. Gabriel Reinikka showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Joni Pölönen in the 21st minute of the match. After having played for 25 minutes, Väinö Viander managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Ojalanperä's supporters crossed their fingers, but Väinö Viander was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 28th minute, Jani Brinck hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. If Väinö Viander had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 34th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. In the 37th minute, Joni Pölönen ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Gabriel Reinikka was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. A collision led to Ojalanperä getting a freekick after 40 minutes play. Antti Uitto hit a great ball. Petri Huhtiniemi fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 45th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jyrki Wallenius having to interfere. In the 47th minute, Petri Huhtiniemi made a precise shot to the right of Jyrki Wallenius. Ojalanperä's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-1. 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.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Ville Rantala made a kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ville Rantala in the 54th minute of play forced Ojalanperä's goalkeeper Jyrki Wallenius to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Vuosaari's Petri Huhtiniemi got a good chance for a goal in the 55th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Jyrki Wallenius made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Petri Huhtiniemi in the 57th minute of play. The supporters of Vuosaari booed when Ojalanperä was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 59 match minutes in a wonderful position. Antti Uitto didn't get a good kick on the ball. 77 minutes into the match, Joni Pölönen notched a goal, 2-2, to the right of Vuosaari's Gabriel Reinikka. Gabriel Reinikka was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Tero Salomaa hit a great freekick 81 minutes into the match. Jyrki Wallenius showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ville Rantala in the 86th minute of the match. Ville Rantala received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 87th minute. Jyrki Wallenius tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When Vuosaari's Petri Huhtiniemi in the 90th minute got a chance for a shot 90th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Ojalanperä's goalie prevented a goal. The Ojalanperä players were the happier at the end of the match as they had prevented Vuosaari from taking control. The game ends in a draw.