League Play-Off

Vestervik Stadium
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Raimo Malmivaara made the kick off which started today's match. Jan Ruisniemi received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 4th minute. Olli Lindfors tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. If Jan Ruisniemi had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 6th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Elias Allen showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Aimo Olkkonen in the 9th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, Vestervik's Teemu Leppilampi got a free kick in the 10th minute. Rami Latvanen fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 12th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Elias Allen having to interfere. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Roni Rimpiläinen during the 21st minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After 21 played minutes Ostronsaari got a freekick which was hit by Roni Rimpiläinen. Jan Ruisniemi could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 24th minute of the match, but Olli Lindfors made a huge save. In the 29th minute, Rami Latvanen 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. Elias Allen took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Aimo Olkkonen, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Aimo Olkkonen in the 36th minute of play forced Vestervik's goalkeeper Elias Allen to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Teemu Leppilampi recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 41st minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Ostronsaari's Heino Vihko got a good chance for a goal in the 45th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 47th minute, Rami Latvanen made a precise shot to the right of Elias Allen. Vestervik's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. After the first half Ostronsaari were leading 0-1. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

Elias Allen made an important save on a dangerous shot by Rami Latvanen in the 53rd minute. Elias Allen stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Aimo Olkkonen's shot from short distance in the 54th minute. Elias Allen came out of the goal in the 59th minute to try and stop a shot by Ostronsaari's Rauno Hannus. But to his dismay, Rauno Hannus quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-2. A collision led to Ostronsaari getting a freekick after 62 minutes play. Roni Rimpiläinen hit a great ball. Elias Allen made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Aimo Olkkonen in the 77th minute of play. After some careless play in the Vestervik defense, Aimo Olkkonen kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Elias Allen. The Vestervik fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Elias Allen should have stopped the shot. Rami Latvanen recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 81st minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Vestervik's Elias Allen proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 85th minute of the match, managed to save Vestervik from getting a goal against them. Lasse Kunnas hit a great freekick 93 minutes into the match. 97 minutes into the match, Vestervik's Jan Ruisniemi sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Olli Lindfors narrowly saved just below the crossbar. The Vestervik fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Ostronsaari were clearly better and deserved to take the win.