League Play-Off

Äänekoski Stadium
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Aleksi Reinikka got the match started through his kick off. Oren Spivey made a fantastic save in the 3rd minute, when Orvo Kantola sent off a good shot on target. Oren Spivey showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Johannes Sulin, who was totally free with the ball in the 4th minute. Kosar Académica's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Johannes Sulin in the 5th minute. A very nice done corner allowed Ilpo Nurmi to score against Oren Spivey in FC Auho's goal. 1-0 after 5 minutes. Oren Spivey didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Orvo Kantola went, in the 9th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-0 was the resulting score. When Niko Väätäinen came up free with the goalie in the 15th minute, the FC Auho fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Niko Väätäinen couldn't finish the play. Miko Heliskoski showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Niko Väätäinen in the 20th minute of the match. Orvo Kantola could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 21st minute of the match, but Oren Spivey made a huge save. 23 minutes into the match, FC Auho's goalkeeper Oren Spivey had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Orvo Kantola. Orvo Kantola might have been able to make a better finish in the 27th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Oren Spivey. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Orvo Kantola ran back to his position shaking his head. An unexpectedly hard shot by Johannes Sulin in the 28th minute of play forced FC Auho's goalkeeper Oren Spivey to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Orvo Kantola received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 29th minute. Oren Spivey tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. With his leg Oren Spivey managed to avoid a goal in the 33rdth minute, when Kosar Académica's Orvo Kantola fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Orvo Kantola received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 35th minute. Oren Spivey tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Ossian Wallden kicked well hit freekick during the 36th minute of the match. After 37 played minutes, FC Auho's Olli Jääskeläinen shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Miko Heliskoski came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in FC Auho reached it. In the 42nd match minute, Kosar Académica was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Johannes Sulin to maneuver through the defense. In the 48th minute, Nuutti Kiviharju 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.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Orvo Kantola made a kick off. The audience was convinced that Johannes Sulin's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Oren Spivey was relentless in the 52nd minute of the game. Miko Heliskoski made an important save on a dangerous shot by Pertti Glad in the 58th minute. In the 65th minute, Ossian Vainio hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After recieving a nice pass, Kosar Académica's Johannes Sulin tried to score from far away in the 66th minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. An unexpectedly hard shot by Orvo Kantola in the 68th minute of play forced FC Auho's goalkeeper Oren Spivey to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 68 minutes into the match, Orvo Kantola notched a goal, 4-0, to the right of FC Auho's Oren Spivey. Oren Spivey was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 74th minute Orvo Kantola shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Oren Spivey saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The audience was convinced that Aleksi Reinikka's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Miko Heliskoski was relentless in the 76th minute of the game. After a rather tough play, FC Auho's Ossian Vainio got a free kick in the 81st minute. FC Auho were furious when Iiro Tuovinen was red carded, 83 minutes into the game, but the referee dismissed their protests. The referee gave Kosar Académica a penalty, 85 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Johannes Sulin, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of FC Auho's Oren Spivey. 5-0. Kosar Académica's Johannes Sulin got a good chance for a goal in the 87th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Jamie Carragher during the 89th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 89th minute, Jamie Carragher hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 92 played minutes Kosar Académica got a freekick which was hit by Urpo Niinimäki. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. Kosar Académica had played much better football throughout.