League Play-Off

Savontalo
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Jere Puurunen kicked off to start the match. After 4 played minutes MASSIKKA61 PALLO POJAT got a freekick which was hit by Gabriel Myllykoski. Turkka Tuominen recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 6th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Dallas Holder's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Tomi Perälä firmly grabbed it by the left post. Tomi Perälä showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Antto Karjalainen, who was totally free with the ball in the 9th minute. 12 minutes into the match, MASSIKKA61 PALLO POJAT's goalkeeper Tomi Perälä had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Dallas Holder. Tomi Perälä made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Antto Karjalainen in the 15th minute of play. In the 19th minute Jere Puurunen shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Orvo Määttänen saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Tomi Perälä came out of the goal in the 32nd minute to try and stop a shot by FC Loosers's Dallas Holder. But to his dismay, Dallas Holder quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-1. Dallas Holder took the ball and in the 36 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Tomi Perälä. Tomi Perälä dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-1. Olli-Pekka Rinne fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 44th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Orvo Määttänen having to interfere. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-1. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Dallas Holder was the one to do the kick off. Orvo Määttänen made an important save on a dangerous shot by Jere Puurunen in the 52nd minute. 59 minutes into the match, FC Loosers's goal looked a bit too open when Anselmi Kuusiniemi came free, but Orvo Määttänen reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Dallas Holder in the 62nd minute of play forced MASSIKKA61 PALLO POJAT's goalkeeper Tomi Perälä to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Anselmi Kuusiniemi recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 65th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. A collision led to FC Loosers getting a freekick after 77 minutes play. Teppo Kuhta hit a great ball. The supporters of MASSIKKA61 PALLO POJAT booed when FC Loosers was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 79 match minutes in a wonderful position. Hannu Lampinen didn't get a good kick on the ball. Tomi Perälä showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Aaron Hassinen in the 82nd minute of the match. Olavi Rautee hit a great freekick 83 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Dallas Holder in the 91st minute of play forced MASSIKKA61 PALLO POJAT's goalkeeper Tomi Perälä to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After having played for 93 minutes, Dallas Holder managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. FC Loosers's supporters crossed their fingers, but Dallas Holder was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. FC Loosers had played much better football throughout.