League Play-Off

Mämmenkylä
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Nuavo's Sauli Karalahti started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Salomon Kuparinen sent away a hard shot on goal in the 3rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. If Salomon Kuparinen had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 4th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Juha-Pekka Esala came out of the goal in the 6th minute to try and stop a shot by Nuavo's Salomon Kuparinen. But to his dismay, Salomon Kuparinen quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. Salomon Kuparinen fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 10th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Juha-Pekka Esala having to interfere. Juha-Pekka Esala showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Sauli Karalahti, who was totally free with the ball in the 12th minute. In the 16th minute, Salomon Kuparinen ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Juha-Pekka Esala was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-2. Jani Rantanen kicked well hit freekick during the 21st minute of the match. Salomon Kuparinen sent away a hard shot on goal in the 32nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 36 minutes of play, Nuavo's Sauli Karalahti made it 0-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Juha-Pekka Esala was left in no man's land by his defense there! Salomon Kuparinen sent away a hard shot on goal in the 40th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Nuavo's Lope Colomines proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 42nd minute of the match, managed to save Nuavo from getting a goal against them. Mämmenkylä IFK were awarded a corner in the 45th minute after Nuavo's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Launo Riippa took the corner. In the 47th minute the ball was on its way in behind Nuavo's goalkeeper Lope Colomines, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-3 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Kristian Alin stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 52nd minute, Saul Myllykoski hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Sauli Karalahti received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 55th minute. Juha-Pekka Esala tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Juha-Pekka Esala showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Salomon Kuparinen in the 61st minute of the match. 65 minutes into the match, Sauli Karalahti had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Juha-Pekka Esala. Mämmenkylä IFK's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Sauli Karalahti was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-4. If Topias Meriläinen had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 68th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. When Launo Riippa fell near the penalty area in the 73rd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Mämmenkylä IFK's protests and gave Launo Riippa a yellow card for diving instead. The supporters of Nuavo booed when Mämmenkylä IFK was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 73 match minutes in a wonderful position. Launo Riippa didn't get a good kick on the ball. Salomon Kuparinen succeeded in the game's 75th minute to get real power on a long shot . Mämmenkylä IFK's Juha-Pekka Esala hadn't the time to block the shot which was pasted into the goal, 0-5! Mämmenkylä IFK's Juha-Pekka Esala played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Salomon Kuparinen in the 78th minute of play. 81 minutes into the game, Sauli Karalahti cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-6. Juha-Pekka Esala was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. When the final whistle sounded Nuavo left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Mämmenkylä IFK.