League Play-Off

Peltovuoma
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Severi Helin got the match started through his kick off. When Mikko Hotakainen came up free with the goalie in the 2nd minute, the Kyyry 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 Mikko Hotakainen couldn't finish the play. In the 7th minute, Severi Helin hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Peltovuoma's Aarni Pasoja played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Atte Nybacka in the 8th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mikko Hotakainen in the 12th minute of play forced Peltovuoma's goalkeeper Aarni Pasoja to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When the match clock showed 14 minutes, the score became 0-1 when Atte Nybacka sped through Peltovuoma's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Aarni Pasoja. Atte Nybacka blasted a shot towards the goal in the 18th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Aarni Pasoja having to make a save. Aarni Pasoja stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Atte Nybacka's shot from short distance in the 20th minute. When the match had gone on for 21 minutes, Atte Nybacka put it in 0-2 from a short distance just to the right of Aarni Pasoja. After having played for 28 minutes, Atte Nybacka managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Kyyry's supporters crossed their fingers, but Atte Nybacka was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Peltovuoma's Aarni Pasoja played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Mikko Hotakainen in the 34th minute of play. 37 minutes into the match, Mikko Hotakainen had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Aarni Pasoja. Peltovuoma's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Mikko Hotakainen was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-3. Mikko Hotakainen sent away a hard shot on goal in the 40th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Atte Nybacka received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 42nd minute. Aarni Pasoja tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Atte Nybacka fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 45th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Aarni Pasoja having to interfere. 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.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Atte Nybacka made a kick off. After some fancy dribbling in the 54th minute, Atte Nybacka managed to get in a good position for a shot. Kyyry's supporters rose to their feet, but Atte Nybacka was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Aarni Pasoja breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Aarni Pasoja showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Atte Nybacka, who was totally free with the ball in the 57th minute. In the 58th match minute, Kyyry was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Isko Latvala to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Atte Nybacka in the 62nd minute of play forced Peltovuoma's goalkeeper Aarni Pasoja to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Atte Nybacka fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 65th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Aarni Pasoja having to interfere. If Atte Nybacka had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 67th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Mikko Hotakainen was extremely unlucky when he, in the 71st minute, took a shot that hit the right post and went out. In the 74th minute Atte Nybacka shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Aarni Pasoja saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Atte Nybacka sent away a hard shot on goal in the 78th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Aarni Pasoja made an important save on a dangerous shot by Eero Etula in the 79th minute. After some fancy dribbling in the 81st minute, Mikko Hotakainen managed to get in a good position for a shot. Kyyry's supporters rose to their feet, but Mikko Hotakainen was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Aarni Pasoja breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Aarni Pasoja showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Atte Nybacka, who was totally free with the ball in the 83rd minute. Aarni Pasoja made a fantastic save in the 85th minute, when Mikko Hotakainen sent off a good shot on target. Aarni Pasoja showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Atte Nybacka in the 88th minute of the match. After 89 minutes, Severi Helin mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Peltovuoma and the Kyyry players grew even worse after the yellow card. The supporters of Kyyry booed when Peltovuoma was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 89 match minutes in a wonderful position. Severi Helin didn't get a good kick on the ball. When Mikko Hotakainen, who was free, got the in front of the goal in the 92 minute he wasn't focused and tipped the ball just over the goal. The Aarni Pasoja was delighted since the ball would have got in if it had gone under the crossbar. Kyyry's Atte Nybacka got a good chance for a goal in the 96th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 98th minute the ball was on its way in behind Peltovuoma's goalkeeper Aarni Pasoja, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. The Peltovuoma fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Kyyry were clearly better and deserved to take the win.