League

House of Cock
Spectators: 7122 (Terracing: 5250, Seating: 1723, VIP seats: 149) Cockburn Raiders's Sulev Reitalu 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. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Sepo Voolaid during the 3rd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. The supporters of Cockburn Raiders booed when Tarumaa was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 3 match minutes in a wonderful position. Sepo Voolaid didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 6th minute, Sulev Reitalu 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. Ernst Arak made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Sulev Reitalu in the 8th minute of play. If Enar Karus had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 9th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The supporters of Cockburn Raiders booed when Tarumaa was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 14 match minutes in a wonderful position. Magnus Volberg didn't get a good kick on the ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 15th minute, Sulev Reitalu managed to get in a good position for a shot. Cockburn Raiders's supporters rose to their feet, but Sulev Reitalu was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Ernst Arak breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. When Sulev Reitalu came up free with the goalie in the 19th minute, the Cockburn Raiders 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 Sulev Reitalu couldn't finish the play. Raimond Roosna made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Agu Viin in the 22nd minute of play. In the 24th minute, Sulev Reitalu fired away a killer shot towards the goal that, to the delight of Ernst Arak, passed just outside the right post. In the 29thth minute of the game Sulev Reitalu who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Tarumaa's Ernst Arak was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. 34 minutes into the match, Cockburn Raiders's goal looked a bit too open when Risto Valdre came free, but Raimond Roosna reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 36th minute Martti Suuroja shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Raimond Roosna saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The supporters of Cockburn Raiders booed when Tarumaa was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 38 match minutes in a wonderful position. Magnus Volberg didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 40th match minute, Tarumaa was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Magnus Volberg to maneuver through the defense. Martti Suuroja sent away a hard shot on goal in the 44th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The fans had the chance to grab some refreshments as the whistle went for half-time. The score stood at 0-0 after a close first half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Risto Valdre to make the kick off. 70 minutes into the match, Cockburn Raiders's Enar Karus sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Ernst Arak narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Martti Suuroja had several of the Cockburn Raiders's defenders around him in the penalty area when he, after 83 minutes of play, received a pass and succeeded in some way to shoot a shot which went straight ahead into goal. This resulted in a 0-2 score and a disappointed Raimond Roosna as he didn't even see the shot coming. Risto Valdre sent away a hard shot on goal in the 87th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched Tarumaa eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.