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Ellakvere Stadium
Spectators: 6717 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1717, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Andre Hansson made the kick off which started today's match. A collision led to Ellakvere getting a freekick after 3 minutes play. Herbert Alt hit a great ball. Ott Antsov took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Andre Hansson, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 10th match minute, Slim Frank´s Buffet C.F was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Uku Haav to maneuver through the defense. Andre Hansson received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 11th minute. Ott Antsov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After a defensive mix-up in Slim Frank´s Buffet C.F's zone, Andre Hansson stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Ott Antsov came out of the goal and Andre Hansson tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Ardo Keskrand kicked well hit freekick during the 23rd minute of the match. In the 28th minute, Andre Idu ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Ott Antsov was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-0. The audience thought a goal was coming when Andre Idu got free with Ott Antsov in the 34th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 40th minute of the match Herbert Kaiklem sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Pearu Ojamäe skillfully saved the ball. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 1-0.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Uku Haav to make the kick off. Uku Haav fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 62nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Pearu Ojamäe having to interfere. Uku Haav received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 64th minute. Pearu Ojamäe tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Ellakvere's Pearu Ojamäe played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Uku Haav in the 73rd minute of play. In the 75th minute, Ellakvere's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Madis Albi fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. Ott Antsov showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Andre Hansson, who was totally free with the ball in the 80th minute. When Andre Idu came up free with the goalie in the 83rd minute, the Ellakvere 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 Andre Idu couldn't finish the play. Helmut Mees's late challenge caught a Slim Frank´s Buffet C.F's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Helmut Mees helped the player get up and apologised. If Uku Haav had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 86th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. The audience was convinced that Andre Idu's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Ott Antsov was relentless in the 89th minute of the game. Uku Haav fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 91st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Pearu Ojamäe having to interfere. Pearu Ojamäe made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Uku Haav in the 94th minute of play. Ellakvere's Pearu Ojamäe played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Uku Haav in the 95th minute of play. The referee blew his whistle, and the match came to a close. The players exchanged shirts and headed down the tunnel. The Ellakvere fans cheered their team off the field, for while Slim Frank´s Buffet C.F had put up a good fight, they were unable to come out of the game with any points to show for their effort.