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Vikhavu
Spectators: 7209 (Terracing: 5500, Seating: 1709, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Rasmus Kabral started the match with the kick off. In the 6th minute, Tauri Viin hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Rasmus Kabral's late challenge caught a Koopainimesed's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Rasmus Kabral helped the player get up and apologised. Rasmus Kabral hit a great freekick 7 minutes into the match. Rasmus Kabral received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 12th minute. Alari Reiljan tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 16th minute Rudolf Kersna shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Kuno Kuld saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 0-1 became the score in the 21st minute when Rudolf Kersna elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. After a defensive mix-up in Vikhavu's zone, Ahto Kaasik stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Kuno Kuld came out of the goal and Ahto Kaasik tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Ahto Kaasik took the ball and in the 29 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Kuno Kuld. Kuno Kuld dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-2. In the 33rd minute, Ahto Kaasik ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Kuno Kuld was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-3. 37 minutes into the game, one of Vikhavu:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. In the 43rd minute Rudolf Kersna shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Kuno Kuld saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 44 minutes into the game, Raimo Valdma was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Vikhavu's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Koopainimesed the free kick. Raimo Valdma kicked well hit freekick during the 44th minute of the match. 47 minutes had been played when some careless play by Vikhavu's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Albert Vasser was slow to take the kick. During this time Koopainimesed's players had a chance to rest.

Tauri Viin hit a great freekick 58 minutes into the match. When Kuldar Saidla fell near the penalty area in the 59th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Koopainimesed's protests and gave Kuldar Saidla a yellow card for diving instead. Alari Reiljan made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Valmar Tamm in the 62nd minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Rudolf Kersna in the 70th minute of play forced Vikhavu's goalkeeper Kuno Kuld to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 73rd minute, Tauri Viin hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Alari Reiljan showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Valmar Tamm in the 77th minute of the match. In the 78th minute, Rudolf Kersna fired away a killer shot towards the goal that, to the delight of Kuno Kuld, passed just outside the right post. Kuno Kuld made an important save on a dangerous shot by Ahto Kaasik in the 86th minute. When Ahto Kaasik came up free with the goalie in the 87th minute, the Koopainimesed 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 Ahto Kaasik couldn't finish the play. Kuldar Saidla hit a great freekick 96 minutes into the match. Koopainimesed's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.