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Old Trafford
Spectators: 10980 (Terracing: 8236, Seating: 2525, VIP seats: 219) Edwin van der Sar showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Heino Helkamo, who was totally free with the ball in the 3rd minute. Yan Chong Sen made a fantastic save in the 5th minute, when Eero Uusipaavalniemi sent off a good shot on target. Edwin van der Sar showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Rikhard Elomo, who was totally free with the ball in the 8th minute. After a rather tough play, Palloketut's Arvo Salminen got a free kick in the 9th minute. Manchester United FC's Edwin van der Sar played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Heino Helkamo in the 12th minute of play. Edwin van der Sar showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Toni Fabich in the 13th minute of the match. Palloketut were awarded a corner in the 14th minute after Manchester United FC's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Ali Ruohiainen took the corner. Ali Ruohiainen made a great header on Palloketut's corner, it was just that Manchester United FC's Edwin van der Sar managed to reach the ball for a save. Edwin van der Sar showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Voitto Nyrhinen in the 16th minute of the match. After 17 played minutes Palloketut got a freekick which was hit by Arvo Salminen. Voitto Nyrhinen took the ball and in the 19 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Edwin van der Sar. Edwin van der Sar dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-1. An unexpected shot in the 26th minute by Taisto Pentsinen got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. Edwin van der Sar took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Heino Helkamo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Edwin van der Sar showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Voitto Nyrhinen in the 32nd minute of the match. Tommi Kangasmäki hit a great freekick 33 minutes into the match. Yan Chong Sen showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Taisto Pentsinen, who was totally free with the ball in the 34th minute. Manchester United FC's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Eero Uusipaavalniemi in the 35th minute. After taking down the ball on Manchester United FC's corner Eero Uusipaavalniemi fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Yan Chong Sen quite easily take care of the ball. In the 42ndth minute of the game Heino Helkamo who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Manchester United FC's Edwin van der Sar was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Edwin van der Sar showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Toni Fabich, who was totally free with the ball in the 44th minute. The attack was good, but when Toni Fabich in the 44th minute was about to shoot he didn't kick quite good enough and the ball went high over goal. Edwin van der Sar stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Heino Helkamo's shot from short distance in the 48th minute. Disappointed in the 0-1 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Eero Uusipaavalniemi stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Edwin van der Sar made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Heino Helkamo in the 56th minute of play. 63 minutes into the match, Manchester United FC's goal looked a bit too open when Toni Fabich came free, but Edwin van der Sar reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Eero Uusipaavalniemi in the 66th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Yan Chong Sen saved Palloketut from getting behind. Edwin van der Sar stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Heino Helkamo's shot from short distance in the 71st minute. Palloketut made a substitution. Marcus Hjelm replaced Doğuş Turabi. After 75 played minutes Palloketut got a freekick which was hit by Antti Väisänen. In the 76th minute Voitto Nyrhinen shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Edwin van der Sar saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 78th minute Valdemar Kuoppala shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Yan Chong Sen saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 79th minute Heino Helkamo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Edwin van der Sar saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. A collision led to Palloketut getting a freekick after 80 minutes play. Marcus Hjelm hit a great ball. The audience was convinced that Eero Uusipaavalniemi's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Yan Chong Sen was relentless in the 84th minute of the game. After a rather tough play, Manchester United FC's Valdemar Kuoppala got a free kick in the 88th minute. Edwin van der Sar took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Rikhard Elomo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Edwin van der Sar didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Voitto Nyrhinen went, in the 91st minute, to the upper right corner, 0-2 was the resulting score. Yan Chong Sen showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Erik Cantona in the 97th minute of the match. 99 minutes had been played when some careless play by Palloketut's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Eero Uusipaavalniemi was slow to take the kick. During this time Manchester United FC's players had a chance to rest. After taking down the ball on Manchester United FC's corner Eero Uusipaavalniemi fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Yan Chong Sen quite easily take care of the ball. Palloketut's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.