League

Parilla Colosseum
Spectators: 10880 (Terracing: 8161, Seating: 2502, VIP seats: 217) After a defensive mix-up in Ritokylä's zone, Esa Joenväärä stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Vilho Nikkari came out of the goal and Esa Joenväärä tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. 5 minutes into the match, AC Sarsaparilla's goal looked a bit too open when Didi Fox came free, but Taavi Hulkkonen reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The audience was convinced that Didi Fox's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Taavi Hulkkonen was relentless in the 7th minute of the game. Ensio Kampman might have been able to make a better finish in the 9th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Taavi Hulkkonen. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Ensio Kampman ran back to his position shaking his head. Taavi Hulkkonen showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ensio Kampman, who was totally free with the ball in the 9th minute. Ensio Kampman recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 11th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Ritokylä's Vilho Nikkari played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Heimo Heliskoski in the 12th minute of play. 15 minutes into the match, AC Sarsaparilla's goal looked a bit too open when Didi Fox came free, but Taavi Hulkkonen reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After some careless play in the AC Sarsaparilla defense, Ensio Kampman kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Taavi Hulkkonen. The AC Sarsaparilla fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Taavi Hulkkonen should have stopped the shot. Vilho Nikkari made an important save on a dangerous shot by Esa Joenväärä in the 22nd minute. Ensio Kampman sent away a hard shot on goal in the 25th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Taavi Hulkkonen showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ensio Kampman, who was totally free with the ball in the 25th minute. Taavi Hulkkonen showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ensio Kampman in the 26th minute of the match. The referee felt a red card was in order, 33 minutes into the game, when Rafael Laatikainen put in a rough tackle. In the 32nd minute, one of AC Sarsaparilla:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for AC Sarsaparilla. Ensio Kampman might have been able to make a better finish in the 41st minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Taavi Hulkkonen. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Ensio Kampman ran back to his position shaking his head. Taavi Hulkkonen made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ensio Kampman in the 41st minute of play. 45 minutes into the match, Ritokylä's goal looked a bit too open when Juha-Pekka Glad came free, but Vilho Nikkari reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. A collision led to AC Sarsaparilla getting a freekick after 46 minutes play. Toni Hilden hit a great ball. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-1 lead.

AC Sarsaparilla made a substitution. Uoti Grönholm replaced Joonatan Huttunen. Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Didi Fox to make the kick off. In the 55th minute the ball was on its way in behind AC Sarsaparilla's goalkeeper Taavi Hulkkonen, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. After some careless play in the Ritokylä defense, Heikki Sulonen kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Vilho Nikkari. The Ritokylä fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Vilho Nikkari should have stopped the shot. 60 minutes into the match, Ritokylä's goal looked a bit too open when Uoti Grönholm came free, but Vilho Nikkari reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 61 minutes had been played when some careless play by Ritokylä's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Juha-Pekka Glad was slow to take the kick. During this time AC Sarsaparilla's players had a chance to rest. Keijo Lehti thought of kicking away a contribution in front of goal but messed it up so badly that the ball went to the right of an astonished Vilho Nikkari, a very annoying self made goal in the 61st minute which led to 2-1. Vilho Nikkari showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Heikki Sulonen, who was totally free with the ball in the 65th minute. Ritokylä's Vilho Nikkari played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Uoti Grönholm in the 67th minute of play. Taavi Hulkkonen made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ensio Kampman in the 68th minute of play. In the 69th minute Ritokylä were awarded a corner. Keijo Lehti went to the cornerflag to take it. Keijo Lehti made a great header on Ritokylä's corner, it was just that AC Sarsaparilla's Taavi Hulkkonen managed to reach the ball for a save. Taavi Hulkkonen showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Didi Fox, who was totally free with the ball in the 72nd minute. After a defensive mix-up in AC Sarsaparilla's zone, Ensio Kampman stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Taavi Hulkkonen came out of the goal and Ensio Kampman tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Ritokylä's Fryderyk Chlapowski was substituted for Terho Valin. Ritokylä's Miikka Kuivaharju was substituted for Andrzej Czerniejewski. An unexpectedly hard shot by Heikki Sulonen in the 78th minute of play forced Ritokylä's goalkeeper Vilho Nikkari to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a rather tough play, AC Sarsaparilla's Esa Joenväärä got a free kick in the 78th minute. Ritokylä's Keijo Lehti couldn't find anyone to pass the ball to, so he shot a long shot towards the goal in the 79th minute. The shot went wide which resulted in a goal kick for AC Sarsaparilla. Taavi Hulkkonen was a little too slow when Ensio Kampman got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 84th minute. The score was now 2-2. When the match clock showed 87 minutes, the score became 3-2 when Heimo Heliskoski sped through Ritokylä's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Vilho Nikkari. Heimo Heliskoski sent away a hard shot on goal in the 90th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Uoti Grönholm scored 4-2 in the 91st match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Vilho Nikkari, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 94th minute, Heikki Sulonen made a precise shot to the right of Vilho Nikkari. Ritokylä's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 5-2. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. AC Sarsaparilla had won after a very even match.