League

Marsalkka
Spectators: 8610 (Terracing: 6458, Seating: 1980, VIP seats: 172) Aappo Tuominen started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Janne Alanko charged in rather forcefully in the 6th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Janne Alanko the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After a rather tough play, Paihola's Janne Alanko got a free kick in the 6th minute. When the match had gone on for 8 minutes, Kosti Vehanen put it in 1-1 from a short distance just to the right of Mika Arkivuo. In the 14th minute, Kosti Vehanen 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. In the 16th minute, Kosti Vehanen ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Mika Arkivuo was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-1. Mannerheim were furious when 宋凡风 was red carded, 19 minutes into the game, but the referee dismissed their protests. In a very dangerous position, a player in Mannerheim fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 19th minute. Penalty! Mannerheim:s Gigi Mantu showed great skill when he stopped Ossi Hakala:s penalty. Mika Arkivuo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Kosti Vehanen in the 27th minute of play. Mika Arkivuo stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Kosti Vehanen's shot from short distance in the 32nd minute. In the 35th minute, Kosti Vehanen fired away a killer shot towards the goal that, to the delight of Mika Arkivuo, passed just outside the right post. In the 38th minute the ball was on its way in behind Mannerheim's goalkeeper Gigi Mantu, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 40th minute, Oliver Sainomaa 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. In the 45th match minute, Mannerheim was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Kosti Vehanen to maneuver through the defense. Af the end of the first half the score was 3-1. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The wind increased when Kosti Vehanen made the kick off in the second half. After a rather tough play, Mannerheim's Olli-Pekka Paajanen got a free kick in the 54th minute. Oliver Sainomaa received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 56th minute. Gigi Mantu tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Marko Takala fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 58th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Mika Arkivuo having to interfere. Mika Arkivuo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Marko Takala in the 61st minute of play. 63 minutes into the game, Kosti Vehanen cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 4-1. Mika Arkivuo was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Aappo Tuominen fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 68th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Gigi Mantu having to interfere. Oliver Sainomaa could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 74th minute of the match, but Gigi Mantu made a huge save. In the 75th minute Aappo Tuominen shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gigi Mantu saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. A collision led to Paihola getting a freekick after 80 minutes play. Veijo Myllynen hit a great ball. Veijo Myllynen charged in rather forcefully in the 83rd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Veijo Myllynen the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. A collision led to Paihola getting a freekick after 83 minutes play. Veijo Myllynen hit a great ball. Marko Takala received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 84th minute. Mika Arkivuo tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After a defensive mix-up in Paihola's zone, Kosti Vehanen stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Mika Arkivuo came out of the goal and Kosti Vehanen tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After 89 minutes of play Paihola's Janne Alanko was too eager in his attempt to stop his opponent and brought him down. With that he got his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. Mika Arkivuo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Kosti Vehanen in the 98th minute of the match. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. Mannerheim had played much better football throughout.