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Sarvijoki Stadium
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Veeti Pyhältö's late challenge caught a Tampere Sharks FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Veeti Pyhältö helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, Rovaniemen pallo seura's Veeti Pyhältö got a free kick in the 4th minute. In the 9th minute, Julius Möksy 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. After having played for 13 minutes, Ossi Levokari managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Tampere Sharks FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Ossi Levokari was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. 15 minutes into the match, Ossi Levokari notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of Rovaniemen pallo seura's Eero Vihko. Eero Vihko was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Tero Niemi showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Julius Möksy, who was totally free with the ball in the 25th minute. Tero Niemi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Julius Möksy in the 29th minute of the match. Jouni Petsamo received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 31st minute. Tero Niemi tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere.

Tero Niemi took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Julius Möksy, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Jouni Petsamo fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 54th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Tero Niemi having to interfere. After 60 minutes of play, Rovaniemen pallo seura's Julius Möksy made it 2-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Tero Niemi was left in no man's land by his defense there! 63 minutes into the match, Tampere Sharks FC's goal looked a bit too open when Julius Möksy came free, but Tero Niemi reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After a rather tough play, Tampere Sharks FC's Reijo Manneroos got a free kick in the 64th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jouni Petsamo in the 68th minute of play forced Tampere Sharks FC's goalkeeper Tero Niemi to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When Rovaniemen pallo seura's Julius Möksy in 70 game minutes managed to cut through with the ball in front of the goal, only having to shoot. Tero Niemi guarding the goal like a pit bull was extremely focused and managed to reach the ball just by the crossbar before it went in. Jouni Petsamo sent away a hard shot on goal in the 76th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Launo Kemppainen's late challenge caught a Rovaniemen pallo seura's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Launo Kemppainen helped the player get up and apologised. After 77 played minutes Tampere Sharks FC got a freekick which was hit by Launo Kemppainen. Reijo Manneroos charged in rather forcefully in the 79th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Reijo Manneroos the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. A collision led to Tampere Sharks FC getting a freekick after 79 minutes play. Reijo Manneroos hit a great ball. 79 minutes into the match, Rovaniemen pallo seura's Kerkko Ruohiainen broke free and took a long shot that unfortunately flew wide. A fine initiative that could have resulted in a goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ossi Levokari in the 83rd minute of play forced Rovaniemen pallo seura's goalkeeper Eero Vihko to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 85th minute, Jouni Petsamo 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. Julius Möksy received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 88th minute. Tero Niemi tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Julius Möksy fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 90th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Tero Niemi having to interfere. Jouni Petsamo received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 92nd minute. Tero Niemi tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Jouni Petsamo fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 95th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Tero Niemi having to interfere. Rovaniemen pallo seura were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of Tampere Sharks FC for a fine match.