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Spectators: 6784 (Terracing: 5005, Seating: 1774, VIP seats: 5) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Aatu Rahkonen started the match with the kick off. Keimo Petsamo took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Petteri Latvala, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Keimo Petsamo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Petteri Latvala in the 4th minute of play. A collision led to Tuorila getting a freekick after 4 minutes play. Iikka Lahtela hit a great ball. If Topias Siivonen had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 10th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After some fancy dribbling in the 14th minute, Topias Siivonen managed to get in a good position for a shot. Kerälä's supporters rose to their feet, but Topias Siivonen was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Keimo Petsamo breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Keimo Petsamo took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Topias Siivonen, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 23 minutes of play, Kerälä's Ossi Reimari made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Keimo Petsamo was left in no man's land by his defense there! Through an outstanding action, after 27 minutes, Marko Vihermäki successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. 31 minutes into the match, Ossi Reimari notched a goal, 0-2, to the right of Tuorila's Keimo Petsamo. Keimo Petsamo was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Teemu Vihtilä could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 36th minute of the match, but Marko Vihermäki made a huge save. After 36 played minutes Kerälä got a freekick which was hit by Raimo Forsman. Ossi Reimari fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 41st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Keimo Petsamo having to interfere. In the 46th minute, Teemu Vihtilä reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Marko Vihermäki. The goal made the score 1-2. Disappointed in the 1-2 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 Topias Siivonen stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 54th minute, Harri Immonen hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. A hard shot 56 in the game by Topias Siivonen from a close distance when the talented Keimo Petsamo managed to make a qualified save. Tuorila's players were relieved. In the 61st minute, Iikka Lahtela ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Marko Vihermäki was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-2. 68 minutes into the match, Tuorila's goalkeeper Keimo Petsamo had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Topias Siivonen. After a rather tough play, Tuorila's Aatu Rahkonen got a free kick in the 70th minute. After 76 minutes of play, Tuorila's Taneli Nutikka made it 3-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Marko Vihermäki was left in no man's land by his defense there! Ossi Reimari sent away a hard shot on goal in the 80th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Topias Siivonen received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Keimo Petsamo came out and tried to block the shot, but Topias Siivonen slotted it home off the left post making it 3-3 in the 83rd minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Taneli Nutikka in the 91st minute of play forced Kerälä's goalkeeper Marko Vihermäki to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 94th minute, Iikka Lahtela hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Tuorila succeeded in salvaging a draw, even though Kerälä had controlled the match.