League

Homeno Stadium
Spectators: 7636 (Terracing: 5806, Seating: 1780, VIP seats: 50) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Gabriel Roiha took the kick off in the first half of the match. Tarmo Kärki showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Timo Hartikainen in the 5th minute of the match. 10 minutes had been played when some careless play by Diako AC's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Into Valin was slow to take the kick. During this time Ogilthorpe's players had a chance to rest. Sulho Kankaanpää charged in rather forcefully in the 13th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Sulho Kankaanpää the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 20th minute, one of Ogilthorpe: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 Ogilthorpe. Yrjänä Reinikka shot the penalty kick right outside the post. Uljas Ikola showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gabriel Roiha in the 24th minute of the match. Ogilthorpe's Timo Hartikainen got a good chance for a goal in the 26th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 30th minute, Gabriel Roiha 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. A collision led to Ogilthorpe getting a freekick after 31 minutes play. Atte Hotakainen hit a great ball. 33 minutes into the match, Diako AC's Raimo Kuparinen sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Uljas Ikola narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Raimo Kuparinen recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 34th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Uljas Ikola took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Gabriel Roiha, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Gabriel Roiha fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 38th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Uljas Ikola having to interfere. Raimo Kuparinen sent away a hard shot on goal in the 39th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Timo Hartikainen sent away a hard shot on goal in the 43rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. An unexpected shot in the 45th minute by Oliver Kaukomaa got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Timo Hartikainen to strike the kick off in the second half. Lauri Masalin's late challenge caught a Diako AC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Lauri Masalin helped the player get up and apologised. Lauri Masalin kicked well hit freekick during the 54th minute of the match. Alvar Kärnä's late challenge caught a Ogilthorpe's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Alvar Kärnä helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to Diako AC getting a freekick after 59 minutes play. Alvar Kärnä hit a great ball. In the 67th minute, Usko Sinkkonen hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 75th minute, Raimo Kuparinen fired away a shot on goal. He put a little to much spin on the ball and sent it just wide of the right post. After some fancy dribbling in the 77th minute, Tuomo Alenius managed to get in a good position for a shot. Diako AC's supporters rose to their feet, but Tuomo Alenius was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Uljas Ikola breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 79th minute of the match Atte Hotakainen shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Tarmo Kärki showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Oliver Kaukomaa sent away a hard shot on goal in the 81st minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. A collision led to Ogilthorpe getting a freekick after 86 minutes play. Into Valin hit a great ball. The long shot by Yrjänä Reinikka in the 87th minute really tested Uljas Ikola's skills. The ball was on its way into the goal to the left of him when he managed to stretch himself and save the shot and avoid a goal. Ogilthorpe's Uljas Ikola played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gabriel Roiha in the 89th minute of play. Gabriel Roiha sent away a hard shot on goal in the 91st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Gabriel Roiha sent away a hard shot on goal in the 97th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance.