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Spectators: 7597 (Terracing: 5780, Seating: 1772, VIP seats: 45) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Timo Gustafsson took the kick off in the first half of the match. In the 7th minute Kyösti Lumme shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Atro Skyttä saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After some fancy dribbling in the 10th minute, Panu Karjala managed to get in a good position for a shot. New York Red Bulls's supporters rose to their feet, but Panu Karjala was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Atro Skyttä breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Kyösti Lumme blasted a shot towards the goal in the 11th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Atro Skyttä having to make a save. Atro Skyttä stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Kyösti Lumme's shot from short distance in the 14th minute. Kyösti Lumme charged in rather forcefully in the 15th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Kyösti Lumme the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Erno Modig's late challenge caught a BARCELONA-EST's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Erno Modig helped the player get up and apologised. In the 22nd match minute, New York Red Bulls was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Erno Modig to maneuver through the defense. After having played for 22 minutes, Timo Gustafsson managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. BARCELONA-EST's supporters crossed their fingers, but Timo Gustafsson was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 24th minute the ball was on its way in behind BARCELONA-EST's goalkeeper Atro Skyttä, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. The attack was good, but when Samuel Laiho in the 27th minute was about to shoot he didn't kick quite good enough and the ball went high over goal. Timo Gustafsson sent away a hard shot on goal in the 29th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. An unexpectedly hard shot by Panu Karjala in the 32nd minute of play forced BARCELONA-EST's goalkeeper Atro Skyttä to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Atro Skyttä made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Panu Karjala in the 37th minute of play. Atro Skyttä made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Kyösti Lumme in the 38th minute of play. Sami Torkkeli made an important save on a dangerous shot by Samuel Laiho in the 48th minute. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 1-0.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Kyösti Lumme made a kick off. Kyösti Lumme received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 54th minute. Atro Skyttä tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Taisto Koivuranta hit a great freekick 56 minutes into the match. If Samuel Laiho had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 60th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Kyösti Lumme was extremely unlucky when he, in the 69th minute, took a shot that hit the right post and went out. If Kyösti Lumme had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 71st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Kyösti Lumme might have been able to make a better finish in the 78th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Atro Skyttä. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Kyösti Lumme ran back to his position shaking his head. 1-1 became the score in the 81st minute when Kyösti Lumme elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. 86 minutes into the match, BARCELONA-EST's goalkeeper Atro Skyttä had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Panu Karjala. The supporters of New York Red Bulls booed when BARCELONA-EST was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 86 match minutes in a wonderful position. Visa Sorsamäki didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 88 minutes, Panu Karjala made it 1-2 with a short kick to the right side. BARCELONA-EST's Atro Skyttä tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. 93 minutes into the match, New York Red Bulls's goal looked a bit too open when Samuel Laiho came free, but Sami Torkkeli reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The New York Red Bulls players were relieved to hear the final whistle blow to end the match. The away crowd was happy to see their team win after a very tight game.