League

Syrjäntaka Stadium
Spectators: 6757 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1757, VIP seats: 0) Jaakoppi Tuovinen started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. In the 6th minute, Antto Salo left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Syrjäntaka FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-0. After a defensive mix-up in Pohjoispää FC's zone, Antto Salo stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Kalervo Seikola came out of the goal and Antto Salo tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. If Kullervo Jämsänen had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 17th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Juha-Pekka Sillgren might have been able to make a better finish in the 24th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Kalervo Seikola. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Juha-Pekka Sillgren ran back to his position shaking his head. Paul Ruhanen showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Konsta Mansikkamäki in the 26th minute of the match. In the 30th minute, Kaapro Sillanpää hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Konsta Mansikkamäki received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 34th minute. Paul Ruhanen tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Uljas Rahkola sent away a hard shot on goal in the 41st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. If Konsta Mansikkamäki had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 43rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 1-0 at half-time.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Kullervo Jämsänen was the one to do the kick off. Uljas Rahkola received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 58th minute. Paul Ruhanen tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 60 minutes into the match, Uljas Rahkola notched a goal, 1-1, to the right of Syrjäntaka FC's Paul Ruhanen. Paul Ruhanen was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Uljas Rahkola fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 64th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Paul Ruhanen having to interfere. The audience thought a goal was coming when Uljas Rahkola got free with Paul Ruhanen in the 67th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 73 minutes into the match, Syrjäntaka FC's goalkeeper Paul Ruhanen had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Uljas Rahkola. When the match had gone on for 74 minutes, Kaapro Sillanpää took a quick shot and it went in 1-2 without a chance for Paul Ruhanen to make any attempt to save it. Paul Ruhanen was out of position in the 78 minute of play, and Konsta Mansikkamäki capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Konsta Mansikkamäki really showed his touch with that goal: 1-3. After some fancy dribbling in the 89th minute, Uljas Rahkola managed to get in a good position for a shot. Pohjoispää FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Uljas Rahkola was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Paul Ruhanen breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Jaakoppi Tuovinen in the 92ndth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Paul Ruhanen, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. In the 93rd minute Kullervo Jämsänen shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Kalervo Seikola saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line.