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Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Hermanni Torkkeli started the match with the kick off. After some fancy dribbling in the 6th minute, Veeti Koski managed to get in a good position for a shot. Itäranta FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Veeti Koski was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Veikko Heinikangas breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Jaakko Vehmanen sent away a hard shot on goal in the 10th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Hermanni Torkkeli's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 18thth minute, Veikko Heinikangas skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. After a rather tough play, FC Kuffen Oldboys's Raino Ruutu got a free kick in the 19th minute. Jaakko Vehmanen fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 24th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Veikko Heinikangas having to interfere. Teuvo Parkkali took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Raino Ruutu, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Ahvo Huhtiniemi fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 32nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Veikko Heinikangas having to interfere. In the 36th match minute, Itäranta FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jaakko Vehmanen to maneuver through the defense. Hermanni Torkkeli's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 39thth minute, Veikko Heinikangas skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. Veeti Koski sent away a hard shot on goal in the 44th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. If Veeti Koski had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 46th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 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.

Raino Ruutu received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 52nd minute. Teuvo Parkkali tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After a rather tough play, FC Kuffen Oldboys's Risto Jokiranta got a free kick in the 56th minute. A collision led to Itäranta FC getting a freekick after 66 minutes play. Hemmo Niemelä hit a great ball. 67 minutes into the game, Juha-Pekka Kiviranta cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-2. Teuvo Parkkali was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Hermanni Torkkeli fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 73rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Veikko Heinikangas having to interfere. A collision led to FC Kuffen Oldboys getting a freekick after 75 minutes play. Matti Metsberg hit a great ball. Veikko Heinikangas showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Hermanni Torkkeli, who was totally free with the ball in the 78th minute. With a little luck, Itäranta FC's Teuvo Parkkali got control of the ball when Aleksanteri Hujanen tried to sneak it across the goal line. Hermanni Torkkeli's late challenge caught a FC Kuffen Oldboys's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Hermanni Torkkeli helped the player get up and apologised. After 85 played minutes Itäranta FC got a freekick which was hit by Hermanni Torkkeli. Veikko Heinikangas showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Hermanni Torkkeli, who was totally free with the ball in the 88th minute. Veikko Heinikangas showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Veeti Koski, who was totally free with the ball in the 91st minute. Hermanni Torkkeli received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 93rd minute. Veikko Heinikangas tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 95 minutes, Jaakko Vehmanen mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Itäranta FC and the FC Kuffen Oldboys players grew even worse after the yellow card. FC Kuffen Oldboys's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.