League

Bläsar Stadion
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) The attack was good, but when Petri Suutarinen in the 3rd minute was about to shoot he didn't kick quite good enough and the ball went high over goal. The audience was convinced that Petri Suutarinen's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Timo Piiroinen was relentless in the 7th minute of the game. Ilari Torkki received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 8th minute. Timo Piiroinen tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Timo Piiroinen made an important save on a dangerous shot by Ilari Torkki in the 10th minute. Timo Piiroinen made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Petri Suutarinen in the 12th minute of play. Ilari Torkki blasted a shot towards the goal in the 17th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Timo Piiroinen having to make a save. Ilari Torkki's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 19thth minute, Timo Piiroinen skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. Ilari Torkki recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 25th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. After having played for 33 minutes, Sami Kaitainen managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Hellälä's supporters crossed their fingers, but Sami Kaitainen was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Hellälä's Timo Piiroinen proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 37th minute of the match, managed to save Hellälä from getting a goal against them. Timo Piiroinen showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Petri Suutarinen in the 40th minute of the match. If Ilari Torkki had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 42nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. If Petri Suutarinen had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 44th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The fans had the chance to grab some refreshments as the whistle went for half-time. The score stood at 0-0 after a close first half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Sami Kaitainen to make the kick off. Untamo Porokara's late challenge caught a Hellälä's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Untamo Porokara helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of Hellälä booed when Kurdakan was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 56 match minutes in a wonderful position. Untamo Porokara didn't get a good kick on the ball. Yrjänä Määttä charged in rather forcefully in the 58th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Yrjänä Määttä the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Sami Kaitainen might have been able to make a better finish in the 62nd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Hemminki Kultanen. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Sami Kaitainen ran back to his position shaking his head. Ilari Torkki fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 63rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Timo Piiroinen having to interfere. When Kurdakan's Petri Suutarinen in the 65th minute got a chance for a shot 65th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Hellälä's goalie prevented a goal. In the 65th match minute, Hellälä was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Yrjänä Määttä to maneuver through the defense. 67 minutes in the game, the ball went up into the seats when Kurdakan's Petri Suutarinen fired away a shot that was just a little bit too high. He walked away shaking his head. If Petri Suutarinen had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 71st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Petri Suutarinen sent away a hard shot on goal in the 74th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. If Ilari Torkki had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 76th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Petri Suutarinen in the 78th minute of play forced Hellälä's goalkeeper Timo Piiroinen to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Hellälä's Timo Piiroinen played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ilari Torkki in the 86th minute of play. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 91st minute of the game. One of Hellälä:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Kurdakan:s goal. In the 94th minute there was a penalty for Kurdakan. Taisto Johansson stepped forward and shot the ball to the right of a diving Timo Piiroinen. 1-0. In the 97th minute, Ilari Torkki ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Timo Piiroinen was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-0. Kurdakan's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.