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Meskusvaara
Spectators: 7553 (Terracing: 5666, Seating: 1737, VIP seats: 150) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Launo Laakkonen kicked off to start the match. Uljas Wahlroos fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 5th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Henrik Haanpää having to interfere. Uljas Wahlroos sent away a hard shot on goal in the 7th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 12th minute Uljas Wahlroos shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Henrik Haanpää saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Taisto Piispa fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 17th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Benjamin Koski having to interfere. Benjamin Koski made an important save on a dangerous shot by Taisto Piispa in the 21st minute. Taisto Piispa could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 28th minute of the match, but Benjamin Koski made a huge save. Uljas Wahlroos blasted a shot towards the goal in the 30th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Henrik Haanpää having to make a save. Hitaat Ketut's Aaron Seikola got a good chance for a goal in the 32nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Taisto Piispa received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 37th minute. Benjamin Koski tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Simo Luotonen charged in rather forcefully in the 39th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Simo Luotonen the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 43rdth minute of the game Launo Laakkonen who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Hitaat Ketut's Benjamin Koski was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Henrik Haanpää made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Uljas Wahlroos in the 45th minute of play. Teppo Laine's late challenge caught a Dworaki's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Teppo Laine helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of Dworaki booed when Hitaat Ketut was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 48 match minutes in a wonderful position. Teppo Laine didn't get a good kick on the ball. Dworaki's Alvar Tervo shoveled away a really nice long shot in the 50th minute of play. The shot was stopped by Benjamin Koski but with some difficulty.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Aaron Seikola to make the kick off. 58 minutes into the match, Launo Laakkonen had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Benjamin Koski. Hitaat Ketut's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Launo Laakkonen was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-0. In the 64th minute, Uljas Wahlroos left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Hitaat Ketut fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-1. After some fancy dribbling in the 69th minute, Aaron Seikola managed to get in a good position for a shot. Hitaat Ketut's supporters rose to their feet, but Aaron Seikola was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Henrik Haanpää breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. An unexpectedly hard shot by Launo Laakkonen in the 73rd minute of play forced Hitaat Ketut's goalkeeper Benjamin Koski to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 82nd play minute Uljas Wahlroos came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Henrik Haanpää. 1-2. Henrik Haanpää stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Aaron Seikola's shot from short distance in the 99th minute. The Hitaat Ketut 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.