U23 League

Nerdvik Stadion
Spectators: 149 (Terracing: 114, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Urmas Vuorinen made the kick off which started today's match. After having played for 6 minutes, Urmas Vuorinen managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Palloketut's supporters crossed their fingers, but Urmas Vuorinen was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Urmas Vuorinen might have been able to make a better finish in the 8th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Endre Rønne. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Urmas Vuorinen ran back to his position shaking his head. After a defensive mix-up in Nerdvik's zone, Urmas Vuorinen stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Endre Rønne came out of the goal and Urmas Vuorinen tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After having played for 11 minutes, Alvi Vuorio managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Palloketut's supporters crossed their fingers, but Alvi Vuorio was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Urmas Vuorinen sent away a hard shot on goal in the 19th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Jon-Erik Saga hit a great freekick 20 minutes into the match. Jon-Erik Saga hit a great freekick 25 minutes into the match. Endre Rønne didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Urmas Vuorinen went, in the 26th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-2 was the resulting score. In the 30th match minute, Nerdvik was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Tore Aaslund to maneuver through the defense. Endre Rønne made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Veijo Lähtelä in the 31st minute of play. Endre Rønne stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Urmas Vuorinen's shot from short distance in the 35th minute. Urmas Vuorinen blasted a shot towards the goal in the 39th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Endre Rønne having to make a save. Urmas Vuorinen charged in rather forcefully in the 40th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Urmas Vuorinen the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Jyrki Rajamäki took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Kristian Lerøy, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Urmas Vuorinen in the 44th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Endre Rønne prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-2 lead.

The wind increased when Kristian Lerøy made the kick off in the second half. With a little luck, Nerdvik's Endre Rønne got control of the ball when Urmas Vuorinen tried to sneak it across the goal line. Alpi Askolin fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 53rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Endre Rønne having to interfere. Urmas Vuorinen blasted a shot towards the goal in the 55th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Endre Rønne having to make a save. In the 55th match minute, Palloketut was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Alpi Askolin to maneuver through the defense. After 57 minutes of play, Nerdvik's Kristian Lerøy made it 1-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Jyrki Rajamäki was left in no man's land by his defense there! Jon-Erik Saga made in the 59th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Palloketut's Roni Kaitainen. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 61st minute of the game. One of Palloketut:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Nerdvik:s goal. Kasper Larsen walked up to take care of the penalty kick. He was aiming for the top corner, but the ball went just outside the post. The audience thought a goal was coming when Urmas Vuorinen got free with Endre Rønne in the 68th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 80th minute, Palloketut's Alvi Vuorio ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Endre Rønne. Endre Rønne yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-4. Alpi Askolin sent away a hard shot on goal in the 84th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 96th minute, Kristian Lerøy hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When the final whistle sounded Palloketut left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Nerdvik.