Official Cup

Myzima Staadion
Spectators: 165 (Terracing: 124, Seating: 38, VIP seats: 3) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Adam Dobrițoiu started the match with the kick off. Haljala's Tibor Pálffy played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Elmu Kalda in the 5th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Enar Kluge in the 7th minute of play forced Haljala's goalkeeper Tibor Pálffy to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 13th minute, Arni Paulus hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After having played for 14 minutes, Sven Taimre managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. JK Erala's supporters crossed their fingers, but Sven Taimre was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. When JK Erala's Enar Kluge in the 17th minute got a chance for a shot 17th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Haljala's goalie prevented a goal. After a rather tough play, Haljala's Rauno Aavakivi got a free kick in the 18th minute. Elmu Kalda might have been able to make a better finish in the 23rd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Tibor Pálffy. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Elmu Kalda ran back to his position shaking his head. Haljala's Tibor Pálffy played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Enar Kluge in the 27th minute of play. After 29 played minutes Haljala got a freekick which was hit by Ragnar Tähismaa. Haljala's Tibor Pálffy played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Enar Kluge in the 33rd minute of play. 39 minutes into the match, Elmu Kalda notched a goal, 0-3, to the right of Haljala's Tibor Pálffy. Tibor Pálffy was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Tibor Pálffy made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Enar Kluge in the 41st minute of play. Tibor Pálffy stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Enar Kluge's shot from short distance in the 45th minute. Disappointed in the 0-3 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Enar Kluge made a kick off. In the 50th match minute, Haljala was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ragnar Tähismaa to maneuver through the defense. Elmo Liik made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Adam Dobrițoiu in the 54th minute of play. After 58 played minutes Haljala got a freekick which was hit by Ragnar Tähismaa. After 65 minutes of play, JK Erala's Tavo Uibomäe made it 0-4 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Tibor Pálffy was left in no man's land by his defense there! An unexpectedly hard shot by Ragnar Usk in the 69th minute of play forced JK Erala's goalkeeper Elmo Liik to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Haljala's Tibor Pálffy proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 70th minute of the match, managed to save Haljala from getting a goal against them. Elmu Kalda fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 75th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Tibor Pálffy having to interfere. Tibor Pálffy showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Elmu Kalda in the 82nd minute of the match. With his leg Tibor Pálffy managed to avoid a goal in the 86thth minute, when JK Erala's Enar Kluge fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Sven Taimre made a great header on JK Erala's corner, it was just that Haljala's Tibor Pálffy managed to reach the ball for a save. Tibor Pálffy showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Elmu Kalda in the 89th minute of the match. Enar Kluge could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 92nd minute of the match, but Tibor Pálffy made a huge save. In the 94th minute, JK Erala's Enar Kluge dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 0-6. JK Erala's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.