Official Cup

Fast Show Arena
Spectators: 206 (Terracing: 155, Seating: 47, VIP seats: 4) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Romelu Lukaku kicked off to start the match. Romelu Lukaku's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Taavetti Mattila firmly grabbed it by the left post. If Romelu Lukaku had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 11th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Yan Chong Sen made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Traian Iorda in the 12th minute of play. The Palloketut fans' excitement grew in the 14th match minute when Palloketut's Romelu Lukaku looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 1-0 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. 20 minutes into the match, Palloketut's goal looked a bit too open when Traian Iorda came free, but Yan Chong Sen reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. If Romelu Lukaku had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 21st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The audience thought a goal was coming when Romelu Lukaku got free with Taavetti Mattila in the 22nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Romelu Lukaku could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 25th minute of the match, but Taavetti Mattila made a huge save. 26 minutes into the match, Mai Li Cheng notched a goal, 1-1, to the right of Palloketut's Yan Chong Sen. Yan Chong Sen was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Yan Chong Sen made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Mai Li Cheng in the 32nd minute of play. 36 minutes into the match, Palloketut's goal looked a bit too open when Mai Li Cheng came free, but Yan Chong Sen reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The supporters of SaarijärvenSomaliSpartans booed when Palloketut was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 38 match minutes in a wonderful position. Arvo Salminen didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 43 minutes, Oskari Etula mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the SaarijärvenSomaliSpartans and the Palloketut players grew even worse after the yellow card. Oskari Etula kicked well hit freekick during the 43rd minute of the match. Romelu Lukaku could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 47th minute of the match, but Taavetti Mattila made a huge save. The score stood at 1-1 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Traian Iorda to make the kick off. When the match had gone on for 55 minutes, Traian Iorda put it in 1-2 from a short distance just to the right of Yan Chong Sen. Mai Li Cheng recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 59th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. In the 60th minute, Mai Li Cheng got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Arvo Salminen's late challenge caught a SaarijärvenSomaliSpartans's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Arvo Salminen helped the player get up and apologised. Arvo Salminen kicked well hit freekick during the 62nd minute of the match. 62 minutes into the match, Palloketut's goalkeeper Yan Chong Sen had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Mai Li Cheng. Palloketut's Yan Chong Sen proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 64th minute of the match, managed to save Palloketut from getting a goal against them. Yan Chong Sen came out of the goal in the 64th minute to try and stop a shot by SaarijärvenSomaliSpartans's Mai Li Cheng. But to his dismay, Mai Li Cheng quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-3. Oskari Etula kicked well hit freekick during the 69th minute of the match. Arvo Salminen fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 71st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Taavetti Mattila having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Romelu Lukaku in the 74th minute of play forced SaarijärvenSomaliSpartans's goalkeeper Taavetti Mattila to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 75 minutes of play, SaarijärvenSomaliSpartans's Jiang Zhen Sen made it 1-4 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Yan Chong Sen was left in no man's land by his defense there! Palloketut made a substitution. Doğuş Turabi replaced Marcus Hjelm. Romelu Lukaku's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Taavetti Mattila read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 81st minute of play. In the 84th minute Traian Iorda shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Yan Chong Sen saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. SaarijärvenSomaliSpartans's Taavetti Mattila played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Romelu Lukaku in the 92nd minute of play. The SaarijärvenSomaliSpartans supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing SaarijärvenSomaliSpartans would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.