League

Auckland Eden Park
Spectators: 8504 (Terracing: 6378, Seating: 1956, VIP seats: 170) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Kristjan Mäetaguse got the match started through his kick off. Viljar Kabral took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Gula Piller, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Izaak Roorda fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 12th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Viljar Kabral having to interfere. Kisusu's Robi Oll got a good chance for a goal in the 15th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After 19 played minutes Kisusu got a freekick which was hit by Fred Karai. Olav Ridal showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Matei Ciocan in the 20th minute of the match. After 20 minutes of play, Auckland Koalas's Matei Ciocan made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Olav Ridal was left in no man's land by his defense there! Tom Ojaste sent away a hard shot on goal in the 23rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Viljar Kabral showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Gula Piller, who was totally free with the ball in the 31st minute. In the 33rd minute Gula Piller shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Viljar Kabral saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 35th minute of the match Kisusu got a corner. Auckland Koalas's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Helmut Leiten ran over to the corner to take the kick. A nice corner shot did that Helmut Leiten got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Viljar Kabral quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. 38 minutes into the match, Kisusu's goalkeeper Olav Ridal had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Kristjan Mäetaguse. Olav Ridal showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Kristjan Mäetaguse in the 41st minute of the match. Olav Ridal showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Matei Ciocan, who was totally free with the ball in the 42nd minute. Olav Ridal showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Matei Ciocan in the 47th minute of the match. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 1-0 at half-time.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Gula Piller made a kick off. Olav Ridal showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Matei Ciocan, who was totally free with the ball in the 52nd minute. 53 minutes into the match, Kisusu's goal looked a bit too open when Kristjan Mäetaguse came free, but Olav Ridal reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Olav Ridal showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Kristjan Mäetaguse, who was totally free with the ball in the 55th minute. After a rather tough play, Kisusu's Jakob Paju got a free kick in the 57th minute. In the 63rd minute, Matei Ciocan ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Olav Ridal was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-0. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Gula Piller in the 67th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Viljar Kabral saved Auckland Koalas from getting behind. Viljar Kabral stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Gula Piller's shot from short distance in the 69th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Matei Ciocan in the 72nd minute of play forced Kisusu's goalkeeper Olav Ridal to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Auckland Koalas made a substitution. Ilmar Allikas replaced Kuuno Lume. Auckland Koalas's Arne Ümarik was substituted for Rasmus Alas. Viljar Kabral stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Gula Piller's shot from short distance in the 80th minute. Kisusu were awarded a corner in the 81th minute after Auckland Koalas's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Helmut Leiten took the corner. Robi Oll fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 86th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Viljar Kabral having to interfere. A collision led to Auckland Koalas getting a freekick after 89 minutes play. Matei Ciocan hit a great ball. A collision led to Auckland Koalas getting a freekick after 92 minutes play. Peedu Kiisk hit a great ball. Matei Ciocan charged in rather forcefully in the 94th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Matei Ciocan the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 94th minute, Matei Ciocan hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The home crowd let out a huge roar when the referee blew for the end of the game. Auckland Koalas were victorious despite being under pressure from Kisusu for much of the match.