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Heituinlahti
Spectators: 9144 (Terracing: 6885, Seating: 2111, VIP seats: 148) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Niceto Quirce kicked off to start the match. Terho Brinck's late challenge caught a Heituinlahti's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Terho Brinck helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, Kultapossukerho's Terho Brinck got a free kick in the 3rd minute. Tauno Pirnes's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 4thth minute, Elbert Hand skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. The audience thought a goal was coming when Niceto Quirce got free with Elbert Hand in the 6th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 13th minute, Kultapossukerho's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Niceto Quirce fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Ari Hakanpää in the 15th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Viktor Dubravskiy saved Heituinlahti from getting behind. Rami Levokari sent away a hard shot on goal in the 18th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Niceto Quirce's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Elbert Hand firmly grabbed it by the left post. Kultapossukerho's Elbert Hand proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 19th minute of the match, managed to save Kultapossukerho from getting a goal against them. With an all-out effort, Heituinlahti's Elbert Hand threw himself towards the right post 23 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Rami Levokari, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Heituinlahti's Rami Levokari got a good chance for a goal in the 25th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 28th match minute, Kultapossukerho was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Veli Kuparinen to maneuver through the defense. In the 29th match minute, Kultapossukerho was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Hernan Leizarraga to maneuver through the defense. 30 minutes into the game, Heituinlahti's Rami Levokari nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Elbert Hand made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-0. In the 34th minute Ari Hakanpää shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Viktor Dubravskiy saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. With an all-out effort, Heituinlahti's Elbert Hand threw himself towards the right post 36 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Tauno Pirnes, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Viktor Dubravskiy took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Niko Petriläinen, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When Kultapossukerho's Ari Hakanpää in the 39th minute got a chance for a shot 39th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Heituinlahti's goalie prevented a goal. Niceto Quirce could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 41st minute of the match, but Elbert Hand made a huge save. With 43 minutes on the clock, Terho Brinck commited a dangerous tackle. The referee had no choice but to show him the red card. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 42nd minute of the game. One of Kultapossukerho:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Heituinlahti:s goal. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 2-0.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Nuutti Vauhkonen to strike the kick off in the second half. Viktor Dubravskiy stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Nuutti Vauhkonen's shot from short distance in the 53rd minute. In the 56th minute, Niceto Quirce left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Heituinlahti fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-0. If Nuutti Vauhkonen had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 60th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Nuutti Vauhkonen in the 62nd minute of play forced Heituinlahti's goalkeeper Viktor Dubravskiy to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Hernan Leizarraga hit a great freekick 63 minutes into the match. Elbert Hand didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Tauno Pirnes went, in the 74th minute, to the upper right corner, 4-0 was the resulting score. Timo Forsman kicked well hit freekick during the 79th minute of the match. With an all-out effort, Kultapossukerho's Viktor Dubravskiy threw himself towards the right post 86 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Nuutti Vauhkonen, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. In the 88th minute Tauno Pirnes shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Elbert Hand saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 89 minutes into the match, Tauno Pirnes had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Elbert Hand. Kultapossukerho's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Tauno Pirnes was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 5-0. Stefan Rasiak hit a great freekick 93 minutes into the match. In the 94th minute Veli Kuparinen shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Viktor Dubravskiy saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Elbert Hand showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Niceto Quirce, who was totally free with the ball in the 95th minute. For all the effort they put into the match, the Kultapossukerho players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for Heituinlahti.