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Pelttarinharju
Spectators: 7500 (Terracing: 5600, Seating: 1750, VIP seats: 150) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Iso Gulli made the kick off which started today's match. In the 4th minute Juha-Pekka Ahmaoja shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Francesco Toldo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Iso Gulli might have been able to make a better finish in the 7th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Jaakob Normio. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Iso Gulli ran back to his position shaking his head. The Porvoon Futura fans' excitement grew in the 8th match minute when Porvoon Futura's Iso Gulli 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 0-1 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. King Cock fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 12th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jaakob Normio having to interfere. After some careless play in the Pelttarinharju FC defense, Iso Gulli kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Jaakob Normio. The Pelttarinharju FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Jaakob Normio should have stopped the shot. An unexpectedly hard shot by Iso Gulli in the 25th minute of play forced Pelttarinharju FC's goalkeeper Jaakob Normio to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a rather tough play, Pelttarinharju FC's Kauko Myllylä got a free kick in the 26th minute. After 28 minutes, Kauko Myllylä mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Pelttarinharju FC and the Porvoon Futura players grew even worse after the yellow card. Kauko Myllylä hit a great freekick 28 minutes into the match. Cao Ming Yuan received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 35th minute. Jaakob Normio tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 37th minute, Iso Gulli left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Porvoon Futura fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-3. Jaakob Normio didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Iso Gulli went, in the 40th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-4 was the resulting score. Jaakob Normio took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Iso Gulli, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Kai Palo's late challenge caught a Porvoon Futura's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Kai Palo helped the player get up and apologised. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-4 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Juha-Pekka Ahmaoja stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Francesco Toldo took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Sami Petsamo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Juuso Blomberg hit a great freekick 52 minutes into the match. Francesco Toldo took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ossian Antila, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Iso Gulli sent away a hard shot on goal in the 76th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. A collision led to Pelttarinharju FC getting a freekick after 80 minutes play. Eeli Äijälä hit a great ball. Porvoon Futura made a substitution. Ruben Valkenaers replaced Iso Gulli. In the 84th minute, Pelttarinharju FC's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Cao Ming Yuan fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. The throw-in from Kauko Myllylä in the 87th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Porvoon Futura's Cao Ming Yuan. Jaakob Normio made an important save on a dangerous shot by Cao Ming Yuan in the 93rd minute. After a rather tough play, Pelttarinharju FC's Juuso Blomberg got a free kick in the 94th minute. Porvoon Futura's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.