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Ylikärppä Stadium
Spectators: 8445 (Terracing: 6335, Seating: 1942, VIP seats: 168) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Juhana Welling made the kick off which started today's match. After 3 minutes, Tino Lähitie mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the LiPaS and the Harvesters players grew even worse after the yellow card. The supporters of Harvesters booed when LiPaS was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 3 match minutes in a wonderful position. Tino Lähitie didn't get a good kick on the ball. Arho Heliskoski came out of the goal in the 10th minute to try and stop a shot by LiPaS's Taavi Nielikäinen. But to his dismay, Taavi Nielikäinen quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. Pekka Heinola's late challenge caught a LiPaS's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Pekka Heinola helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of LiPaS booed when Harvesters was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 19 match minutes in a wonderful position. Pekka Heinola didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 21st minute, Juhana Welling left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Harvesters fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-1. With 29 minutes on the clock, Tino Lähitie commited a dangerous tackle. The referee had no choice but to show him the red card. In a very dangerous position, a player in LiPaS fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 29th minute. Penalty! After some careless play in the LiPaS defense, Sauli Wahlroos kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Jonni Karalahti. The LiPaS fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Jonni Karalahti should have stopped the shot. The supporters of LiPaS booed when Harvesters was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 33 match minutes in a wonderful position. Juhana Welling didn't get a good kick on the ball. Arho Heliskoski took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Antonio Belfiore, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Juhana Welling kicked well hit freekick during the 40th minute of the match. Antonio Belfiore sent away a hard shot on goal in the 42nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 44th minute, Rauli Helkamo hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 46th minute, Keimo Lönnblad hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Antonio Belfiore stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Antonio Belfiore blasted a shot towards the goal in the 52nd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Arho Heliskoski having to make a save. If Petteri Vuori had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 54th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After 55 played minutes LiPaS got a freekick which was hit by Antonio Belfiore. After having played for 59 minutes, Keimo Lönnblad managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. LiPaS's supporters crossed their fingers, but Keimo Lönnblad was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. 60 minutes into the game, Antonio Belfiore cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-3. Arho Heliskoski was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. After having played for 63 minutes, Antonio Belfiore managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. LiPaS's supporters crossed their fingers, but Antonio Belfiore was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. A collision led to Harvesters getting a freekick after 64 minutes play. Miro Väisänen hit a great ball. After 69 minutes, Uljas Laine made it 3-3 with a short kick to the right side. LiPaS's Jonni Karalahti tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Keimo Lönnblad blasted a shot towards the goal in the 77th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Arho Heliskoski having to make a save. Antonio Belfiore did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 3-4 to the left of a surprised Arho Heliskoski 79 minutes into the match. In the 83rd minute of the match Paul Lotvonen sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Jonni Karalahti skillfully saved the ball. Antonio Belfiore sent away a hard shot on goal in the 87th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. The audience thought a goal was coming when Antonio Belfiore got free with Arho Heliskoski in the 89th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Antonio Belfiore sent away a hard shot on goal in the 92nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 94th minute, Keimo Lönnblad 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. 96 minutes into the match, Harvesters's goalkeeper Arho Heliskoski had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Antonio Belfiore. LiPaS played a much better game than Harvesters and deserved their victory. The Harvesters players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.