National Team Friendly

National stadium
Spectators: 10300 (Terracing: 7725, Seating: 2369, VIP seats: 206) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Leonel Orlandus got the match started through his kick off. After some careless play in the Finland defense, Leonel Orlandus kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Rikhard Hernesniemi. The Finland fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Rikhard Hernesniemi should have stopped the shot. In the 6th minute Leonel Orlandus shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Rikhard Hernesniemi saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. If Leonel Orlandus had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 7th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Rikhard Hernesniemi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Leonel Orlandus in the 7th minute of the match. Rikhard Hernesniemi showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Leonel Orlandus, who was totally free with the ball in the 11th minute. Jairo Txilar made an important save on a dangerous shot by Ernesti Koistinen in the 16th minute. If Erno Alanko had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 21st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Leonel Orlandus in the 29th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Rikhard Hernesniemi saved Finland from getting behind. Jairo Txilar showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ernesti Koistinen, who was totally free with the ball in the 30th minute. Finland's Rikhard Hernesniemi played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Leonel Orlandus in the 32nd minute of play. After having played for 34 minutes, Leonel Orlandus managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Argentina's supporters crossed their fingers, but Leonel Orlandus was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Jairo Txilar showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Aimo Modig, who was totally free with the ball in the 37th minute. Jairo Txilar took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ernesti Koistinen, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Jairo Txilar made an important save on a dangerous shot by Ilkka Nieminen in the 46th minute.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Ernesti Koistinen to make the kick off. 60 minutes into the match, Finland's goalkeeper Rikhard Hernesniemi had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Leonel Orlandus. Argentina made a substitution. Melchor Mercurio replaced Ratan Ayala. Argentina's Ruben Ixaka was substituted for Leonel Orlandus. Finland's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Alfred Kuusela in the 64th minute. After taking down the ball on Finland's corner Alfred Kuusela fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Jairo Txilar quite easily take care of the ball. Ernesti Koistinen hit a great freekick 65 minutes into the match. 71 minutes into the match, Finland's goalkeeper Rikhard Hernesniemi had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Ruben Ixaka. After a rather tough play, Finland's Urmas Kuparinen got a free kick in the 72nd minute. Ruben Ixaka sent away a hard shot on goal in the 73rd minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. When the match had gone on for 77 minutes, Ruben Ixaka took a quick shot and it went in 0-2 without a chance for Rikhard Hernesniemi to make any attempt to save it. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Ruben Ixaka in the 81st minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Rikhard Hernesniemi prevented the ball from getting in the gole. 83 minutes into the match, Ruben Ixaka dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Rikhard Hernesniemi, 0-3. Johannes Hotakainen made in the 86th minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Ilkka Nieminen however managed to control. The crowd rose to their feet as Ruben Ixaka kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Rikhard Hernesniemi. That made the score 0-4 in the 87 minute of play. Jairo Txilar showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Erno Alanko, who was totally free with the ball in the 95th minute. Argentina's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.