U18 League

Old Trafford
Spectators: 160 (Terracing: 120, Seating: 37, VIP seats: 3) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Antti Enola started the match with the kick off. Antti Enola could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 3rd minute of the match, but Bjørnar Bach made a huge save. 4 minutes had been played when some careless play by KEZ Toppfotball's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Severi Heinikainen was slow to take the kick. During this time Manchester United FC's players had a chance to rest. A nice corner shot did that Severi Heinikainen got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Bjørnar Bach quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. After a defensive mix-up in KEZ Toppfotball's zone, Uolevi Rauvola stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Bjørnar Bach came out of the goal and Uolevi Rauvola tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Uolevi Rauvola in the 10th minute of play forced KEZ Toppfotball's goalkeeper Bjørnar Bach to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 11 minutes, Antti Enola made it 1-0 with a short kick to the right side. KEZ Toppfotball's Bjørnar Bach tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Antti Enola sent away a hard shot on goal in the 21st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Uolevi Rauvola fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 24th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Bjørnar Bach having to interfere. Jarkko Sulin hit a great freekick 27 minutes into the match. In the 29th minute Rune Nordvik shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Eelis Heinikainen saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Eelis Heinikainen showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Rune Nordvik, who was totally free with the ball in the 30th minute. Stian Brenden took the ball and in the 32 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Eelis Heinikainen. Eelis Heinikainen dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-1. Pyry Hagman charged in rather forcefully in the 35th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Pyry Hagman the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The supporters of KEZ Toppfotball booed when Manchester United FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 35 match minutes in a wonderful position. Pyry Hagman didn't get a good kick on the ball. Bjørnar Bach made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jalmari Bärlund in the 38th minute of play. After 39 played minutes Manchester United FC got a freekick which was hit by Jarkko Sulin. Terho Ylimäki could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 44th minute of the match, but Bjørnar Bach made a huge save. In the 45th minute, Olav Nydal hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. If Uolevi Rauvola had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 46th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead.

52 minutes into the match, Antti Enola notched a goal, 3-1, to the right of KEZ Toppfotball's Bjørnar Bach. Bjørnar Bach was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Antti Enola took the ball and in the 56 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Bjørnar Bach. Bjørnar Bach dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 4-1. An unexpectedly hard shot by Uolevi Rauvola in the 62nd minute of play forced KEZ Toppfotball's goalkeeper Bjørnar Bach to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 65th minute, Uolevi Rauvola ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Bjørnar Bach was frozen by the shot and now it was 5-1. When the match had gone on for 70 minutes, Rune Nordvik took a quick shot and it went in 5-2 without a chance for Eelis Heinikainen to make any attempt to save it. Antti Enola received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 76th minute. Bjørnar Bach tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 78 minutes into the match, Manchester United FC's Antti Enola sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Bjørnar Bach narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Bjørnar Bach stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Antti Enola's shot from short distance in the 79th minute. In the 87th minute, Jarkko Sulin hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 90 minutes into the match, Antti Enola notched a goal, 6-2, to the right of KEZ Toppfotball's Bjørnar Bach. Bjørnar Bach was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. 93 minutes into the match, KEZ Toppfotball's goal looked a bit too open when Uolevi Rauvola came free, but Bjørnar Bach reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Bjørnar Bach made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Antti Enola in the 95th minute of play.