Clear skies welcomed the 35039 spectators who had made their way to
Kuularinki.
Manfried Silcher was the appointed referee with assistance provided by
Oğuz Can Erinç and
Talat Sirin.
Perho decided to use a 3-5-2 set up.
The following players took the field: Leminen - Tanrıkul, Kylmäniemi, Akhmetov - Passolas, Stacker, Čokara, Ténailleau, Loesmann - Zandter, Cristi.
Hanakat had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation.
The following players had been chosen: Sava - Jänes, Perreau, Sirkka - Rago, Karr, Parmigiani, Mälkki, Näätä - Barak, Vedenoja.
Counter-attacking seemed to be the preferred strategy of Perho.
The home side put themselves ahead 1 - 0 after 10 minutes courtesy of a breakthrough from
G. Zandter, who scored with a stunning volley following a cross from the right wing.
Hanakat's
A. Mälkki had to watch the rest of the game from the sidelines, after twisting his ankle with 31 minutes having been played.
C. Princivalle was the replacement.
The home side's
È. Passolas curled a free kick home after 32 minutes, putting Perho ahead 2 - 0.
At this point, it was obvious that the players of Perho lowered the tempo and became more defensively oriented.
35 minutes into the match, the visitors reduced the lead to 2 - 1 as a free kick by
F. Perreau slunk past the home side's goalkeeper.
2 - 1 was the score after the first half.
Possession in this half belonged to Perho, who controlled the ball 51 percent of the time.
72 minutes in, Hanakat's
V. Vedenoja received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first.
The referee was not popular with the home supporters after he awarded Hanakat a controversial penalty after 79 minutes.
F. Perreau made no mistake, levelling the score at 2 - 2.
È. Passolas was very close to giving Perho the lead with an ingenious free kick routine 85 minutes into the match, but the ball just grazed the bar.
Perho enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 51 percent of possession.
Most important Perho player was
V. Čokara.
On the other hand,
V. Leminen's play was disheartening.
F. Perreau performed admirably for Hanakat.
R. Näätä turned in a dismal performance, however.
The match ends 2 - 2.