Our last game defeat to rivals Peliryhmä seemingly put us into a 2nd place finish in Tuki B, meaning we would play the 1st place finishers from Tuki A.  However, due to events outside of our control & some calamitous organization, our great season seemed destined to end in disappointment.  After first being informed that we were actually playing in the game which would pit us as Tuki B champions, it turned out that our first presumptions were correct & we were after all playing in the earlier game which would pit us as Tuki B runners-up.  This cock-up led to us having to forfeit the first game, thus putting us straight into the bronze medal play-off match later that day.  Our annoyance was clear, but there was no way the forfeited game could be re-played.  Our team re-grouped after the shenanigans that had gone on, & we began to look forward to our bronze-medal game which as it turned out would be against Perliryhmä, the team who beat us on the final day of the Tuki B season, thus pipping us to the Championship.  The thoughts of revenge replaced the feelings of annoyance & frustration at missing our first game...

The conditions would be tough for both teams but the artificial grass surface was a joy to play on, & a refreshing change from the gravel pitches that we were all used to.  We began the game at a good pace, passing the ball around well & looking dangerous in attack.  Our opponents were there for the taking, looking jaded after already playing their semi-final game earlier that day.  After starting so well, disaster struck as Peliryhmä opened the scoring with a breakaway goal.  It seemed as though it just wasn't going to be our day.  The half-time whistle enabled us to re-group & urge each other on.  As the second half got under way, our dominance seemed to grow.  Surely it was only a matter of time before we got ourselves back into the game.  A free kick out on the left was swung in by Barry.  The swirling wind seemed to take the ball, & combined with Seppo's towering jump for the ball, the goalkeeper was stranded with the ball easing its way into the back of the net.  1-1! Game on!  We continued to press, with Cat merely a spectator in our goal.  The next goal duly arrived, & this time there was no denying Seppo his goal.  Corner was whipped in dangerously by Florin, headed back into the danger area by Sami, & there was Seppo to nod the ball into the net. 2-1!!  We were now playing with great confidence, but also wary of the threat posed by our opposition.  We needed another goal to take the pressure off, & it duly came following a sweet 20-yard strike from Henry.  Nothing could stop us now, & to rub it into the opposition we grabbed another late goal after Florin rounded the keeper.  We had triumphed 4-1 with an excellent display, thus earning each of us a well-deserved bronze medal.  Though we will never know whether we would have won the tournament, the season had ended on a high & we could all relish in our success, not only for this day but for the whole season.  Well done lads!