TPS woke up in the second period of the opening final of the F-League – see how Turku star Miko Kailiala sank Nokia in overtime

TPS defeated Nokia in overtime with 4–3 goals and took a 1–0 lead in the match series. Oilers defeated Happe in the bronze game.

Nokia’s KrP and Turku’s TPS, who are chasing their first SM gold, met in the first final match of the floorball men’s F-League.

The scorer of the even match was the score leader of the playoffs with 17+10 Miko Kailiala, who scored the 4–3 deciding goal in overtime after 21 seconds. Kailiala had failed in the penalty shootout in the second period, when the situation was 3-2 for TPS.

– In my opinion, a deserved victory. We were better on the pitch, and this is good to go into Sunday, TPS head coach Santeri Raatarila said to STT.

Nokia took the lead in the first set when Joonatan Kovanen finished off the counterattack.

In the second set, TPS woke up. The goal king of the regular season Mikko Hautaniemi brought the people of Turku to the level with superiority. Tuomas Ojala led the TPS and Ville Hirvisuo pushed the numbers to 3–1 just over a minute after Ojala’s goal.

Nokian Mikko Laakso reduced to 2–3 in the second set with superiority. After this, Kailiala couldn’t get the ball into the goal from the goal line.

Miska Mäkinen The 3–3 goal in 54:24 took the match to overtime.

You can watch the goals of the actual playing time of the match in this video:

According to Kailiala, the team got rid of their tension during the first break.

– Yes, you have to know how to enjoy these, get rid of unnecessary tension. Of course you have to tear, grind and fight there, but above all live in the moment and enjoy those games. Not everyone can play these. Yes, it started to look like that. It seems that there was something tougher, more could have been done, Kailiala said in an interview with Ruudu.

TPS leads the match series with 1–0 wins. Four wins are required for the championship. The teams meet next on Sunday.

In the bronze medal match, Oilers defeated Happe with a score of 9–4 and celebrates the dullest medals. The Oilers Justus Kainulainen and Aaro Astala assembled both powers 2+2.