Ghanaian International Gideon Baah scored a brilliant free kick to power his club Honka FC to the last eight of the Finnish Cup after a 1-0 victory over AC Oulun on Saturday.
The match was almost ending goalless before Gideon Baah fired in a free kick just five minutes before stoppage to seal victory for the visitors.
Arlind Sejdiu distracted Alexander Jibrin from fetching his side the opener after blocking his shot with Juhani Pennanen also managing to prevent a shot by Borjas Martin from entering the net.
Just a moment later, the opening paint was also close at the other end. Joni Korhonen hit the ball on David Ramadingayelle’s shot that was headed for the top corner from the right .
After half an hour of the game , Aapo Heikkilä got to test inside the penalty area, but failed to find target.
After 42 minutes of thrilling football, Hongan’s Konsta Rasimus had to be carried off on a stretcher in agony, ending the first half barren.
Back from recess, the game became very tough with both teams desperately looking for the opener.
Honka FC who looked more purposeful after failing to score in the early stages of the second half finally saw Heikkilä being fouled Lucas Kaufmann’s box and Hongka were awarded a free kick.
The ball settled in Gideon Baah, who shot the ball quite nicely in AC Oulu’s goal post at the bottom corner.
Watch Baah’s brilliant strike below:
