Yak Tabasalü claimed a 3:2 victory over Luunja in the Esiliiga B on Friday evening, a result that shifts the balance in what has been a tight middle section of the table. The home side, sitting eighth with 32 points, took all three points from a match that refused to settle into any predictable pattern. To be fair, the visitors arrived with more to play for, sitting fourth on 44 points after 27 games of their own.
Roste opened the scoring early, finding the net in the tenth minute with a finish that caught the defence flat-footed. The goal gave Yak Tabasalü a foothold they held onto until the break. By then, you could sense Luunja intended to respond, but the visitors could not find a way through a home side that had nothing to lose.
The second half opened with a flurry of activity. Roste doubled his tally in the forty-ninth minute, and moments later Tennokese added a third in the fifty-first. The home side appeared to be cruising, but Lindemann stepped up from the spot in the fifty-seventh to pull one back from a penalty. The momentum shifted on a knife-edge, and Luunja came for a cross they never reached.
We had put 45 per cent confidence on an away win, and naturally it did not come off. What broke the prediction was the home side's refusal to go away when the visitors pressed. They held their shape, punished Luunja from a corner, and kept their composure under pressure. We gave the visitors the edge, but the match told a different story.
Burov finished the scoring in the eighty-eighth minute, a goal that sealed the result and sent the home crowd roaring them on. The visitors had their chances but found no answer when it mattered most. Yak Tabasalü moved closer to safety, while Luunja's push for higher ground took another dent.
The table now shows Yak Tabasalü on 32 points in eighth, eight behind Luunja in fourth. Both sides have played 27 games, so the remaining fixtures will decide whether this gap holds or closes. The home side will carry the confidence of a hard-fought win into the final stretch.