There was no shortage of events in the Ostrobothnia football derby. VPS, who got better goal positions in the match, succumbed to SJK, the comet of the early season of the football league, in extra time with 1–2 goals.
With a 2-1 win over VPS, the only undefeated team in the league, SJK rose to second in the series, ahead of HJK, just one point behind Veikkausliiga leader KuPS, who have played two more matches than Seinjokis.
– Quite a fighting game. You have to be really happy with three points. We were quite tight, especially in the second period, said SJK Ville Tikkanen.
Playing a strong early season, SJK got a dream start to the match, when the home team made a strange 1-0 hit just a couple of minutes into the game.
SJK’s Terry Yegbe linked a long sideline throw in front of the VPS goal and it slipped past the VPS goalkeeper Teppo Marttinen through the hands to the goal. The full hit was accepted because the ball hit Marttinen’s hands and it was marked as an own goal.
– A very special situation. I can’t tell at all, something happened there. The first step in the wrong direction and it’s hard to recover from. Completely misread the situation, goalkeeper Marttinen admitted.
VPS recovered from an embarrassing opening goal and was close to scoring in the first half.
VPS Jesper Engström was brought down in the 1st half in the penalty area, but SJK’s Otto Kemppainen no foul was whistled. ‘s expert Antti Pohjan in my opinion, the situation had the ingredients for a tough one.
In addition, right before the break, Vaasa’s equalizer was disallowed as a questionable offside.
In the second half, the tempo was mostly controlled by VPS, whose substitute player Roni Hudd scored his team’s 1-1 tie directly from a free kick into SJK’s net in the 70th minute. The goal was Hudd’s third of the season.
SJK Substitute Samson Ebuka Obioha however, he wasted goal chances in extra time 90+2 given by the VPS referee. by the minute.
– I think we were the more dominant team in the second half and we scored the equalizing goal. I don’t know, I feel like everything is going as wrong as it can go. The friend (SJK) is doing as well as can be. Yes, this is testing us. It’s difficult in both boxes, laments VPS’s Marttinen.
Coach of Seinäjoki by Joaquin Gomez the changes in the second half were successful and brought additional strength to the top group of the series.
Betting League:
SJK – VPS 2–1 (1-0)
1–0 Own goal 2.
1–1 Hudd 70.
2–1 Obioha 90+2
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