FC Honka beat Ilves 4–0. The task was made easier by Ilves’ Teemu Jänti’s drive out in the 28th minute of the game, even though Eetu Huuhtanen stretched out to save the defender.
In the football Veikkausliiga, FC Honka rose to the top of the standings when Ilves fell 4–0 in Tampere.
Agon Sadiku finished off the winger Henri Aalton from lifting in the 22nd minute. Based on the video, it was up and running whether Sadiku got a hit on the ball or whether the device hit the net from Aalto’s spiraling cross. Sadiku’s hit was marked in any case – it was already the tenth of the season for the 19-year-old Finnish youth national team striker, while Hakan leads the goal exchange with 11 hits Lee Erwin.
Five minutes after Honga’s opening goal, Ilves Teemu Jäntti your block Jerry Voutilainen shot with his hand in front of the goal and received a straight red card. The shot came from close range, and Jäntti didn’t have much time to react to the situation, and besides, his hands were pretty much stuck to his body, but the referee Oliver Reitala saw the situation as a mistake. In that case, according to the rules, a red card was the only option, because without the hit to Jänttii, the ball would have gone into the net.
Ilves’ 19-year-old veskari Eetu Huuhtanen rejected what followed from the situation by Kevin Jansen tougher, but in the second half Honka went all out when they succeeded in scoring Ville Koski, Drazen Bagaric and again for a sleight-of-hand judge Lucas Kaufmann.
– We kept more of the ball, Ilves didn’t rush terribly. Then it continued when the red card came. Four were made, three points in Tapiola, I am satisfied, commented Honka defender Koski Ruudu in a sweat interview.
Koski commented on the goal he scored himself that “you have to bring cake to training” – apparently because the goal was the 20-year-old’s first hit in the Veikkausliiga.
Honga, HJK and KuPS all now have 37 series points, but KuPS has played a match less. Honka took the lead with the best goal difference.
Ilves continues in ninth place. The people of Tampere have five points on the way to the upper continuation series, i.e. sixth place. AC Oulu is currently in sixth place.
Inter and VPS tied the scores
In the second betting league match of the day, Inter and VPS played 1–1. Matias Tamminen gave Inter the lead in the 25th minute Petteri Forsellin from a spiraling corner kick. Joonas Vahtera equalized ten minutes later Kalle Multanen input.
In the 75th minute, the VPS topper Mikko Pitkänen got a red card after tearing into a car while driving through with a tailgate by Joel Rodriguez. However, Inter was not able to take advantage of their superiority in the last quarter.
Inter continues in fifth place in the series, tied with sixth-placed Oulu. VPS is in eighth place, four points from Oulu.
One match will be played in the Veikkausliiga on Sunday, when KuPS hosts IFK Mariehamn, so Honka may lose its top spot quickly. In any case, the climax of the season is getting tickling when there are 4-5 games left in the regular season per team. After that, the series is divided into an upper and a lower continuation series.