FC Inter was too tough for FC Lahti in the Veikkausliiga challenger series on Monday.
FC Inter was better than FC Lahti for the fourth time this season, now with goals 3–1 (1-0) in the struggle of the lower end series of football in Turku.
The Turku club is one point away from the seventh-placed IF Gnistan, and with Monday’s win secured their way to the final Euro tournament, where the last place for next season’s European games will be decided.
The people of Lahti are in the qualifiers and have a tough fight for it with IFK Mariehamn, who are ahead of the point, with two rounds left.
The match was largely decided already in the 20th minute, when FC Lahten Jordao Cardoso got a straight red card after plastering Inter Johannes Yli-Kokkoa badly.
Darren Smith took Inter’s lead in the 35th minute with his 8th goal of the season. The 1-0 goal was scored with two-man superiority, when in addition to Cardoso who was sent off, FC Lahti’s topper also had to be treated on the side of the field at the time of the hit. Topias Inkinen.
In the second half, Inter’s victory was also blocked by those who waved the net in the 61st and 71st minutes Dimitri Legbo and Yli-Kokko. The complete hit for both was the first of the Veikkausliiga season. He was responsible for the visitors’ narrow goal Luke Ivanov.
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