On Sunday, KuPS rose to the top of the domestic men’s football league, when it defeated SJK in the top fight with a score of 2-1.
In Kuopio, he scored the decisive hit of the match Saku Savolainen in the 84th minute of the game. The hit was already the third winning goal of the season for the KuPS coach, who came on the field as a substitute.
KuPS took the lead in the match in the opening period from a penalty kick. The visitors leveled up in the second period, the KuPS goalkeeper Johannes Kreidlin with favorable assistance. He lost the ball to the visitors To Jeremiah Streng, who had an easy job of moving the game tool to an empty goal. In the end, however, it remained a thin consolation for the group of people from Seinjejoki.
SJK head coach Stevie Grieve was disappointed with his own game performance and final result after the struggle. A couple of judges’ decisions were also disappointing.
– It was not the place of the penalty kick. It can be seen from many camera angles that the player was filming. In the second half, we had to be whistled by a tougher. The ball clearly hit the KuPS player’s hand, the visitors’ coach lamented at the press conference after the match.
Gnistan started strongly in the men’s football league at its new home field. The small club from Oulunkylä was very successful in its 100th anniversary match, when it beat VPS 3–0 in the arena made famous by HJK in Töölö.
– This was a great match. Even a draw, has there been one so far, captain of Gnistan Jukka Raitala glowed.
Ilves victorious in Oulu
Ilves, in good spirits, organized a memorable week for his supporters. On Thursday, the team returned from Vienna, Austria, with a second place in the third round of the Men’s Conference League, and on Sunday, the people of Tampere claimed a 1-0 league victory as a guest of AC Oulu.
– The victory and qualifying for the next round in Austria was great for all of Finland’s futsal, but it was not an easy game today. AC Oulu started by defending, and after the red card they defended even more, the one who started the only goal of the game Joona Veteli said.
Lauri Ala-Myllymäki completed the full hit at the beginning of the second half.
The Tampere people’s evening speech became substantially easier at the end of the opening period. AC Oulu’s power tip Ashley Coffey got himself two warnings, i.e. sent off in the 39th minute of the game. In the same sopa, the head coach of the Oulu team was also kicked out Konstantinos Bratsos.
In the fourth match of the evening, Haka claimed a 2–1 away win against EIF with two second half goals, which were Guilherme Pereira Sebastiao De Morais and Juho Kilo.
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