In Espoo, the women’s soccer league was played in quite arctic conditions. The match between Honga and HJK even had to be stopped due to snow.
20.4. 18:46•Updated 20.4. 20:26
The back winter tormenting Finland caused problems in Saturday’s football National League match. In Espoo, the field was covered in snow so effectively that the boundary markings were not visible. In the match, in the 73rd minute, they switched to playing with an orange ball, and in the 77th minute, the referee Minka Vekkeli blew the players into the locker room.
The boundaries were cleared during a ten-minute break and the match was able to continue. After a tight battle, HJK took the away points with their 1–0 victory. He scored the only one of the match Lilli Halttunen.
KuPS, who won the previous three National League championships, had to settle for a points division with HPS from Helsinki. Ria Karjalainen took the home team into the lead in the very first minutes of the first period, but the people of Kuopio Gentjana Rochi brought his team up in the second half.
Roch’s second goal in the 71st minute already gave indications that the visitors would leave Helsinki as winners, but Anna-Stina Simonen equalized the match in extra time from a corner kick.
Ilves beat Åland United away 3–1. The meeting between PKKU and JyPK has started at 8 p.m.