Tag Archive | "Mika Laurikainen"
Finland’s rickety managerial carousel creaks into action
Finnish domestic football looks quite exciting right now. The title race is now all about how TPS replace departing hero Wayne Brown, who set one up and scored the other in their 2-0 victory over VPS at the weekend. And we’ve even had one of the long-awaited managerial changes, as Jaro finally decided that they [...]
Continue reading...Haka and HJK pull clear, Tamperelaiset get rained on
Sunday, July 5, 2009
Watching Tampere United struggle to a single goal victory over JJK at Ratina yesterday, it occurred to me just how astonishing it is that anyone watches Finnish football. The first half was enjoyably predictable, as TamU attacked and JJk attempted to string a few passes together. JJK’s South Korean striker Nam was brought off injured, [...]
Continue reading...The Veikkausliiga roundup that loves a five goal thriller
Thursday, July 2, 2009
Inter are not the luckiest team in Veikkausliiga, it has to be said. After losing Patrick Bantamoi to a red card in Sunday’s 2-0 defeat to HJK at Pallokenttä (HJK’s usual Töölö home having it’s new grass rested for the Euro 2009 championships in late August), their second goalkeeper David Monsalve was sent off in [...]
Continue reading...New Champions
Friday, September 26, 2008
There will be new Veikkausliiga champions this year. HJK lost 3-2 at home to Jaro last night, and today’s papers are enjoyably miserable for anyone who didn’t want HJK to win it. Jussi Aalto got two of the goals, and HJK missed a lot of chances, but in the end it was Aalto’s clinical finishing [...]
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Wednesday, August 19, 2009
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