Tag Archive | "Riku Riski"
HJK keep noses in front in Veikkausliiga race
Pasi Rautiainen is one of the funniest men in Veikkausliiga, and after 7,319 people filled Kupittaa Stadium today for Tepsi’s crucial clash with HJK he was in the mood to entertain. TPS had clawed back a point through Mika Ääritalo in the 86th minute after Chris Cleaver had earlier put through his own goal to [...]
Continue reading...Finland’s Under 21 Euros: no humiliation, but is that enough?
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
STUART BAXTER is a polite and eloquent man, but at a Finnish FA press lunch given on Finland’s final day at the UEFA under-21 championships he found it difficult to express his feelings without recourse to an expletive. He had watched Finland’s previous two matches from the enclosure reserved for scouts, and their constant queries [...]
Continue reading...Riku Riski, heir to the throne
Sunday, May 17, 2009
OK, maybe I am taking a step too far in comparing this 19-year old to Mr Litmanen. Still, what a performance! Riski, or RR10, as his recently innovated nickname goes, beautifully set up TPS’s winning goal against VPS and also put the ball past Henri Sillanpää himself. He was composed with the ball, passing precisely [...]
Continue reading...Veikkausliiga derby day
Thursday, May 14, 2009
Inter took their third consecutive derby win in Veikkausliiga, beating TPS 2-0. The big difference to last year was that both teams were bad this time around. Inter had most of the ball possession, but that was pretty much useless, as they could only create one chance. It was enough though, as Timo Furuholm found [...]
Continue reading...Tampere United 2 TPS Turku 1
Saturday, April 4, 2009
Maybe one day TPS will come to Tampere and try to play football. They’ve tried the hump it, lump it, boot the opposition method enough times to know by now that it doesn’t work, but against TamU today it was fouling, hoofing and kicking again. In 2007 there was a red card for a player [...]
Continue reading...Helsinki Times: Turku football boom
Thursday, May 8, 2008
It is exactly one year since the first English language weekly newspaper in Finland began publication. To celebrate there are a lot of extra features, including this article on Turku’s football boom. If you haven’t seen the paper yet, I recommend buying a copy this week. Here’s the article: 9th May 2008 DURING the first [...]
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