Veikkausliiga heads north today, with long journeys deep into the countryside for HJK and
Tampere United. RoPS, KuPS and VPS all have nice grounds but terrible pitches, and the difficulty
of getting results there has been evident in recent seasons, with VPS acting as a bit of a bogey
side for TamU and KuPS getting a memorable 3-2 win against HJK late last season to help them to a
play-off spot.
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In: Pyry Kärkkäinen, Cheyne Fowler, Valeri Popovitch, Sebastian Sorsa, Juho
Mäkelä
Out: Tuomas Aho, Miikka Multaharju, Sakari Mattila, Erfan Zeneli
Coach: Antti Muurinen
Claimed playing budget: €670,000
Egan says: Another spring, another deluge of signings for HJK.
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In: Pyry Kärkkäinen, Cheyne Fowler, Valeri Popovitch, Sebastian Sorsa, Juho
Mäkelä
Out: Tuomas Aho, Miikka Multaharju, Sakari Mattila, Erfan Zeneli
Coach: Antti Muurinen
Claimed playing budget: €670,000
Egan says: Another spring, another deluge of signings for HJK.
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In: Pyry Kärkkäinen, Cheyne Fowler, Valeri Popovitch, Sebastian Sorsa, Juho
Mäkelä
Out: Tuomas Aho, Miikka Multaharju, Sakari Mattila, Erfan Zeneli
Coach: Antti Muurinen
Claimed playing budget: €670,000
Egan says: Another spring, another deluge of signings for HJK.
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The women's cup final between Lahti club Kuusysi and HJK Helsinki will be an attacking game,
according to Kuusysi coach Jukka Makelä. "The pressure is on HJK, they are the leading
cup team in Finland. Challenges are nice and we've played the whole season with the attitude that
we don't play for a draw.
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Ilkka Mäkelä had hoped for 5-6,000, but in the end the attendance for Jari Litmanen's
return was 4,163. Seasoned football-watchers were unsurprised about that, given the history of
football in Lahti. One told me that "hardly anybody in Lahti supports FC Lahti. The real clubs
there are Kuusysi and Reipas.
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