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 Moncalves was sent off in the 57th minute at Ratina today after bringing down
Tampere United's Aleksei Kangaskolkka and preventing a goalscoring opportunity.
The biggest story of the Sixth Round was Tampere United's decision to play their home tie
against Jaro at Tammela Stadium, a ground considered by many to be Finland's best. The significance
of this is not obvious to those who have not been closely following Tampere football in recent
years, so I will recap briefly.
