Yanks Abroad 02 August @ 12:46 PM EST
Lawrence Smith and VPS take on another Europa League club this Sunday when they host eighth place
FC Lahti at Hietalahti Stadium in Vaasa.
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TPS won MYPA 3-1 and Lahti took a 2-1 win over Tampere United. The latter meant that my
prediction accuracy fell from 100% to 50% compared to Wednesday's round of games, and I'm too
disillusioned to round the games up in any more depth now. I will round them up later, however,
once the whole round is over.
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We apologise for being unable to write a preview of last night's games, but here's an extended
round-up to ease the pain.
MYPA - VPS 0-2
I can't help gloryhunting. VPS took a third consecutive win and I just have to support them. If
I didn't, I would be scared by them.
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Tune in at 6 PM (GMT +2) for a last-minute preview and a minute-by-minute live blog of
Saturday's Veikkausliiga top 2 clash between FC Inter Turku and Haka.
FORM
Neither of these two teams were expected to be anything more than outside candidates with
regards to the title race, but top 2 they are six rounds into the campaign.
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Tampere United v FC Honka, Sunday 6:30pm
Tampere United have all the finesse, skill, confidence and panache of a bag of used cat litter
right now. Their 1-0 loss to Haka was not an awful performance, but their goalkeeper messes up big
time and they lost. he's a young lad and should be replaced, but now Mikko kaven has a knee
injury.
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HJK v IFK Mariehamn, Wednesday 6:30pm
This is, somewhat surprisingly, a top of the table clash. IFK have already beaten last season's
champions, drawn with one of the favourites for this season, and had a regulation win over wooden
spoon-chasers KuPS. This puts them level on points with HJK, who dropped their two points at home
to draw specialists TPS.
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FC Haka 1 HJK 2
Highlights
MyPa 4 Tampere United 1
Highlights
Inter Turku 1 FF Jaro 0
Highlights
IFK Mariehman 3 KuPS 0
Highlights
FC Lahti 4 RoPS 1
Highlights
The all new Tehttaan kenttä is quite an experience.
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IFK Mariehamn 2 Inter Turku 0
The first round of Veikkausliiga threw up a few surprising results, but arguably the biggest
shock was Inter Turku's 2-0 defeat in Mariehamn. The manner of defeat was more surprising than the
result, as Iner's manager Job Dragtsma pointed out afterwards.
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IFK Mariehamn 2 Inter Turku 0
The first round of Veikkausliiga threw up a few surprising results, but arguably the biggest
shock was Inter Turku's 2-0 defeat in Mariehamn. The manner of defeat was more surprising than the
result, as Iner's manager Job Dragtsma pointed out afterwards.
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IFK Mariehamn 2 Inter Turku 0
The first round of Veikkausliiga threw up a few surprising results, but arguably the biggest
shock was Inter Turku's 2-0 defeat in Mariehamn. The manner of defeat was more surprising than the
result, as Iner's manager Job Dragtsma pointed out afterwards.
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As this opening round of Veikkausliiga has been decimated by pitch related postponements, this
preview is dedicated to the two men who have actually done quite a lot to get playable pitches in
Finland. Harkimo was instrumental in the construction of Finnair Stadium in Töölö, before
selling his stake in the ground andwinding up Jokerit's football club, while Håkans played a
similar role in the construction of Veritas Stadium in Kupittaa.
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As this opening round of Veikkausliiga has been decimated by pitch related postponements, this
preview is dedicated to the two men who have actually done quite a lot to get playable pitches in
Finland. Harkimo was instrumental in the construction of Finnair Stadium in Töölö, before
selling his stake in the ground andwinding up Jokerit's football club, while Håkans played a
similar role in the construction of Veritas Stadium in Kupittaa.
Click to continue reading...
As this opening round of Veikkausliiga has been decimated by pitch related postponements, this
preview is dedicated to the two men who have actually done quite a lot to get playable pitches in
Finland. Harkimo was instrumental in the construction of Finnair Stadium in Töölö, before
selling his stake in the ground andwinding up Jokerit's football club, while Håkans played a
similar role in the construction of Veritas Stadium in Kupittaa.
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In: Jukka-Pekka Tuomanen, Christian Sund, Kim Hyun Kwan, Toni Koskela (until
the end of June)
Out: Babatunde Wusu, Juha Veijonen, Marko Kivilä, Ady
Coach: Ville Priha
Claimed playing budget: €470,000
Egan says: The newly promoted Jyväskylä side have kept faith with
the squad that won Ykkönen in 2008, by and large.
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In: Jukka-Pekka Tuomanen, Christian Sund, Kim Hyun Kwan, Toni Koskela (until
the end of June)
Out: Babatunde Wusu, Juha Veijonen, Marko Kivilä, Ady
Coach: Ville Priha
Claimed playing budget: €470,000
Egan says: The newly promoted Jyväskylä side have kept faith with
the squad that won Ykkönen in 2008, by and large.
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