Finnish Football Show #13: Friendlies in the Desert & Suomen Cup

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Show Notes & Video

This show is now recorded & broadcast live on YouTube. Follow Mark Wiltshear’s Channel for announcements of future broadcasts.

The #FFS theme tune is “Loppuun asti” by Lemmenpyssyt. You can listen to the song on Spotify or on YouTube . Connect with Lemmenpyssyt on Facebook.

In episode 13, we started by looking at some recent news:

• Mark H – Joel Pohjanpalo’s current situation at Leverkusen, where he’s not playing much at the moment. Plus Jere Uronen at Genk who is playing regularly in the Belgian league and Europa League.
• Rich – The possibility of a joint-Nordic bid to host Euro 2024. Leading to a general discussion about how to host enlarged international competitions.
• Producer Mark – Pre-season weakening of SJK. Most recently:
  • Roope Riski’s loan to Paderborn in Budesliga 2
  • Juhani Ojala’s transfer to BK Häcken in Allsvenskan
  • Matej Hradecky’s injury

Here’s a clip of the Venezualan skiier that Rich mentioned

Simo Valakari Leaving SJK

• Comparing the styles of Simo vs new manager Sixten Boström.
• The need for SJK to strengthen, especially in light of HJK’s reinforcements.

New Format for Suomen Cup

• Group A – shout out to KPV from Kokkola, now with 4 wins out of 4, playing AC Oulu and OPS next, both winnable games. RoPS and Kemi both pushing for 2nd & 3rd.
• Group B – SJK, Jaro and VPS all on 9 points with one game to go. SJK vs VPS, Jaro vs Jazz.
  • Apologies for Rich’s terrible pun ‘The only way is up for Yazz‘ (FC Jazz)
• Group C – HJK 12 pts and Honka on 9. Well ahead of the pack.
  • Stadin Derby (Helsinki) HJK vs HIFK will now be played outdoors at Sonera Stadion rather than indoors – which may have been ‘a bit tasty!’
• Group D – Inter and Mariehamn both on 10. Well ahead of the pack.
• Group E – KuPS and Ilves both on 12. Well ahead of the pack. Lahti at the bottom on 1 point!

Final placings can be found on Palloliito’s Suomen Cup website

Friendlies in the Desert

• 9.1.2017 Morrocco 0 – 1 Finland
• 13.1.2017 Slovenia 2 – 0 Finland

We also discussed the upcoming friendlies against smaller nations and the affect on Finland’s FIFA ranking.

Recent Transfers

• Abukar Mohamed – TPS to Lazio
• Alex Ring – Kaiserslauten to New York City
• Juhani Ojala’s transfer to BK Häcken
• Pyry Soiri – VPS to FK Šah’tsjor Salihorsk (Belarus)

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