Finnish Football Show #6 – An upturn for Huuhkajat? And Veikkausliiga so far.

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Show Notes & Video

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Episode six started by covering some recent news stories that have caught our attention:

1. Mark H – Hungary’s performance in Euro 2016
2. Keke – Kosovo being dropped into Finland’s qualifying group for World Cup 2018
3. Henry – Interesting stats about Finland’s recent friendlies.

We then moved on to the main subjects of the show:

1. Recent International Friendlies

• Belgium vs Finland 1-1
• We discussed some of the players who have impressed recently
• Italy vs Finland 2-0
  • Listen to Keke tell all (that he can remember) of his trip to Verona

2. What did we learn from the first ⅓ of the Veikkausliiga season?

• The changing form of SJK; new players & new formation taking time to settle
  • Alexei Eremenko leaving SJK
• Three surprising teams :
  • IFK Mariehamn
  • Ilves
  • Kemi
• HIFK struggling with six consecutive defeats

Huge thanks to our special guests for #FFS6. You’ll prbably hear from them again, but in the meantime, here’s where you’ll find more from them:

• Keke Myllari – Stand Fanzine / kekemyllari.wordpress.com / @kekemyllari
• Henry Hakamäki – @Huck1995

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