TamU - Inter preview

Tampere, now?

Tamu: 0-3-0-0-3-0
Inter:3-3-0-0-3-0

H2H: 12-5-1. 07.02.2009 League Cup TamU – Inter 5-2

On Wednesday night Tampere United meets the reigning champions FC Inter Turku. Tampere has been a difficult place to visit for the Turku team, as they have never got full points at Tampere. Even last home win was already five years ago.

TamU needs urgently more points, so they are looking for a win with a risk;” Inter is a solid team who can play throughout the 90 minutes with full tempo. It makes this more challenging to us because we do not have too many players available due injuries,” says head coach of TamU Ari Hjelm.

”We need to take risks. If you can not play to win in the Veikkausliiga, you are in the wrong league”, he continues.

There are no new injury worries for TamU, but the list has been worryignly long for some time.


TamU is not only team who has not yet used all their potential. On Sunday against HJK Inter had their moments, but were not sharp enough in front of the goals. ”We need to use the wingers more and be more active all over the pitch, ” says Job Dragtsma, the Inter head coach from Holland.

Inter will be missing their goalkeeper Patrick Bantamoi 11/0 who got a red card against HJK, but on the other hand it is a great opportunity for canadian second goalkeeper David Monsalve who has not yet played a single game in the Veikkausliiga. ” We all trust him, this is the reason the teams have two goalkeepers. Red cards are a part of this game and now David can show what he can do”.

Besides Bantamoi the only other absent player is mf Mika Ojala 10/2.

TamU: 12 Juha Soukiala (gk) 9/0 - 18 Rafinha 11/1, 3 Mathias Lindström 11/1 – 7 Jussi Kujala 11/1 13 Sakari Saarinen 11/0 - 17 Vili Savolainen 8/0 – 20 Juska Savolainen 11/1 - 5 Antti Ojanperä 9/1 - 22 Henri Scheweleff 10/1 – 11 Aleksei Kangaskolkka 10/0 – 30 Jari Niemi 10/0


Bench: 9 Juha Pirinen 4/0, 16 Ilari Ruuth 1/0, 21 Jonne Hjelm 11/1, 23 Chris James 1/0

Out:1 Mikko Kavén (gk) 2/0, 2 Toni Järvinen 10 0/0, 10 Toni Petrescu 4/0, 25 Aapo Lappalainen 2/0, 8 Antti Pohja 7/1

Coach : Ari Hjelm




Inter Turku: 12 David Monsalve (gk) 0/0 – 3 Claudio Verino 10/1 – 5 Alberto Ramirez 10/0 – 7 Ari Nyman 11/0 – 9 Guillano Grot 9/3 – 11 Timo Furuholm 9/2 – 14 Joni Aho 9/0 – 15 Severi Paajanen 11/0 – 18 Ats Purje 7/1 – 24 Joni Kauko 7/1 – 29 Henri Lehtonen 11/0

Bench: 8 Touko Tumanto 5/0, 13 Eemeli Reponen 0/0, 20 Arttu Seppälä 1/0, 21 Pablo Gomez-Marttila 0/0, 22 Sami Sanevuori 6/0, 23 Ville Nikkari 7/0, 27 Kennedy 11/1, 25 Ville Mäkilä 0/0, 26 Felix Åkerlund 0/0, 19 Aristides Pertot 7/0, 6 Jermu Gustafsson 0/0

Out: 17 Mika Ojala 10/2, 1 Patrick Bantamoi 11/0

No time for analysis today. Home win 2-0.