Time to see the quality of VPS
Having sacked their unsuccesful manager Tomi Kärkkäinen who started the season VPS Vaasa has won amazing 5 games in a row and find themselves in a safe position in the midtable. Who said it is not worth changing the manager?
VPS coach Petri Vuorinen has lots of reasons to happy before the match;” We are playing well! There is no need to be humble or afraid of HJK. There are players that we need to take a closer look at like the U21 – players in the defense, but as a special danger I see Dawda Bah, their winger.”
VPS goal-keeper Henri Sillanpää 10/0 got slightly injured during last game and is doubtful in this game, but striker Antonio Inutile 10/1 who was sidelined because of fever has recovered and is available.
The atmosphere and feeling in the club is at is best and also the long-lost spectators are slowly returning to the idyllic Hietalahti Stadion; ”This is like the golden years at the nineties coming back to live again”, said the old-timers at the stadion.
There is only way to win this game says coach Vuorinen; ” we have to keep the defense tight and score when we have the chance. There are not going to be that many in this match.”
HJK won Inter Turku in the topclash at sunny Helsinki 2-0 with goals by Mäkelä and Parikka and looked like they had found their form again during the long break. Central-defender Jukka Sauso 11/0 was hit in the head by powerful shot and will be probably be out because of concussion. Paulus Roiha 3/0 is out for sure, and with Teemu Haapala 5/0 and Ville Taulo 4/0 the match fitness is under survaillance day by day. Sauso will be replaced by young and promising Juhani Ojala 1/0.
HJK did lose some easy points in the early season but by winning this they would share the lead with Haka and be back on track for the run for the title.
This game against VPS is the start for the hectic schdedule for the next four weeks, there will be two games weekly in the League, Cup and the Europe League and HJK can not afford any under-performing during this period.
VPS : 0-3-3-3-3-3
HJK:1-1-3-3-0-3
H2H: 1-4-15. 13.02.2009 League Cup VPS-HJK 1-2
VPS: 1 Henri Sillanpää 10/0 - 8 Jani Lyyski 11/0 – 11 Toni Hahto 10/0 – 16 Jyrki Saranpää 11/1 – 19 Jan Berg 11/0 – 3 Lawrence Smith 7/1 – 7 Tero Koskela 11/1 – 14 Jens Nygård 11/3 - 22 Tony Björk 11/1 - 10 Antonio Inutile 10/1 – 23 Jyri Hietaharju 11/1
Bench: 4 Jussi Äijälä 8/0, 6 Petteri Forsell 8/1, 9 Jussi Aalto 4/1, 12 Henrik Moisander (gk) 3/0, 20 Rikard Lindroos 7/1, 25 Pekka Kainu 6/0
Out: 2 Jan Ahlvik 0/0, 24 Benjamin Slotte 0/0
Coaches: Juha Reini & Petri Vuorinen
HJK: 1 Wille Wallén 11/0 – 3 Mikko Hauhia 10/0 – 4 Mohamed Kamara 10/2 – 6 Cheyne Fowler 2/0– 9 Sebastian Sorsa 11/2 – 10 Juho Mäkelä 11/4 - 13 Pyry Kärkkäinen 11/2 – 14 Valeri Popovits 11/3 – 17 Dawda Bah 11/2 – 20 Jukka Raitala 11/0 - 18 Juhani Ojala 1/0
Bench: 2 Mikko Hauhia 2/0, 12 Jani Viander (gk) 0/0, 21 Petri Oravainen 9/0, 26 Johannes Westö 1/0, 27 Mikko Sumusalo 1/0, 28 Nosh A Lody 0/0, 31 Akseli Pelvas 6/0, 32 Sami Salmi 0/0, 16 Jarno Parikka 11/2
Out:15 Paulus Roiha 3/0, 7 Tuomas Haapala 5/0, 8 Ville Taulo 4/0, 5 Jukka Sauso 11/0
Coach: Antti Muurinen
Too busy for proper analysis today. Away win 0-2
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