FIN U18 vs Slovenia at Granatkin Jan 10th 2016

Not fully the team I would had chosen, but there may be some knocks, and of course it is good to have a few options also on the bench.

12 Jere Piirainen

3 Juhani Pikkarainen

5 Samuel Persson

6 Tatu Varmanen

7 Oskar Sandström 

8 Kaan Kairinen (C)

9 Benjamin Källman

10 Mikael Soisalo

14 Niilo Mäenpää

16 Roope Läpinen

 20 Adam Vidjeskog

Interview of Alexei Eremenko Sr

At Granatkin pages http://granatkin.com/index.php/en/news-2016en/941-eremenko-en

Full story of the FIN U18 and FF Jaro well worth a read!

FIN starting 11 vs Sweden @ Abu Dhabi friendly

Bettinwise not interesting match and the only point of interest is that this is the first match for Swedish coach Backe coaching Finland. This match is NOT an official UEFA friendly.

 Edit.. did not go too well. 3-0. Highlights.

   Hilander

Arkivuo Jalasto - Heikkilä - Patronen - Raitala

Pelvas - Hetemaj - Schuller - Forsell

   Pukki (C) - Riski

subs :

1 Henrik Moisander

2 Jarkko Hurme

3 Ville Jalasto

8 Matej Hradecky

11 Aleksandr Kokko

14 Juha Pirinen

15 Daniel O´Shaugnessy

17 Johannes Laaksonen

18 Timo Tahvanainen

19 Simon Skrabb

21 Janne Saksela

23 Markus Uusitalo

Sweden to field Allsvenskan players and deserve to be about 43% favs on neutral (or 40-46 to be more realistic), but the allowed 10! subs in this match kill all betting interest. For Fin gk this is his debut at +30 years, at Sweden they have the youth hero instead.

Lemmy tribute - a milk ad!

It is rather exceptional from me to publish ads here, but here is late Lemmy Kilmister advertising milk not long before his passing away.




It is based on this classic ad from the 90ś from the same company. A remake.

FIN squad vs Sweden and Iceland in Abu Dhabi in Jan 2016

I think I skip further commenting on this even if there would be a lot to say. First squad of new coach Hasse Backe.

KuPS signed top international player from Nigeria - Azubuike Egwuekwe

31.12.2015 17:00

NEWS: Kuopion Palloseura sign Azubuike Egwuekwe Nigerian national team player joins Finnish club KuPS  Finnish football club Kuopion Palloseura (KuPS) and Nigerian national team playerAzubuike Egwuekwe have signed a 1+1-year contract. The 26-year old defender has played for Nigeria in the FIFA Confederations Cup 2013, in the African Cup of Nations 2014 and in the World Cup Qualifiers 2014. He also participated the World Cup Final Tournament in Brazil 2014. Azubuike Egwuekwe Age: 26 Heigth: 195 cm Weight: 91 kg Nationality: Nigerian Position: central defender Former club: Nigerian club Warri Wolves (as captain) National team matches: 35 games for Nigeria (debut 2012) ***********************' http://dailypost.ng/2016/01/02/egwuekwe-signs-for-kuopion-palloseura/?wt=2 Azubuike Egwuekwe has put pen to paper for Finnish club, Kuopion Palloseura, on a one-year deal. The Super Eagles defender, becomes manager Marko Rajamaki’s second signing, following the arrival of American forward, Freddy Adu. “Finnish football club Kuopion Palloseura (KuPS) and Nigerian national team player Azubuike Ekwuekwe have signed a 1+1-year contract,” the club announced on their website. “The 26-year old defender has played for Nigeria in the FIFA Confederations Cup 2013, in the African Cup of Nations 2014 and in the World Cup Qualifiers 2014. He also participated at the World Cup Final Tournament in Brazil 2014.” Egwuekwe will compete with Sharp Räsänen, Hamed Coulibaly, Mikko Pitkänen and Tuomas Rannankari, for a place at the Savon Sanomat AreenaKuopio giants.

Or did they? Now the big Nigerian is crying like a baby that there is no contract and he has been not been anywhere to see anybody. Congrats KuPS for signing a committed player with a big KuPS heart!  

1. Naija Made ‏@NaijaMadeSS  11h11 hours ago

   Egwuekwe:"I don't know where the story in coming from. I did not travel to anywhere. I am in Warri. There is no truth in that story"
2. Naija Made ‏@NaijaMadeSS  11h11 hours ago

   Warri Wolves defender, Azubuike Egwuekwe has denied that he has signed for a club in Finland as was reported last week. 1/2

SJK TV highlights from champion season 2015

A few minutes of celebrations.