The Remembrance Day edition of the Melbourne derby ended with a City 2-0 victory with goals from Max Caputo and Peter Antoniou. There were interesting selections on both sides. Keegan Jelacic started as a right winger for Victory, while the midfield trio of Juan Mata, Denis Genreau and Jordi Valadon suggested possession with intricate play … More A-League (Australia) – Melbourne Victory vs Melbourne City
The Danish giants outplayed and outpaced the Finnish team and won by a 4-goal margin at the MCH Arena in Herning, Denmark. The Midtjylland team saw many familiar faces from last season, with the addition of Martin Erlić from Bologna, bringing plenty of Serie A experience. Midtjylland played at a much higher pace than KuPS, … More UEFA Europa League Play-offs – Midtjylland (Denmark) vs KuPS (Finland)
Two possession-based teams and two fantastic managers, Joonas Rantanen and Stevie Grieve, battled out for a 1-1 draw. Ilves played with a 3-4-3 while SJK played with a 4-2-3-1. In possession, Ilves played with a back 3 and a holding midfielder at the base, and multiple players in between the lines overloading the SJK backline … More Veikkausliiga (Finland) – SJK vs Ilves
Melbourne City are crowned the 2025 A-League Champions in a one-sided Melbourne Derby thanks to Yonatan Cohen’s 10th-minute strike. Melbourne City played with a 4-2-3-1, with a line-up containing many internationals and Australian national team players. City dominated down the wings – on the left, Socceroo Aziz Behich overlapped in support of Celtic loanee Marco … More A-League (Australia) – Melbourne City vs Melbourne Victory
Ilves handed KuPS their first defeat in 2025 with a 3-0 victory. Ilves, managed by the impressive Joonas Rantanen and featuring multiple Finland U21 players such as Kalle Wallius and Oiva Jukkola, played with a 3-2-5 in possession, where the back three and midfield two were well-drilled to maintain possession and five players in between … More Veikkausliiga (Finland) – Ilves vs KuPS
Toni Korkeakunnas, who managed HJK for 67 games and worked as assistant manager for the Finland National Team, parted ways with the club following a difficult start of the season and the Inter Turku 1-1 draw. In possession, HJK’s shape was a 3-4-3 (at times a 4-2-3-1) and utilized a popular set-up, whereby the outside … More Veikkausliiga (Finland) – Inter Turku vs HJK
Inter Turku and 2024 Champions KuPS played out a 1-1 draw in the opening weekend of Finnish top-flight football. Inter Turku had multiple opportunities to score in the first half, but it was defender Samuli Miettinen who found the net early in the second half for KuPS, before Inter starlet Axel Kouame equalised for the … More Veikkausliiga (Finland) – Inter Turku vs KuPS
Finland, the favourites, scored 2 goals within 20 minutes through Kaan Kairinen and Joel Pohjanpalo, before Lithuania hit back with a goal from Armandas Kučys and a wonder strike from Gvidas Gineitis, beating Bayer Leverkusen keeper Lukas Hradecky. Finland had 57% possession, 514 passes over Lithuania’s 411 passes in a free-flowing game. With new manager … More FIFA World Cup Qualifiers – Lithuania vs Finland
The best 2008 talents from Finland and Switzerland were on show as Finland U17 seals a 1-0 victory over Switzerland U17 with a dramatic last kick of the game. Finland U17, coached by Erkka Lehtola, had a shape of 4-4-2 in defense and 4-2-3-1 in attack. At times, the Finnish left-back positioned himself in an … More U17 International Friendly – Finland vs Switzerland
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