Football|Ilves beat KuPS. The Veikkausliiga championship battle intensified even more.
Ilves–KuPS 1–0
Competitive The Veikkausliiga championship got a new twist on Tuesday evening in Tampere, when Ilves played an important home win over KuPS with goals 1–0.
The result was good for HJK, as KuPS would have run away with a win to within five points of the Helsinki team.
Thanks to Ilves’ victory, the league’s top three are now in a tight bunch within two points. Despite the loss, KuPS retained its top spot. It has 47 points. Ilves and HJK are on 45 points.
Each has three matches to play.
Tuesday night the early paces at the Tammela stadium were beaten by the Kuopio team, who twice came close to scoring the opening goal.
First, Ilves defender Juhani Pikkarainen saved Otto Ruopin shot from the finish line and a little later Axel Widjeskog shot the ball into the top bar of Ilves’ goal.
Ilves didn’t start shaking, but showed a model of efficiency with the help of luck. The game clock ticked in the 37th minute, when Oiva Jukkola shot. Kuti changed the direction of KuPS Clinton from Antwi and hit the net past the goalkeeper Johannes Kreidlin.
KuPS hungrily searched for an equalizer in the second half, but was not effective enough. The best place opened in the middle of the period For Ousmane Diawara. Ilves goalkeeper Take Virtanen saved the Senegalese shot nicely from the front corner.
A little later, Ilves was close to punishing. Kreidl started messing with the ball from the goal of the Kuopio team and Lauri Ala-Myllymäki was able to shoot from a distance towards the empty KuPS goal. Ala-Myllymäki’s shot narrowly missed the goal.
KuPS continued his pressure, which opened counterattack opportunities for Ilves. Adeleke Akinyemi advanced ten minutes before the end to the artificial sector, but Kreidl repelled.
The people of Kuopio couldn’t equalize despite the pressure, so Ilves celebrated the victory and the league championship battle became even more exciting.
Final programs of the Veikkausliiga’s top three:
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28.9. HJK–Ilves
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29.9. KuPS–Haka
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4.10. VPS–Ilves
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5.10. SJK–KuPS
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6.10. HJK–Haka
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19.10. KuPS–HJK and Ilves–SJK.
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