Football | HJK and KuPS tied for the top spot

On Saturday, HJK took a point, which was the minimum requirement for the match. There was more on offer.

HJK–KuPS 1–1

Football Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi and Kuopio Palloseura, who are fighting for the first place in the Veikkausliiga, played their fifth consecutive draw in the league on Saturday.

The points distribution was the minimum requirement for HJK to compete at the top. With the 1-1 result, KuPS, who played less in the match, still had a three-point lead.

At the same time, HJK broke its three-game losing streak.

HJK’s offensive game, which played ineffectively in the last rounds, was at a dead end for the first hour on Saturday as well.

The liberating equalizer came in the 63rd minute, when he shot a shockingly bad spot against Inter on Wednesday Bojan Radulović now surely sunk the ball into the goal. The hit was the fourth of the season in the Veikkausliiga for Radulović, who is on loan at HJK.

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HJK got the penalty kick, while KuPS got it Taneli Hämäläinen broke David Browne.

HJK had to become a chaser already in the sixth minute of the game, when Gabriel Bispo missed with his right footed shot Conor Hazard’s.

Bispo received a pass behind HJK’s defense line Jānis Ikaunieks from a cross on the left side, took possession of the ball with a chest shot and fired into the bottom corner just past Hazard’s right foot.

Was late for the situation Jukka Raitala couldn’t block Bispo’s shot.

Head-to-head watched by 5,707 spectators at the Bolt Arena.

The arena’s services were badly congested during the match: for example, the drink machines in the east stand were empty and the understaffed sales points piled up in queues.

The supporters of both clubs continued their wonderful tradition on Saturday and honored the one who died in 2014 Aulis Rytkönen memory with a minute-long applause.

The news is updated.

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