Football HJK lost again and dropped out of the Finnish Cup: “I hope there is only a small backstage here”

Helsinki The football club dropped out of the Finnish Football Cup on Wednesday when FC Inter knocked down HJK at home in the penalty shootout 5-4 and advanced to the semifinals.

After 90 minutes, the semi-final was in a goal-free draw. The match then went straight to penalty kicks.

Inter and HJK scored nine goals out of a total of ten penalties. The only loser was the HJK opener Bojan Radulovićwho shot violently over the target.

David Browne, Anthony Olusanya, Pyry Soiri and Arttu Hoskonen instead succeeded at 11 meters.

“I think it’s a pretty steady twist. Neither of them really had good places to score, ”Hoskonen said in an interview with Ruutu.

“Anything can happen with commas, and this time Inter took it.”

HJK’s keeper Jakob Tånnander became the hero of the Club in the previous round against Vaasa Palloseura by fighting four VPS rankings.

Now each of Inter’s shots i.e. Petteri Forsell, Benjamin Källman, Matias Ojala, David Haro and Ruxi dropped the ball with good shots past Tånnander.

“Yes, those feelings are sad the last time. It was really nice to end it this way and that way, ”said Källman, who is moving abroad.

Wednesday’s loss was the third consecutive one for HJK. HJK have lost their previous two league games, first to AC Oulu and immediately after to IFK Mariehamn.

“I hope there is a small backwater phase here. Having been a bit of a scoring problem, we haven’t scored terribly goals. It should be improved, ”said Hoskonen.

However, he does not believe that there are bigger problems behind the poor results.

HJK must still return to victory in Saturday’s top game against Kuopio Ball Club. KuPS is now three points ahead of HJK ​​with less play.

Also another Helsinki-based betting league club, HIFK, was hit hard in its semi-finals. The match between PK-35 and HIFK, who played number one, was 2–2 after 90 minutes.

The penalty shootout ended in an IFK 5-4 win. Jani Bäckman laukoma decisive The fifth hit started the wild IFK party in Pihlajamäki.

The other goal scorers were Pipe Sáez, Eero Markkanen, Maximus Tainio and Sergei Eremenko.

Goalkeeper Beto started the penalty shootout by fighting Pauli Kuusijärven corporate. The PK-35 succeeded at the comma Mustafa Beyai, Hussein Mohamed, Tommi Tainio and Esa Sharp.

IFK, who appeared in full-white uniforms, already seemed to be marching for an easy victory when Pipe Sáez and Aatu Kujanpää hit in the first half Rafael Zbindenin behind.

However, the hosts came to the levels with hits from Mustafa Beyain and Tommi Tainio.

Beyai painted on his chest Nuutti Tykkyläinen After 73 minutes, the visitors leveled the scores after Tainio made it through the middle and struck home the 1 – 1 goal Marko Koskisen from the ball through the hand of Beton after 84 minutes.

Finnish Cup the other semi-final teams are KuPS and FC Lahti.

KuPS immersed FC Haka in a penalty shootout in Valkeakoski on Wednesday, FC Lahti knocked down the Järvenpää Palloseura, which plays in Ykkönen, on Tuesday.