One match was played in the Veikkausliiga on Monday.

KuPS celebrated Seinäjoki’s valuable victory on Monday night. PASI SUOKKO / AOP

Kuopio Palloseura left Seinäjoki with a tasty victory. There was enough drama in the match, as the decision was only reached in the first minute of extra time.

Jaakko Oksanen sent the ball from the corner kick towards the back post of the Seinäjoki Football Club’s goal. SJK’s Samuel Chukwudi butt the ball directly to your network past Roope Paunion.

– The boys ran, fought and showed determination and mental character, which has already taken us very far this year, SJK coach Stevie Grieve commented on his club’s website.

– The goal was, of course, an unfortunate injury. We could have played better as well, but it was a tight game between two good teams.

KuPS alone rose to the top spot in the Veikkausliiga championship series.

– SJK was better in the first ten minutes, but after that we were pretty good with the ball, KuPS coach Jarkko Wiss total on his club’s website.

– We were able to win the ball faster for ourselves and continued to grind our own game.

Thanks to their full pot, KuPS pulled three points behind second-placed Inter. The difference between Ilves and KuPS is four and SJK is six points.

Each team has three more matches to play. The final round will be played on November 9.

Story edited at 23:15: Added Grieve’s comments.

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