HJK is in the loss line. KuPS picks up.
HJK’s Bojan Radulovic was the only loser in the penalty shootout on Wednesday. Stock image. Matti Raivio / AOP
As a result of FC Lahti, Inter, KuPS and HIFK advanced to the semi-finals of the men’s soccer in the Finnish Cup on Wednesday.
Each of Wednesday’s three matches progressed to the penalty shootout.
Inter dropped HJK at home. No paints were seen during the nineties. Five of Inter’s shots and four from HJK were successful.
For HJK, the loss was the third in a row. In the Veikkausliiga, the team previously lost to AC Oulu and IFK Mariehamn.
After the actual playing time, the match between KuPS and Haka, who was pouting in the league, was 2–2. The spot race was decided after four of KuPS’s shots and two of Haka’s shots were successful.
HIFK, which is struggling in financial difficulties, collapsed in the away field against PK-35, which is playing in Ykkönen, in the second period. HIFK led the match 2-0 Pipe Sáezin and Aatu Kujanpää with paints, but the PK-35 came to a level in the last twenty minutes.
However, HIFK did a perfect job.