Kalle Koskinen: The Iceman

Kalle Koskinen:

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"With each passing month, we were growing in ability, stature and confidence. We were looking more and more likely to claim top spot in our group, which is all we wanted. It was no time to take the foot off the gas, however, and I was determined to push my players to even higher levels."

Results

Player of the Month

Overview Appearances: 5 Goals: 4 Assists: 0 PotM Awards: 2	Disciplinary Record Fouls Committed: 5 (1 per game) Fouls Against: 5 (1 per game) Yellow Cards: 0 Red Cards: 0
Attacking Play Shots On Target Ratio: 57.89% (11/19) Dribbles Completed: 1 (0.2 per game) Key Passes: 10 (2 per game)	General Play Pass Completion Ratio: 84.01% (310/369) Headers Won: 14 (2.8 per game) Average Rating: 8.00
Defensive Play Key Tackles: 0 (0 per game) Tackles Won Ratio: 100% (1/1) Interceptions: 6 (1.2 per game)	Assistant Manager's Report Value: €23,500 Wage: €110 p/w Current Ability: Potential Ability:

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Kalle Koskinen:

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"September presented with it the opportunity to confirm our place on top of Kakkonen Group B. Top position was to be enough to earn a promotion playoff spot, and an opportunity to win the Kakkonen title, which was our aim for the rest of the season."

Results

Player of the Month

Overview Appearances: 3 Goals: 0 Assists: 0 PotM Awards: 0	Disciplinary Record Fouls Committed: 3 (1 per game) Fouls Against: 3 (1 per game) Yellow Cards: 0 Red Cards: 0
Attacking Play Shots On Target Ratio: 50% (1/2) Dribbles Completed: 0 (0 per game) Key Passes: 1 (0.33 per game)	General Play Pass Completion Ratio: 69.84% (88/126) Headers Won: 11 (3.67 per game) Average Rating: 7.53
Defensive Play Key Tackles: 0 (0 per game) Tackles Won Ratio: 100% (1/1) Interceptions: 8 (2.67 per game)	Assistant Manager's Report Value: €15,00 Wage: €80 p/w Current Ability: Potential Ability:

Kakkonen

Team of the Month

Finances

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Peimari United were 4-1 victors against second placed P-Iirot Rauma in their final group stage game of the Kakkonen division. Riku Sjöroos scored a hat trick as the hosts dominated in a display which proved their worth as the visitors struggled. Peimari were already guaranteed a place in the playoffs, while P-Iirot's final points tally was too low for them to earn a place as the 'best second placed team'.

268 fans packed into HakkisPaana to witness the spectacle on a breezy day in the south west of Finland. They were made to wait for the first real piece of action, with over twenty minutes passing before the first shot on target was produced by Peimari striker Rasmus Nielsen.

The fans did not have to wait much longer for the first goal, as Riku Sjöroos obliged in style. Bruno Rodrigues won possession of the ball high up the pitch, who then connected with Kevin Larsson in the middle of the pitch. The latter played Sjöroos in on goal and the in-form attacker lofted his shot beyond Paunio and into P-Iirot's goal. It was advantage Peimari.

P-Iirot struck back ten minutes later with a stunning goal. Jussi Aalto turned 180 degrees on the spot with the ball at his feet just outside Peimari's penalty area before unleashing a swerving right-footed effort which deceived Peimari's Hakala and nestled in the back of Peimari's net.

The game looked like going into half time all square until the last kick of the half. Peimari's Kevin Larsson picked out Sasha Popovitch with a back-post corner, and the midfielder's cross-goal header rebounded into the goal off of P-Iirot's Petter Hemming. Hemming was unable to deflect the ball anywhere else, and inadvertently handed Peimari the lead.

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Riku Sjöroos Scored A Hat Trick To Inspire The Hosts

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The own-goal gave Peimari a monumental confidence boost in the second half, with the hosts playing in some style. Riku Sjöroos scored his second of the game following a slick fast-moving attack through Peimari's left side. Striker Rasmus Nielsen backheeled a pass first-time into the path of Sjöroos who produced a composed low finish to hand the hosts a two goal lead.

Sjöroos then sealed his hat trick with one of the goals of the season with just over thirteen minutes remaining. Substitute Mika Jussila produced a sensational deep cross from the half-way line which picked out Sjöroos on the edge of P-Iirot's penalty area. The attacker struck the ball with a sweet right-footed volley, sending the ball firing into the bottom left corner of the goal. An elegant way to wrap up the game and sign off on a successful group stage for Peimari United.

Peimari United 4-1 P-Iirot Rauma

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Peimari United: GK: Hakala (7.4) DR: Rodrigues (7.4) DCR: Mäkelä (7.1) DCL: Holma (7.7) DL: Parkkunen (8.1) DM: Hyökyvirta (7.2) MCR: Popovitch (7.0) MCL: Vihervirta (6.7) [64'] AMR: Larsson (6.9) [64'] AML: Sjöroos (9.5) ST: Nielsen (6.9) [64'] Subs Used: Sub 1: Brechtel (6.6) [64'] Sub 2: Jussila (6.8) [64'] Sub 3: Gerxhaliu (6.6) [64'] Manager: Kalle Koskinen

P-Iirot Rauma: GK: Paunio (6.4) DR: Schultz (5.5) [75'] DCR: Setänen (6.4) DCL: Hemming (6.4) DL: Horjanheimo (6.5) [69'] MCR: Montola (6.9) [45+3'] MCL: Lahti (6.8) AMR: Patola (6.6) [90+1'] AMC: Jussi Aalto (6.4) AML: Juuso Aalto (6.3) ST: Näykki (6.3) [62'] Subs Used: Sub 1: Ukwuoma (6.6) [45+3'] Sub 2: Nurmi (6.6) [69'] Sub 3: Ruotsalainen (6.8) [90+1'] Manager: Jens Mattfolk

Kalle Koskinen:

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"That was a nice result for us to take at this stage of the season. It rounds up the group stage of the league campaign very well and we can head into the playoffs with a lot of confidence now. Whoever we play, they will fear the threat that we pose in attack and the relentlessness of our press in defence. We have sent out a very strong message to the rest of Finland this season.

The performance perhaps did not match the result. The game was quite even for large parts but I am happy that we were able to produce clinical touches when needed. Riku (Sjöroos) was excellent and deserved the match ball. His season has been very good and certainly helped us to get this far. We are a two-legged tie away from earning promotion, and another game after that away from winning the Kakkonen title. That has to be the objective for us now for the remainder of the season."

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Peimari United moved closer to earning promotion from Kakkonen to Ykkönen with a 3-2 victory over fellow promotion-chasers MiKi Mikkeli in the first leg of their Kakkonen promotion play-off at Mikkelin urheilupuisto. A brace from Riku Sjöroos and a Sasha Popovitch goal put the visitors three goals clear, but MiKi managed to salvage something from the game with two late goals to set up a tense second leg.

Riku Sjöroos had been in incredible form throughout the season and was on hand to provide the opening goal of the game for Peimari United. It came in the fifth minute of the game and was created by Peimari's flying full back Bruno Rodrigues. From a throw in within their own half, Bruno Rodrigues retrieved the ball and charged forward. The speedy wide player produced an excellent back-post delivery which was turned home by Riku Sjöroos to open the scoring.

Riku Sjöroos added his, and Peimari United's, second goal of the game just five minutes later, and in similar fashion. Samuli Vihervirta was under pressure with the ball in the middle of the pitch, but he produced a wicked pass out wide to Bruno Rodrigues who in turn showed his skill. The Portuguese wide man beat two players with a sublime piece of skill before his arrowing cross was driven home by Sjöroos' volley.

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Riku Sjöroos Scored Two Identical Goals In A One-Way First Half For Peimari United

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The game looked dead and buried just over halfway into the second half as Peimari United scored a third goal. MiKi was completely overwhelmed by Peimari's high-pressure attacking play, and Sasha Popovitch added to their lead. From a throw in on the right, Rasmus Nielsen picked up the ball inside the penalty area. The teenage Danish striker swiveled on the spot to avoid a challenge before laying the ball off to Popovitch who calmly planted a left-footed strike beyond the reach of MiKi's goalkeeper and into the far corner. It was a three-nil lead for Peimari in the first half.

MiKi seemed to be re-energised heading into the second half and clawed a goal back just eighteen seconds after the restart. Timo Mattila's cross was swept home by Isaac Kannah to give MiKi a route back into the game, and the tie, and to upset the motion a little.

Peimari had opportunities to kill the game off as the second half poured on. Jesper Brechtel wrapped a long-range effort agonisingly past the post while Mika Jussila saw his header cleared off the line following a good piece of play from Bruno Rodrugies on the wing.

MiKi resurrected themselves in the tie with a second goal late on in the game, adding tension to the tie in the process. A quick-moving counter attack saw Rafael released down the right and the veteran Brazilian attacker showed a remarkable piece of skill to pick out Ekmark on the opposite flank. Ekmark's low cross evaded everybody but team mate Antti-Pekka Kesonen who rifled a half-volley beyond the reach of Aatu Hakala in Peimari's goal.

The game closed out with Peimari still leading, but only just. Peimari will host the second leg with an advantage, but only a slight one compared to what they had at half time. MiKi had presented themselves well in the second half and had every chance of earning promotion, and earning progression to the final in the process.

MiKi Mikkeli 2-3 Peimari United

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MiKi Mikkeli: GK: Romppainen (6.6) DR: Sihvonen (6.3) DCR: Korhonen (6.6) [68'] DCL: Rynnänen (6.6) DL: Ekmark (7.0) MCR: Kesonen (8.0) MCL: Kirvesoja (6.3) [79'] AMR: Mattila (7.3) AMC: Koppelomäki (6.6) AML: Kannah (7.3) [90+1'] ST: Rafael (6.4) Subs Used: Sub 1: Korhonen (6.8) [68'] Sub 2: Pasanen (N/A) [79'] Sub 3: Ikonen (N/A) [90+1'] Manager: Janne Moilanen

Peimari United: GK: Hakala (6.9) DR: Rodrigues (8.3) DCR: Mäkelä (7.0) DCL: Holma (6.6) DL: Parkkunen (6.8) DM: Brechtel (6.7) MCR: Popovitch (8.3) MCL: Vihervirta (6.7) [67'] AMR: Jussila (7.0) AML: Sjöroos (8.8) ST: Nielsen (6.8) [64'] Subs Used: Sub 1: Klinga (6.8) [67'] Sub 2: Gerxhaliu (6.8) [67'] Sub 3: N/A Manager: Kalle Koskinen

Kalle Koskinen:

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"I do not want to think about the result too much at this point of time. We're only halfway through the tie and so it would be incredibly foolish to think outside of, or beyond, the second tie. We're only at the 'half-way' stage, as it were, and we cannot afford to lose our concentration in the second leg. We saw what can happen when concentration is lost when we conceded twice today.

We were very good in the first half, in all phases of the game. We defended well - with discipline and organisation and all these things, and we transferred our ability into goals in the offensive side of things. We scored three goals - three very good goals - and we looked like scoring a handful more.

We lacked the intensity expected of us in the second half, which MiKi showed to have had, and we suffered as a result. We could have finished the game far more comfortably but we dug ourselves a little bit of a hole. Ultimately, we leave here with a win, but the manner of victory will feel like a defeat to us. We must improve."

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