The FF Jaro Sentinel
Player ratings12 Apr 2027
No sign of nerves from Mats Pedersen at 21 — 7.75
The hardest thing about being 21 in a senior side is that nobody makes allowances. Mats Pedersen did not need any: 7.75, and he looked the most comfortable man on the pitch.
The terraces12 Apr 2027
The boos come down from three sides
“We pay for this every fortnight. The least we want is somebody who looks like he cares.” 5 of the 25 senior players walked off into it; the rest were not playing.
Player ratings12 Apr 2027
Diogo Tomás goes up and wins it — 7.98
A defender on the scoresheet, which happens rarely enough that everybody in the ground remembers who took the corner. 1 for him, and a mark of 7.98 for the rest of it.
Player ratings12 Apr 2027
Severi Kähkönen runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 22. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad12 Apr 2027
Tempers go at FF Jaro
Linus Zetterström was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Boardroom12 Apr 2027
5 academy players handed senior numbers at FF Jaro
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
Squad12 Apr 2027
Costly mistake from Senne Vits
An error at the back is a moment; an error in goal is a goal. Senne Vits knows it, the crowd knew it instantly, and there was nobody behind him to make it anything else.
Squad12 Apr 2027
Diogo Tomás falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Match10 Apr 2027
Diogo Tomás’s goal not enough for FF Jaro
Diogo Tomás scored, and precious little else went right: 1‑2 to Inter Turku, and a quiet walk to the dressing room.
In brief
- Market Lukas Huuhka steps up from the FF Jaro academy
- Market One of our own: Juhani Raitala joins the FF Jaro first team
- Market One of our own: Nikolai Joronen joins the FF Jaro first team