Sjogrell strike downs VPS and takes Inter Turku joint-top of Veikkausliiga

[p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/inter-turku-QwkNUoNH/vps-8GveH5dA/?mid=WOw7oVyf"]Inter Turku 1-0 VPS[/a][/b][/p][p]Defeat to [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/hjk/nmjJVR7B/"]HJK[/a] in the previous round meant [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/inter-turku/QwkNUoNH/"]Inter Turku[/a] wasted a chance to take advantage of KuPS' deteriorating form, only for HJK to do them a favour by holding the champions to a draw earlier in this round. That meant a win would take FC Inter to 45 points, level with KuPS at the summit with two of the 10 rounds of the championship group played.[/p][p]However, they found making a breakthrough tough against a VPS side whose previous three matches had all finished 1-0 - two of which had seen the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/vps/8GveH5dA/"]Vaasa[/a] side take victory - as neither side had a shot on target in the first half.[/p][p]But in the second half, Inter Turku not only began to test the VPS goalkeeper, but created chances for [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/jephta-clinton/0zukbWcT/"]Clinton Jephta[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/suso-muhammed/EXJSA56b/"]Muhammed Suso[/a], although they were wasteful with their opportunities.[/p][embed guid="7f0e0e03-703e-43d9-b06e-a11fabb76b9c" url="https://x.com/Veikkausliiga/status/2099542881232928919" social-type="twitter" /][p]That was until 20 minutes to go, when [b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/sjogrell-herman/S0DMmEVB/"]Herman Sjogrell[/a] tried his luck with a free-kick from just over 25 yards out, and his left-footed strike from the left side bounced just in front of [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/jalloh-mamadou/rZn9m4rJ/"]Mamadou Jalloh[/a] and into the net.[/b][/p][p]VPS were unable to find a late response, and they stay in fifth place, four points off the European places and with six defeats in their last nine. The Turku side have a goal difference of +13, two worse than KuPS, while the sides have an identical record of 12 wins and nine draws from their 24 matches.[/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/soccer/finland/veikkausliiga/"]Follow the Veikkausliiga championship group on Flashscore.[/a][/b][/p]