Finland - United Kingdom 3-0 (1-0)

Finland - United Kingdom 3-0 (1-0)
9' 1-0 Timothy
13' 2-0 Vocal
14' 3-0 Vocal

Attendance: 169 (204 before the match started)

Screenshots of the match can be found here. Don't forget to check the highlights from the video just down there.

Mikus wins the betting contest being the only one with the right result!

The betting contest of 31 bettings ofcourse had its conclusion last night after the match between Finland and United Kingdom succesfully ended 3-0. The only one who had betted this result was Mikus from Union Deportiva Las Palmas, and the grand prize of 5 VIP-Credits was succesfully sended to him just minutes ago.

Congratulations Mikus!

Did you missed Finland - United Kingdom? Here's the highlights!

The official song is Untouched by The Veronicas!

Listen the official song of the International Challenge 2 tournament:

13. The Veronicas - Untouched

+8 Bellini - Samba De Janeiro
+5 Bomfunk MC's - Something Going On
+7 E-Type - Champione
+1 Haddaway - Life
-5 Herbert Groenemeyer - Celebrate The Day
+6 Kristinia DeBarge - Goodbye
-3 Ladytron - Runaway
-4 Planet Funk - Static
+8 Ricky Martin - Cup of Life
-1 Scooter - Fire
-1 Sergio Mendes feat. The Black Eyed Peas - Mas Que Nada
+7 Sunblock - I'll Be Ready
+24 The Veronicas - Untouched
+0 The White Stripes - 7 Nation Army
-4 Waldo's People - Rock The World

Finland - United Kingdom tonight - 19:00 UK-time, 20:00 CET, 21:00 FIN-time!

International Challenge 2 starts tonight with the exciting opening match Finland - United Kingdom. The teams have faced each other three times, all of them ending in a Finland victory (2-0, 7-0, 2-0). The teams battled in the EURO2008 final, and haven't played any international matches after that, so we can talk about some real rivalry and emotional match here.

The match starts around 20:10 of Central European Time. Add an hour if your from Finland, take one off if your from United Kingdom. But there's lots of happening already before the kick-off, so be ready to arrive a bit earlier.

Players are advised to show-up on around 19:30 Central European Time.

Things to remind on today's match:

• The players announcement is about 20-30 minutes before the kick-off. Pay attention, follow the rules given by the organizers and join the announcement.
• In the moment of writing, teams haven't yet published their match rosters. Which leads to, ofcourse, that the players announcement is done based on the tournament rosters. Don't be suprised if some player isn't online or is online but isn't playing.
• The official song of the tournament is announced just before the kick-off.
• We procced to the match with a countdown from 30 -> 0. We'd like to invite you to join this by sending those numbers in the match room's public chat.
• The room is muted when the match starts and voice rights are given.
• The winner of this 2x10 minute match qualifies to the International Challenge 2 Championship Tournament.
• TeamSpeak2 commentating: Server "ts.shellit.org:8000", Channel: "IC2 - SOCCER", Pass "ic2ball2"

Soccer-Sanomat (soccer-sanomat.blogspot.com) writes about the match this way (translated):

"One of the strengths of Team Finland is the wideness in their roster. The team is full of great players to each position, but the biggest question here is the inexperience of the team. Many of the players are having their international debut in this match."

Team England is full of experienced international players. Their biggest problem is propably the new players of the team, who may start to try a bit too much, which may lead to some arguing and other problems."

"Blister has so far scored incredible eight international goals, which is more than anyone else in this game. If everything goes OK, the magic line of ten international goals might be achieved."

"joni may be the one who leads Finland to victory. Has incredible view of the game and can pass some long crosses to the attackers of Finland."

"Källström is a player who works till the end. Has a great ability to save shots even from the goal line"

"Cesc is the international veteran of England who knows how to give some good curling passes. Gets their game forward even in the hardest times."

"Lupoli plays good with anyone and knows the skills of individual play also"

"If all goes OK, Sharp can be the biggest star of the match. On good days he's unstoppable, but there's bad days also..."

New poll!

Question:

How many spectators do you believe will arrive on Finland - United Kingdom?

You can find the poll right there on the sidebar, just scroll down a bit.

People see Finland as the favorite in the opening match

Results from our poll:
15 Finland will win easily
16 Finland wins, but only by a goal or two margin.
10 It will be a draw.
10 United Kingdom wins, but only by a goal or two margin.
4 United Kingdom will win easily.

Betting contest is closed. We got a total number of 31 bettings. The participants with the right result will get their piece of the prize of 5 VIP-Credits.

1-0 plus
1-1 Sutton
1-3 akton
2-0 Baresi
2-0 Toa
2-0 Blister
2-0 Sharp
2-0 CONST
2-1 CONST
2-1 -Walcott-
2-1 Pukki
2-3 Clacier
3-0 Mikus
3-1 Pukki
3-1 Pato
3-1 Toa
3-1 Koivisto
3-2 Blokus
3-2 Mikus
3-2 Super-Mac
4-1 Robben
4-1 Sharp
4-1 Blister
4-1 Clacier
4-1 pari
5-0 Super-Mac
5-7 Teekoo
6-2 Silva
6-3 Gekas
6-4 Milito
7-3 Seedorf

27 participants thinks Finland will win the match. 3 believed that United Kingdom will win and only 1 thinks it will be a draw. Finland - United Kingdom is played on August 5th, 20:00 Central European Time.