Tampere Utd 5-0 Carmarthen Town

By Brad Green
June 17 2006

5 Star Tampere were just too good for Carmarthen in this Intertoto Cup 1st round, 1st leg, tie in Finland this afternoon, it leaves Carmarthen with a mountain to climb in the second leg, Colin Loss summing up their afternoon with an own goal. Can lightning strike twice after last season's 2nd leg?

Welsh part-timers Carmarthen Town proved no match for Finnish League leaders Tampere United in the Intertoto Cup first round, first leg.
Nathan Cotterrall and Kaid Mohamed had early chances in the 30-degree heat, but Antti Hynynen struck first.

Ville Lehtinen added a second and Jussi Pekka Savolainen a third at the break.

An own-goal header from Colin Loss made it four, Aristides Pertot's late goal seeming to make the 24 June return at Newtown's Latham Park a formality.



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Carmarthen manager Mark Jones:
"We're obviously disappointed and the second leg is probably dead now, but we had our chances.
"We can't complain about the heat - we should be more used to it than them, they're Finns!

"An awful 20 minutes really cost us. If we want to be giant killers we can't give away own goals and play like that.

"I could have accepted 2-0, but any more than that was unflattering.

"They were clinical and showed why they're top of the league, but I really think we can win the second leg if we pick our heads up."



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Tampere United: Kaven, Aho, Heinanen, Marchis, Ojanen, Wiss, Saarinen, Pertot, Savoilanen, Lehtinen, Hynynen.
Subs: Hilander, Ojanpera, Sipilainen, Savolainen.

Carmarthen: Ovendale, Hardy, Giles, Smothers, Evans, Rhodri Jones, Daniel Thomas, Loss, Dodds, Mohamed, Cotterrall.
Subs: Delve, Davis, Wayne Jones, Walters, Lima.

Att: 2,046

Referee: Nebojsa Rabrenovic (Serbia & Montenegro)

From bbc.co.uk.