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The Daily Observer<\/a> (Banjul)<\/p>\n

Babucarr Camara<\/p>\n

21 July 2011<\/p>\n

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In putting ten past Bangor City FC, HJK Helsinki of Gambian international Dawda Bah became the first club in the UEFA Champions League era to win by ten goals – and the first in European competition in 11 years.<\/p>\n

The former Banjul Hawks and KPV Kokkola forward played the whole game as the Helsinki giants cruised into the third qualifying round after hitting a club record ten goals in overcoming Bangor City FC 13-0 on aggregate at Sonera Stadion. Alexander Ring and Berat Sadik had struck before the interval to leave HJK 2-0 up at half-time and in complete control, but there was little indication of the deluge that was to follow. After Erfan Zeneli scored the first of his two goals early in the second half, the floodgates opened.<\/p>\n

Zeneli’s double sandwiched Rafinha’s 52nd-minute effort, and Teemu Pukki then scored twice in quick succession. Teenage substitute Kastriot Kastrati, making his debut for the capital club, was the third HJK player to beat Lee Idzi on two occasions while Jarno Parikka also got in on the act as the visitors’ defence crumbled. HJK’s previous best in UEFA competition was a 5-0 UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup triumph against B71 Sandoy on 11 August 1994, but that record was doubled when 18-year-old Kastrati grabbed the tenth goal of the evening two minutes from time.<\/p>\n

HJK meet NK Dinamo Zagreb in the next qualifying round, the first leg of which takes place in Finland on 26\/27 July with the second leg scheduled for 2\/3 August. HJK Helsinki are celebrating one of the most emphatic wins in the history of the European Cup after putting ten goals past Bangor City FC without reply in their UEFA Champions League second qualifying round second leg.<\/p>\n

The result doubled the Finnish champions’ previous best result in Europe, a 5-0 UEFA Cup victory over Faroese side B71 Sandoy in 1994, and also put them on the leaderboard for the biggest wins in Europe’s top club competition. If they couldn’t quite match FC Dinamo Bucure?ti’s 11-0 success against Crusaders FC from 1973, they are now one of only eight teams to have won by a ten-goal margin in the competition – and the first since the advent of the UEFA Champions League.<\/p>\n

The last club to triumph by ten goals in UEFA competition had been Rayo Vallecano, who beat Andorra’s Constellaci\u00c3’ Esportiva 10-0 in the UEFA Cup preliminary round on 10 August 2000. On Tuesday it was HJK’s turn. Leading 2-0 at half-time, they turned up the heat after the break to the delight of coach Antti Muurinen. “We played an excellent match,” the 57-year-old said -as reported by European football governing body’s official website-, who led the capital side to the 1998\/99 UEFA Champions League group stage in his first spell in charge, returning in 2007. “There were no doubts about our attitude and we started much better than in Wales [where they won 3-0]. Every player wanted to show his ability.”<\/p>\n

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