Tappara in the swamp – Rikard Grönborg was silent on one thing

Rikard Grönborg regretted, among other things, Tappara’s overpowering game. Mika Kylmäniemi / AOP

Almost in the crowded Nokia Arena, there was a fierce atmosphere at around 9pm, as Ilves moved to a 3-0 lead in the quarterfinals against Tappara.

– You have to admire the power of the community. It certainly won’t get stuck. The team takes a huge amount of energy, Ilves head coach Tommi Niemelä Glow a wide smile on his face.

However, Niemelä even made a surprising amount of criticism of playing his team in Monday’s match.

– You have to play better. There are stages in the game that I am not happy with any form, Niemelä Ruoski.

-50-50 discs turn too much for opponents. It leads us to not access the reel management, which is a terribly important part of this game, Niemelä analyzes.

Raging pressure

Tappara’s head coach Rikard Grönborg After the match, he repeated his familiar words from the opening game. At that time, the Swede saw that Tappara was clearly better than Ilves, despite the 0-4 loss.

– We had almost twice as much an attack time as Ilves. We created more than three goals for paint, they 1.75.

– But the readings on the scoreboard mark. We tried fiercely at the end, Grönborg said.

Grönborg regretted that Tappara’s grip became more woken up several times after the goals scored by Ilves.

– I didn’t like how we played with overwhelming. That’s where we should step up.

Tappara made a tough decision on the third game when it switched on Friday to play well Juha Metsolan in place of Filip Lindberg.

– Metsola played well on Friday. Lindberg has played well in the playoffs, so he got a chance. Let’s see what the solution is to the fourth game, Grönborg comments.

This time, Grönborg had nothing to say about judging. The Tappara coach has repeatedly criticized the judges’ solutions in previous matches.

The fourth match will be played on Wednesday. If the lynx wins, it will advance to the semi -finals.