According to Petteri Nummelin, Latvia played his best match against Finland.
Finland overturned the Latvia World Cup in the match with numbers 2-1 and grabbed an important three points. In a very entertaining game, Finnish scorers were Juuso Pärssinen and Mikko Lehtonen.
At Latvian camp, the defeat was a big hand.
– Yes, after such a game, it is spotting. You play this way and the result is zero. It’s not much comfort. As a whole, this was the best game for us, said Petteri Nummel, a member of the Latvia coaching team, to Iltalehti.
– Finland was better than numbers. The team played a good World Cup match.
Saros shone
Eeli Tolvanen jumps from the puck with the Latvian player. Pasi Liesimaa
Nummelin praised the match that started at 12.20 pm local time in Stockholm. The Avicii Arena was sold out.
– Yes, we were in the victory and we were involved. A good hockey game, an entertaining game was played. We had places, for example, with underdog, and then a little overwhelming. At this level, you have to score goals at this level, recalled Turku, who played 15 times in the World Cup.
The former 52-year-old top player saw the match solutions as follows.
– If the goalkeeper is standing, as Juuse Saros did today, so often these games will be solved. Our goalkeeper was also good today.
Saros fought 34 times, Latvian official Kristers Gudlevskis 21 times.
In one’s own hands
Juuse Saros rejected the victory for Finland. Pasi Liesimaa
Latvia is now fifth in Group A. It fights for the sequel mainly with Slovakia and Austria.
Slovakia meets Canada in Saturday’s evening game, Latvia and Slovakia on Sunday’s late Sunday.
-It gets tight, but so it has to go to the World Cup. Yes, we have our own hands, Nummelin reminded.