The Swedish player admitted the small problems: “That’s what we love”

Sascha Boumedienne (center) gave glory to the Finnish team after the semi-final. PDO

In the Swedish team, Finland was also about to be overthrown Sascha Boumedienne. The youngster has Finnish roots and the defender’s birthplace is Oulu.

This is explained by the fact that the player’s father, Josef Boumedienne, played puck in Finland in Tappara, Kärpi and Jokerei.

– It was a hard and long afternoon. Finland is always the toughest opponent in these tournaments. They play a really good team game and they defend well. The players are mentally strong and they keep their game tight, Boumedienne, who plays at Boston University, said after the World Cup semi-final.

– I am happy that we won. We did the little things well today, we were a tight group.

Small dogs

In the match between Finland and Sweden, you often see a little extra torque. So also on Sunday in St. Paul.

– There were a few small hiccups in the game. Finland is our neighbor and games often have a little something extra. That’s what we all love, we’re hockey players. Maybe there were a little more little things in this game than usual, the Winnipeg Jets’ first-round pick admitted.

Towards the championship

Junior crown the door is now open to the world championship. An unimaginable amount of time has passed since Sweden’s last under-20 world championship. The last time the country raised the age group was in 2012.

– I believe in victory one hundred percent. The final is the game that every one of our players wanted to get to. Of course we are ready.

The bronze match of the WC tournament between Finland and Canada will be played on Monday at 23:30 Finnish time.

The final starts on Tuesday at 3:30. It is completely European this time.

In the final, Sweden will face the Czech Republic, which defeated Canada 6–4 in the second semi-final.

TV5 shows the games.