The wolf team will face Belgium twice in the World Cup qualifiers.
The wolf gang trained in Urhea-halli with an insufficient composition.
The “Finnish gangs” of the Euroleague, Fenerbahçe and Partizan, will meet each other again on Wednesday, and Mikael Jantunen will fly directly from Istanbul to Belgium, where Finland will challenge the host country in the World Cup qualifier on Friday evening in Charleroi.
Started the season in Partizan Miikka Muurinen no longer traveling with the Belgrade gang. Over said on Tuesday that Muurinen has already left the capital of Serbia a couple of weeks ago.
Susijeng spokesperson Hippo Taatila told right at the beginning of the rehearsals that Muurinen will no longer give interviews. It was a surprise for the media representatives, who were expecting comments from Muurinen about their situation.
He seemed to be enjoying himself quite well on the basketball court.
– In the previous national match window, he only got directly into the game, but now Miikka has been in the camp for longer. The most important thing in my job is that he has been able to take some oxygen, is healthy and excited to be here, head coach Lassi Tuovi started
– That’s the only thing that matters to me in this situation.
New coat
Miikka Muurinen trained with Susijeng on Tuesday. Joel Maisalmi
Muurinen practically did not reach Partizan’s Euroleague strength at all. The final break came when the club hired Joan Peñarroyan as head coach.
– It’s quite a challenging position for a new coach to come to in the middle of the season and then go play with young players and give them responsibility, captain Sasu Salin quoth.
“The ore garbage dumper” played for a long time in the Spanish premier league, where he faced Peñarroya’s teams on several occasions.
The Catalan striker quite clearly criticized Muurinen’s attitude, justifying it as benching the Finn.
– His comments sound a bit like they didn’t come from the head coach’s mouth, but from a higher level. I don’t know, but that’s what they sound like, Salin continued.
– A sad situation. Miikka will surely find new opportunities after this. He was already much better today than yesterday. You can see that there have been few games.
No comment on Grandison
However, the lack of game feel does not bother head coach Tuov.
– It is impossible to say. Different players are different, and we already went through this same question when he joined the European Championship team.
– He has exceptional abilities to quickly catch up and make his own strengths on the field. The cheerfulness that can be seen in him is pleasing to my eye.
Tuovi likes to talk about Muurisen, even though the youngster’s basket fall was completely wasted. Instead, the one in an even bigger limbo Jacob Grandison clearly causes the head coach to back off.
Korisliitto has chosen silence as its own information line about the rear man’s situation.
– Nothing new to what has been commented before. He is not involved in this camp, Tuovi dodged the question.
Head coach Lassi Tuovi did not want to comment on Jacob Grandison’s situation. Joel Maisalmi
of the BeBasketFR website according to Grandison’s ban, an administrative error in the player’s doping sample is about to be confirmed.
– Of course, I would always hope that the players would be involved, but this is the situation now. It’s not worth thinking about. We can only focus on those who are here. It has also generally been our strength, Tuovi said.
Susigengi goes to Charleroi in search of a valuable away win. The beginnings of the qualifying windows have been surprisingly difficult for Finland.
Now the machines should be started right from the first minute.
– The first game is always a surprise. We know the importance of the match especially for Belgium. We’re going to win Friday’s game.
– We thought about Sunday (home game) only after that. It’s boring to say that we go one day at a time.
