Iltalehti compiles the three most interesting points from each race day. Here are the points for Thursday.
A-Type’s Von Feline (left), Sir Ceasar, St Sheba and Mc Arthur pose in May 1999 when the song went platinum. Antero Mertaranta in the picture in the middle. KARI VALLEY
Tough game in St. Petersburg
Santtu Silvennoinen
Commentator Antero Mertaranta and from A-Type’s hit of the last millennium Wonderful, Lions, wonderful a new version was published on Wednesday. The going during the search for the original version at the turn of the millennium was fierce. In 2000, A-Tyyppi traveled to the World Championships in St. Petersburg to perform, because there were thousands of Finnish fans there. – The A-Type dudes were in such a high-spirited mood that they were tipped into a militia van and taken to the militia station, Mertaranta recalls. After various stages, the Finnish musicians were released from the shackles and the show continued. Mertaranta’s show in the commentary box continues in Friday’s match between Finland and Hungary. Add a great dj Amanda Harkimo playing the heat of Friday baths Wonderful, Lions, wonderful?
There is one real problem in Finland’s game
Vesa Parviainen
The perception of the major shortcomings of the Lions’ game is not confirmed by the statistics in many areas. Compared to last golden year, the differences are not huge. The dominance percentage was then 36.4 and it is still a good 30.0. Alivoima operated at a whopping 94.4 percent a year ago, but the current reading of 90.9 isn’t bad either. There has been a lot of talk about wasting artificial pitches, but the scoring efficiency (10.1%) is not significantly worse than last year (12.8%). On the other hand, there has been too much ringing in mine. Finland has conceded 11 situational goals in the first four matches, while last year the corresponding number was 4 in the entire seven-game opening series. The defensive game needs to be improved, and the goalkeeper’s game has not yet been at the level of the golden games.
Hungary won
Lassi Kuisma
The Lions will face Hungary on Friday, with whom they have a short but interesting history. The teams met for the first time 14 years ago, on April 2, 2009 to be exact, and at that time, to everyone’s surprise, Hungary beat Finland 4–3 with the tough guys. In Finland, the headlines naturally screamed fiasco. The next day, Finland rallied and beat Hungary 6–0. Finland also won in 2016 and 2017, so the wins are 3–1 for Leijon.