The exciting World Cup semi-final was decided only in overtime. Finland won 4–3 and the big goal was scored by Benjamin Rautiainen.
Benjamin Rautiainen is Finland’s great hero. PDO
Finland is playing in the final of the under-20 World Cup tournament. Nuoret Leijonat defeated Sweden in the semi-final with Benjamin Rautiainen’s overtime goal. The thrilling goal came just 38 seconds before the end of overtime.
– They are always bad, when you don’t expect such things. Maybe there was a little bit of fatigue, Rautiainen said.
– The goal is to win gold here, there is still one stage left. The stomach is not full yet. I don’t think anyone in that booth has experienced the World Cup final. A great game is coming, towards it, the solver thought.
Petteri Rimpinen played again in Finland’s goal – and won.
– This achievement feels pretty good. Someone probably needs to wake up a bit now. Great fight. My friend’s goalkeeper was probably waiting for a pass to Kasper Halttusen on the other side in that goal.
– Now let’s celebrate for a while and then focus on the next thing, Rimpinen thought.
Hemming woke up
Emil Hemming scored his opening goal of the tournament during the count. PDO
The opening set was scoreless. Sweden struck immediately at the beginning of the second period, when St. Louis Blues contract player Otto Stenberg, who plays in SHL’s Malmö, scored his team’s 1-0 lead.
Emil Hemming tied the game just over two minutes later with his opening goal of the tournament. In the second set, Jesse Kiiskinen and Arttu Alasiurua, who scored a great individual performance and goal, also scored from Finland.
– The opening goal of the tournament tasted good. I’ve struggled a bit with scoring, said Hemming, who scored Alasiurua’s goal as well.
Finland led after two sets with numbers 3–2.
Sweden scored an equalizing goal in the final set and thus the solution to the amazing game was sought in overtime.
The World Cup final will be played at 2:30 a.m. on Monday, Finnish time. TV5 will show the match.