Anssi Karjalainen
What was worrying was how much Finland’s playful level dropped from the opening match, writes Anssi Karjalainen from Košice.
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Ukraine dropped the little rushers from wood to the ground in the European Championships. -The loss of the loss was how much Finland’s playful level dropped from the opening match.
Tactical bumps were also seen.
Now the situation looks terrible. Late night’s Dutch dancing outcome is not yet known at the time of writing, but With the loss of Ukraine, getting into the sequel became more difficult.
Finland and Ukraine threw their hands nicely on the audience. Huge applause was heard after the Ukrainian national anthem.
Still in the Dutch match, Finland had a complete superiority in the number of supporters. Now the situation was a bit smoother.
In fact, Košice is a major city for Ukrainians. Thousands of refugees from the neighboring country have arrived in the city as the Russian offensive war has begun.
And they certainly enjoy what they see. The match did not start as well as Thursday. After the exploitation, counterattacks stopped quickly. In the ball stage, the breakdowns were blocked and there were no right lane runs.
Ukraine did not even try to force her break through the center. The tops sent accurate passes in Finland’s top lines towards winger or wingers who had risen to empty spaces.
Prior to the race, head coach Mika Lehkosuo selected Matti Peltola, who was specifically designed for Tony Miettinen, who was injured. Peltola has already established himself in the Huuhkaji and was not involved in the Lehkosuo European Championship project.
It was completely appropriate to reflect on how Peltola adapts to the way of playing the little hustle and bustle in a short time.
However, against Ukraine, the center of the midfield was chosen as the role of Peltola. What is strange is that even though Peltola plays mostly in his club team in that place, he has played better in the national team in the lowest line.
In Ukraine’s 1-0 goal, Peltola fell asleep. Her husband escaped from his back from the intermediate lane and the box. Topper Ville Koski had to defend alone against two. Even in the follow -up, Peltola did not reach the ball in time, and Ukraine struck.
On Saturday, Lehkosuo justified the changes to the opening lineup by taking into account the strain. Still, it was a violent bet to break the well -performing midfield trio Hyryläinen – Marhiev -Väänänen.
The changes did not help. Ukraine struck the second episode and then defended mature.
Lehkosuo also tactically lost to Unai Melgosa.