Jukka Jalonen pointed towards Sweden after the France game.
In Jukka Jalonen’s opinion, France was a tougher opponent than Sweden. Jussi Saarinen
– It was a damn hard game. Harder than the Sweden game. A tougher challenge came from France than from Sweden. You can ask the players, for example, Jukka Jalonen said after the France game.
Finland beat France 5–3. Leijonat lost to Tre Kronor with a hard-fought 1–2.
In Sweden, Jalonen’s statement caused an uproar. On the pages of Aftonbladet An article was written about the Lion King’s comments under the title “Psychological war continues”.
Our western neighbor saw that Jalonen’s comment was a continuation of when Tre Kronor’s head coach Sam Hallam recently stated that “Finland does not have a passing game”.