Markku Kanerva gave a strong anti-war speech

Markku Kanerva wants to relive the European atmosphere once again. Jussi Eskola

The Owners played on March 28, 2021 at the magnificent Olympic Stadium in Kiev.

Teemu Pukki saved the away team’s away points by leveling the final numbers to 1-1 in the 89th minute of the match.

In the end, that was not enough. In the end, the host team Ukraine was more advanced and took the qualifying place in front of Finland’s nose.

Right now, no one knows if Ukraine can ever play for its own World Cup place. At least next week’s marked qualifier against Scotland has been postponed to a hitherto unknown future.

There is a war in Ukraine today.

– Here, of course, has mirrored the past: an incredible, eventful year is behind us. Exactly a year ago we played in Kiev. And what has happened there now is shocking. Signed a long follow-up agreement with the owls Markku Kanerva says.

The war is near

Illustratively, although Kanerva put his name on a comprehensive paper for the summer 2024 European Championship finals, he wanted to start his own speech by emphasizing the distress of the Ukrainians.

– I clearly remember when we went there in a corona bubble and looked at what was happening in Kiev. People were outside, and we saw how they were trying to go on with their lives.

– It’s both tragic and sad to see what’s going on there. People are in the middle of a war. Some have had to flee. It’s really shocking.

Former Egret Skipper Tim Sparv has lent its home to Ukrainian refugees. The war has now come really close to the Finnish national football team.

– We all hope that the war will end as soon as possible. Sympathies are with the Ukrainian side, Kanerva continues.

International sports organizations quickly joined the front against Russia in the war of aggression. The world football organization Fifa and its European little sister Uefa, in turn, kicked all the Russian teams out of their races.

– I think it was the right decision. If we think about how we can make a difference: sanctions have been imposed and the sports world has reacted. Football must be part of that common front, Kanerva told Iltalehti.

New players

The press conference invited by the Football Association dealt with the upcoming double match according to the invitation. However, the issue was left at the foot of the Kanerva follow-up agreement and then the peace petition.

Finland will meet on the 26th in the sun of Iceland and on the 29th in the sun of Murcia, Slovakia. The main focus is on inspecting suitable players for the needs of the upcoming League of Nations.

– New players will come to these upcoming events, so we will provide screen seams, Kanerva explained.

There are three full chicks in the Owl’s Nest: Richard Jensen, Lucas Lingman and only 17 years old Miska Ylitolva.

Not even Miro Tenholla he doesn’t have the first minute of his game in the Finland shirt yet, but the defender was already involved in the November camp.

– We are also preparing for the European Championship qualifiers. There was so much hunger that we want to live it again.

Finland will play after Murcia next time in June, when the League of Nations will start with four matches. Another two-match national team camp is expected in the autumn, but after that Kanerva should already be clear about the team for the European Championship contract.

– Qualifiers start fast. Let’s start working now.