Finland was too tired to win, writes Janne Palomäki.
Teemu Pukki (center) was not at his best in the Romanian defense. AOP
Head coach Markku Kanerva had switched five players compared to Montenegro’s win on Tuesday. The number dropped to fourDaniel O’Shaughnessy limped off the field and was replaced by.
Richard Jensen ran into the field for a full 90 minutes from the Olympic Stadium.
To Teemu Puk, Leo Väisänen, Robert Ivanov, Glen Kamara and Robin Lodi The Giulesti Stadium in Bucharest marked the third place in a week.
Finland set out to keep its own network clean. The further away the match would have been without a goal, the greater the frustration of the Romanian public would have increased.
However, the plan relied too much on luck. Alexandru Cicâldău heads the ball on to a corner kick that George Puşcaş sent in a penalty free kick.
Somewhere it ends. Slippery Nikolai Alho slipped and slithered in the wet grass.
Finland could have been strong if the faith in yellow shirts had been shaken for longer. The scorer was Bancun. which ignited both the torches of the supporters and the battle of the home team.
The owls were finally grateful that Romania did not escape to the horizon already during the opening period.
If the performance of the opening period was marked by fatigue and softness in dueling situations, the second four-pointer started much better. Kanerva has to study his own activities, because if he would have been able to deliver the same energy to his team right from the kick-off, Finland would even have had an excellent chance of winning.
Now the match came in a painful chase.
At the end of the match, Romania defended their own goal with a double occupation. Owl exchanges Urho Nissilä and Mikael Soisalo end up wanting too little extra power for the Finnish game.
Only after Kanerva boldly changed his faction With the entry of Benjamin Källman, Finland clearly put pressure on Romania’s goal.
Handicap? Well, it disappeared into Lodi’s blasting shot from Glen Kamara’s delicacy and Joel to the incomprehensible masses of Pohjanpalo from two open places.
Romania’s victory cannot be considered a murder, and Finland cannot just blame its unfortunate loss. The difference to the scoreboard came during the opening period, when the Wings of the Owls dragged the grass.
The defeat does not yet mean the fall of the Owners ’dream of winning the block. Montenegro helped with thatwhich rose from a loss to a 1-1 draw with Bosnia and Herzegovina.
But the dream can no longer withstand the second consecutive loss of a guest.
At least one point must be drilled in Zenica on Tuesday.
The long season of professional football ends with a decisive match against Bosnia and Herzegovina for the entire League of Nations. Then the level of vigor must be at the pin right from the first minute.