In the Under-20 World Championships, the classic semi-final will be played on Saturday. Finland meets Sweden. The bet is a place in the final.
Axel Sandin-Pellikka believes in Sweden’s world championship. PDO
The match will be played at Ottawa’s Canadian Tire Center on Saturday. The match starts at a good viewing time for Finnish fans, at 22:30.
The match has already attracted international attention.
– We got the famous enemies facing each other in the semi-final, the sports channel TSN beamed on Thursday night’s broadcast.
Sweden’s players go confidently to seek a place in the finals and win the world championship.
– We have built the team step by step in the right direction, even though the beginning was not so good. We are on the right track, Theo Lindstein said.
– The depth in the team is right, and we have a good good team. We can go all the way. It doesn’t matter who you play in the semifinals. We have to focus on our own game and what we can do ourselves. We have to play our best game in the semi-final, the Brynäs forward vowed.
Self-confidence with a star pack
Jesse Nurmi scored 2+1 points in the quarter-final against Slovakia. The Finnish team is not greatly affected by the Swedes’ championship ambitions. PDO
Sweden has not lost a single game in the Ottawa tournament. In the semifinals, it defeated Latvia 3–2 after a half-hearted performance.
– I am one hundred percent sure that this team has a chance to win the championship. We have a lot of players who fill their roles well. Our attitude is that we win gold. We have everything needed for that, Skellefteå’s star pack Axel Sandin-Pellikka assured Iltalehti.
The second semi-final pair is the USA-Czech Republic.
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Swedish tournament
Sweden-Slovakia 5–2
Sweden-Kazakhstan 8–1
Sweden-Switzerland 7–5
Sweden-Czech Republic 4–2
Sweden-Latvia 3–2