Iltalehti’s ice hockey expert Pekka Virta reviewed the Leijoni’s victory over Germany.
Finland rose from a 1–2 loss position to a 4–3 victory against Germany in the second preliminary round match of the World Cup.
– This was a really big victory, Iltalehti’s ice hockey expert Pekka Virta says directly.
The full point pot was mentally important because Finland lost the opening game to the United States 1–4. Virta was not worried that Leijonat could do a full day’s work against Germany.
– Now that the victory came, it could have been quite good that it came through difficulties. It certainly unites the team and the whole of Lätä-Finland.
It’s good to continue from this to Monday’s Sweden game.
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According to Pekka Virra, Germany’s victory was mentally important for Finland. Roni Lehti
Long attacks
Finland was able to play more of its own game against Germany, because the pressure from the black shirts had not been as strong as the pressure from the United States.
According to Virra, Leijonat had also made a few small changes to his playing.
– Now Pakit got up many times by skating under pressure. In addition, Finland attacked Germany with more long attacks.
With long attacks, Finland managed to create several good goalscoring opportunities, but in addition to that, the angle grinders in the opponent’s end also served as an excellent means of defense.
– When the opponent has to stop in a defensive situation, it no longer gets to go in the other direction, so to speak, where the Yankees were good.
Same shit
The Lions’ performance against Germany wasn’t exactly fireworks, but it wasn’t meant to be either. Finland plays its own game game 7 – also against smaller countries.
– Others are energetic at the beginning of the tournament. We’re going to fight and fight, but Finland plays the same game from the beginning to the end of the tournament. It is preparing for important games, Virta knows.
In practice, Finland game 7 -lätka can be seen in the way that the team does not open under pressure in the middle, which means that there are few frontal attacks. In that case, there are few good shooting positions, it is difficult to apply natural pressure and it is not easy to get to loose pucks.
– If Finland built the game through the center, there would be more scoring opportunities and the centers would look better, but it is not done, because if the pass to the center fails by 25 cents, the opponent can score a 2-1 winning goal from it in the quarter-finals and the Finnish games are over after that.
Delay outputs are a separate issue. In them, you can pass to the center, but under pressure Jukka Jalonen The Lions open through the wings.
– It’s not wrong. Finland played exactly the same way in the last games as well. The game style is not changed along the way. This is the way to win the biggest games, Virta sees.
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Mikko Rantanen was on the attack against Germany. Jussi Saarinen
Rantanen excelled
Many wondered before the tournament why Markus Granlund was left out of the team. The reason was seen in the Germany game when Mikko Rantanen stepped out on Granlund’s plot.
– Finland clearly wanted to build one super chain, Virta sees.
And Rantanen is a completely different level of player for this super chain Markus Granlund.
Cool next to the NHL star Teemu Hartikainen and Sakari Manninen. The trio scored three times against Germany and collected a total of five power points.
– Rantanen enjoyed a lot of ice time and puck possession. He showed in the last round that he has really arrived at the games now, says Virta.
The champion coach also gave praise Kasperi Kapanen, To Joel Armia and Kaapo to Kako.
Finland’s first team celebrated against Germany. Jussi Saarinen