Lassi Tuovi doesn’t want to change anything.
38-year-old Lassi Tuovi rises to a rare club. Jussi Saarinen
Tuesday was a holiday for Susijeng.
Assistant coaches Teemu Rannikko (44 years) and Hanno Möttölä (49) both spent their birthdays.
At the end of the workouts, the whole team sang loudly to the duo of congratulations.
– It was a good thing. What do I feel about my assistant coaches for a long time, expectations for the cake are pretty high, number one Lassi Tuovi quoth.
– Let’s see what the former captain has come up with.
Before the journalists were allowed to the parquet of the EM Training Hall, the coaching director Henrik Dettmann gave a friendly but strict fact -based speech to the media.
It was based on numbers that Finland leaves as an underdog in the quarter -finals of Wednesday against Georgia.
Coach Tuovi, why is it so important to Susijeng?
– It’s a way we approach the game. We don’t have to do things differently or make sure something. Our style of play includes risks and challenging the opponent, Tuovi replied to Iltalehti.
– We have seen it is the best thing for us. We cannot tactically respond to the physical game.
In this tournament, Georgia has taken as many as 37 percent of the attack -headed rebounds.
– We saw their strengths so strong that we have to start fighting. We must not change the attitude from Serbia because with that game we can win anyone.
– At this stage, it is no longer about tactics, but about players’ confidence.
Among the champions
The 38-year-old will only become the fourth head coach in the entire European Championship history, which, at the age of 40, leads his team to the second quarter-finals.
Before her tricks have only been successful four times the winning of the Euroleague Ettore MessinaWorld Championship and European Championship Gold Winner Željko obradović and the body of the Hall of Fame Krešimir ćosić.
– The coach is just as good as his previous match. Here you should only focus on Georgia’s match rather than where you sit in clubs.
Seven Susijeng players and Tuovi participated three years ago in Berlin in the European Championship semi-final when Finland bent to the future champion Spain.
The Susijengi led the match with a break of 52-43, but eventually lost by ten points.
– I’m happy for these players that they will be able to play this match again. That defeat was a great match, but it left quite a bit of memories.
Miro Little showed a sense of Susijeng’s workouts. Jussi Saarinen
Georgia has never played so deep in the European Championship Playground Diagram.
– Fans of both countries are offered a pretty great day. And a wonderful story for the whole basketball world, Tuovi referred to two ash stories.
Let’s go back to Dettmann’s lecture. Georgia has two NBA professionals (one in Finland) and two players in the Euro League (one in Finland).
“The Georgian five are so strong that we have to get those key players to get frustrated,” Tuovi admitted.
According to the head coach, it is not advisable to change anything from last Saturday’s quarter -finals.
-The best thing about Serbia was that the players knew what we were doing, even though sometimes the basket and the opponent will lead.
– The little things have to be done right and trust it. This is normal for us, and we play this thing for our own thing.