Jukka Jalonen is pleased that Finland played in the previous semi-finals.
The Lions team has a wealth of experience in winning.
34-year-old Vice Captain Atte Ohtamaa has celebrated the KHL championship, World Cup gold and two Finnish championships.
Great puck defender Mikko Lehtonen has washed gold at the World Championships for under-20s, the World Championships for men and Sweden.
Sakari Mannisen and Marko Anttilan the feats at the 2019 World Cup will be remembered by all Lions fans.
However, none of this would compare to the Lions winning Olympic gold. It would be the first gold medal in ball history in Finnish history and it is easy to guess that the players themselves would appreciate the achievement.
– You can say it’s the biggest game of your career. Once in a lifetime such an opportunity. Let’s focus on that game now. Don’t start thinking too much. Don’t make too much of a troll about it, Sakari Manninen said after winning the semifinals.
From the lion team only Valtteri in Filppula can afford to say that Sunday’s Olympics is not the biggest game of his career. At the end of the 2007-08 season, Filppula won the Stanley Cup at the Detroit Red Wings.
Feels good! Harri Pesonen scored 2-0 in the semi-finals. ZUMAWIRE / MVPHOTOS
My routines
So how should you prepare for the big match?
As can be deduced from Sakari Manninen’s answer, the real answer is that it does nothing out of the ordinary.
– Prepares just like a normal game. Don’t let the idea take you. Stays in his own routines and more, Manninen said.
On behalf of the team, the lessons before the game day include a match meeting. Those Lions have kept the race village. In addition, players can have their own, even special routines.
– They are their own routines and let them stay their own, Manninen said.
Professionals
The finals will be played in Beijing time on Sunday at 12:10 p.m. Finland’s semi-final on Friday was at the same time.
Clock time is not quite common for a puck game.
– It doesn’t matter. To do this when you do this, you have to keep yourself awake at any time, goalkeeper Harri Säteri said.
The Lions started the tournament on Thursday, February 10th. Sunday’s final is the team’s sixth match of the tournament, meaning the pace of play is an average of one to two days.
At least it is not a disadvantage for Finland that the team received the previous semi-final on Friday.
– Time will tell if it is an advantage, but if you can choose, then of course. In the late game, the problem is that part of it only gets to sleep at four to five, Lions Head Coach Jukka Jalonen said.
– Even though there is a break after that, it is not an easy day (if you play in the evening). We get to sleep, but it’s not crucial to the outcome of the match. However, we are pleased that this is the case.
Short ice workout
Immediately after the semi-finals, Jonen had an idea of what the team would do during the break so that it wouldn’t just go to stare at the walls and possibly overestimate the historic match.
Admittedly, right after the semi-finals, it was worth enjoying a moment of achievement.
– Let’s enjoy the moment, take it easy and eat well. We refuel and watch as those pair of teams scorch after nine (Russia-Sweden at 9:10 p.m.) who gets to play against us.
On Saturday, the Lions program included a light ice exercise in the afternoon.
– Twenty minutes to make the day go awry. Then the overpowering and underpowering meetings. Normal stencils, as to this day.