Teemu Puki and Robin Lodi’s Minnesota has been without a head coach since October. The matter was discussed in the 11 friends soccer podcast.
of the key players of the Finnish men’s national football team Teemu Pukin and By Robin Lodi the club season in North America begins in a special situation.
Minnesota United FC, represented by Puki and Lodi, fired their head coach To Adrian Heath in October. After that, the team has had two interim head coaches.
However, media reports from North America said that Minnesota had hired a new head coach on Friday. Welsh Eric Ramsay becomes Minnesota’s head coach from the English Premier League club Manchester United’s coaching team.
At the same time, 32-year-old Ramsay becomes the youngest head coach in the history of the North American professional league MLS. However, according to media reports, Ramsay will probably not be at the head of Minnesota’s bench when the team’s league season begins early Sunday Finnish time against Austin.
According to English media reports, Ramsay is still coaching Manchester United in Saturday’s Premier League match against Fulham.
Urheilu’s 11 friends football podcast caught up on the situation in Minnesota before Ramsay’s washing was clear.
The situation in Minnesota was considered special, and not very ideal.
– You can say that the club is in chaos. Let’s hope it doesn’t affect the players. I’d say it’s hard not to be influenced. Of course, Puk and Lodi have incredible experience. They will certainly be able to process the situation, ‘s football experts Markus Halsti evaluate.
Antti Pohja thought about it from the point of view of the players’ state of mind. Huuhkajie’s EC further qualification is coming up at the end of March.
– If the coaches change and things are messed up in the club, then it is not very clear what the game is like and how to seek development. Even finding your own rhythm is a bit challenging when you don’t know what to expect, Pohja described.
There are no less than eight Finnish players in MLS this season. Pukki transferred to Minnesota at the end of last season. Lod has played in the club since 2019. The new Finnish name in MLS is also familiar from Huuhkaji Matti Peltola. The national team’s core players also moved to North America at the end of last season Jere Uronen.
Huhkaji’s MLS players had time to play four–five series games before the big European Championship play-off game away against Wales. Pohja and Halsti see it as too small a quantity.
– 3–4 games is perhaps too few. A couple of months of competitive games and a dozen matches, the mood would be even better, Pohja stated.
– I wasn’t at my best at 4–5 games, when the pre-season (training period before the season) was over. Let’s hope that all the MLS players are fine and prove my feelings wrong, Halsti said.
The fact that Ramsay, the new head coach of Puki and Lodi, was also on the Welsh national team’s coaching team last year brings his own additional interest to the Huhkajie’s upcoming further qualification against Wales.