There was nothing surprising in the nightmare of the Lions defense. Surprises were found elsewhere, writes Jussi Paasi.
Jussi Paasi
Loud boasting on top of a national anthem. Throughout the time.
I don’t remember experiencing a similar one.
The Star-Spangled Banner was not in the audience in Montreal. Other Canadian supporters also received tremendous whistle concerts from Canadian supporters even before the game began.
Ice hockey and political tensions between countries seemed to be mixed. It wasn’t nice to keep the away team shirt in the audience.
Lions were allowed to play Patrik Laine In hometown, a passionate encouragement is a home match. Finland really needed public support as the United States was a clear advance favorite.
Everything looked 40 minutes of play for Härmäläinen for a while. Finland took two rounds on the US Ripen Hockey and kept the star cream in the same way.
The Canadian audience also faith. “Let’s Go Finland” shouts were buzzing. For Auston Matthes Every time the star striker touched the puck.
The lions’ upright start was based on the familiar trump cards of Finnish ice hockey: sacrificing and tough defense.
Then Antti Pennanen The worst possible scenario of the leading team was realized. In the end, the treatment of the Lions from the US was as cold as the harsh shouting of the cankens for the United States.
The quality of Finnish defense was suspected before the tournament. The doubts did not prove to be useless.
The defense failed once more. The US torn the downstairs of the Lions into the third round. Reels were fluttering at a rapid speed Juuse Saros Behind the back.
The large audience of the Montreal Arena became silent. It’s that home garage. There are not too many goals in the 1-6 loss. Just that much was better than Finland.
There was nothing particularly surprising about the Finnish defense nightmare. Surprises can be found elsewhere.
The Lions attack and goalkeeper had to endure a comparison with other countries of the tournament. The opening match does not seem to last. Pennanen got more concerns.
Saros, positioned as number one, was far from his best.
At the same time, the offensive game turned out to be surprisingly unarmed. There were a few flashes at the beginning of the game, but it stayed there. Strangely harsh.
The US crushed victory lasted the last time the world’s best hockey players met in the national team shirts.
It was 2016. Lauri Marjamäki had started as the Lions head coach. The World Cup became just stupid losses for Finland to take home.
A lot has to happen so that the events from nine years ago are not repeated in this tournament.
The Finnish and United States’ match can be viewed in the video below.