Go to the hall to experience how unique Kääriäinen Petri’s dialect art is, writes Jussi Paasi.
Yawns could not be avoided.
That’s how much the Lions were playing in the opening round against Latvia. On the other hand, the Finnish team could expect a moderate, even emphasized, peaceful start. Jukka Jalosen the team knows how to accelerate the game, as seen in the opening match of the tournament against Norway. First observe, then take over and make the necessary paints.
Fortunately, the audience was more active than the Finnish team from the beginning. It seemed that the sports drink had flowed in the Tampere Arena in the spirit of Saturday night and tuned the vocal cords to the World Cup frequency. A commendable roar ended the yawns.
Then Sami Vatanen received the first penalty of the match. I rattled my ears. The voice sounded sweetly familiar.
– Finland, numbörr foorrrti tuu …
that’s Petri of Kääriäinen!
If you don’t know who Petri of Kääriäinen is, you’ve never been to Tappara’s game.
And even if you haven’t been to Tappara’s game and you’re never going to go there, it’s still worth knowing who he is.
Petri of Kääriäinen is a legend. His intonation is art. Tampere dialect art. It has been enjoyed in ax breast games for decades.
Kääriäinen’s letter r in particular is pulsating. It sounds poetic. Or so to speak. In the Tampere dialect, r is the king of the letters. Overall a and o. And Kääriäinen says he is more beautiful and toned than anyone else who speaks Tampere as his mother tongue.
Nothing particularly interesting happened in the second installment of the game. Latvia managed to freeze Finland’s offensive play completely.
I waited feverishly for the next commercial break to get Kääriäinen out loud. And that’s where it came from.
– Advertising break. Pauerrrbrrreik.
Finland then scored a tie. The pass was just right.
– Goal scorer number 64, niksörr sikstifoorr, Mikael Grranlund!
The written text does not do justice to Kääriäinen’s art, so I recommend everyone to experience it on site in the hall.
– I have a minit left of work and a red one.
Kääriäinen’s English is fluent and clear. It includes echoes from the rally England. Every race tourist understands what the announcer is saying. But what is exceptionally beautiful is that Kääriäinen knows how to pronounce English in Tampere in a way that sounds good.
In addition, Kääriäinen was able to jump from Tappara’s announcer to the sound of the World Cup match. In the finals of the Finnish Championship League, he blazed the supporters of the home team in a way that only Kääriäinen can do in Tampere. Stretched the names of the players, especially those with the letter r. Kuusela from Krrriiiistian is one of Kääriäinen ‘s feats.
Now he had lowered the decibel level just right and was restrainedly objective but intense enough. Guaranteed, stylish and uniform quality Wrapping.
Even in the third installment, the game itself offered nothing significant. With 10 minutes left in the final round, Sports Expert was sitting next to me in the media stand Ismo Lehkonen said he had reduced the number of Finnish finishers. There were six of them. Lehkonen shook his head. There were eight goals in Latvia. From it, anyone can calculate the entertainment value of the game.
Fortunately, Petri Kääriäinen.
The third round was unplayed for 2 minutes and 52 seconds when the biggest hero of the home crowd hit the winning goal. It was again fed to Kääriäinen’s shoulder.
– Finland, second goal. Goal scorer was Mikael Grranlund. Score by nabbörr sixtifoorr!
Kääräinen clearly raised his voice compared to the previous one. But not too much.
The lions survived the difficulties to victory. For Kääriäinen, the game was a victory from start to finish.
And if you wonder why I write about Petra Kääriäinen and not Petri Kääriäinen, I repeat: you have never played Tappara. There he introduces himself:
– This is the announcer of the ice rink, Petri Kääriäinen.