The owls shared their points in their first League of Nations match against Bosnia and Herzegovina. Finland’s goal was completed by Teemu Pukki. Guest Handicap was created in overtime.
4.6. 20:58 • Updated 4.6. 22:00
The owls ended up scoring with Bosnia-Herzegovina in a 1-1 League League opening match. Finland scored from the penalty spot in a familiar and familiar way Teemu Pukki. The extra time with extra time struck Smail Prevljak.
Finland dominated the first half of the match and scored a goal in the last minutes of the half. The ball hit Sanjin Prcicin hand, and Pukki was able to shoot the lead from the spot.
See the situation that led to the penalty kick and Pukki’s goal below.
The second half began and ended under the control of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and in the end Finland was unable to keep the playoffs. The visitors’ equalizer scored after three minutes.
Head coach of Finland Markku Kanerva told Urheilu that the situation that led to the goal left him wondering.
– Nice to see that goal situation again. In my view, it seemed that (Robert) Ivanovia pushed from the back. I asked the judge about it and he said it was comme ci comme ça (one way or another). It could have whistled, Kanerva said.
However, Kanerva said it was only “one situation.” He said that Finland had opportunities to score more goals. Kanerva said the team was disappointed with the tie. According to him, profit was, of course, sought after and it was also “so close.”
– The kind of football in between is that there are those setbacks at the last minute. As a whole, the players fought well and gave their all on the field. Yes, this is still raw.
According to Kanerva, Bosnia-Herzegovina took control of the game towards the end of the match and created goals. It was known that the opponent is tough in situations of concentration. In the end, the 1–1 Handicap came from the center.
– It’s a lot of annoying that Handicap, Owl Defender Nikolai Alho murjaisi.
– A certain annoyance is that last-minute goal. Maybe it illustrated the game, maybe we deserved to win this, admitted goal scorer Teemu Pukki.
Captain Lukas Hradeckya The “end of sleep” of the owls was annoying, but he also managed to smell the atmosphere of the Olympic Stadium.
– That’s why it’s great to play here every time. Too bad that last minute fall asleep, no reward for home fans. It feels like hair, a pretty watching match, the goalkeeper bundled.
Finland’s games will continue on Tuesday with a home game against Montenegro. The live broadcast on TV2 will start at 6.15 pm and the match will start at 7 pm.
See the goal summary for the match below.