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Finland is eliminated after extra time drama against Sweden.
Now the whole country is rushing towards a decisive detail in the World Cup clash.
“A fantastic match was ruined by an amateur thing,” writes a Finnish mayor on X.
It was super even in the World Cup quarter-final between Sweden and Finland on Thursday evening. Tre Kronor were the big favorites and pressed throughout the match for a lead goal but the Finnish goalkeeper Emil Larmi played big between the posts.
Huge drama in the WC
Only in the final minutes of the third period succeeded Rasmus Dahlin finally get a hole in the Finnish defense. But the joy was extremely short-lived as a heroically fighting Finland managed to equalize with less than a minute left in the match.
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In the extension then came the decision and it was heavily debated. Finnish great talent Art Helenius hooked Adrian Kempe and went on a send-off that proved devastating, because in the ensuing powerplay could Joel Eriksson Oak steer in the decisive goal.
Finland’s fury
The Finnish team and especially the national team captain Jukka Jalonen was furious after the decisive goal and believes that the expulsion is completely wrong.
– We looked at the video. The club never hit him on the glove, it was incorrect, says Jalonen after the match and was also on a referee control.
– He thought it was a mistake from our player, but it wasn’t. But he can’t admit it was a mistake. We asked if he could admit that it was a mistake, that would have been enough for us because we cannot change the result.
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Even the former big player Olli Jokinennow an MTV expert in Finland, thinks that the expulsion was far too harsh in an extension of a World Cup quarter-final.
– Very doubtful. I think it’s a good lift with the mallet. They didn’t hook up. A very doubtful expulsion, said Jokinen according to Ilta-Sanomat.
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Even the mayor of Tampere, Kalervo Kummolawas seriously annoyed by the judging team’s decision on this juggernaut.
“Fantastic game by the Lions. Sweden needed the referees’ help to defeat the reborn Lions. A good match that amateur referees from Latvia and the USA ruined,” writes Kummola, who is the former chairman of the Finnish Ice Hockey Association, on X.
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