A positive vibration was immediately received for the Susijeng European Championship year. After a dark November, it was a big deal, writes Roope Visuri of Sports.
Roope Visur Sports Editor
The Finnish men’s basketball team lost to Serbia on Friday night with a score of 95-105 (57-51) after fighting for the last minutes.
The match was so-called “meaningless”, as both had already secured their place in the European Championships in August-September. Finland as one of the race hosts and Serbia with its loss -free balance in the qualifiers.
Why was Susijeng’s little loss in the last home game of the European Championship qualifiers?
1. Karmea November: Captain now released
There were worrying signs in the previous Susijeng matches in November, even though the players’ club team seasons had started well.
There were no top -notch enthusiasts Olivier nkamhoua With the exception of Georgia, who was felled to Susijeng, in principle, beat Finland twice.
Now Nkamhoua was again in its element, but Finland was in a wider front.
When the captain of Finland Sasu Salin kissed from tasty Michael Jantunen Skrine’s opening basket and breezed in a special way from his third, I already remembered the possibility of a giant surprise against Serbia.
In November, the hall seemed to be far from his best steel, nor did he play in the away match in Tblis.
– The children have said that they have to be ventilated that way. Pretty free to play. It was a happy feeling. I had my own personal concerns in the last qualifying window. Basketball didn’t interest much. Now we have overcome it. The basket is nice again, Salin described to .
2. Serbian stars praise underlined a fine performance
Serbia was also a very possible meter for Finland at the beginning of the European Home Race year.
The reigning World Championship silver medalist and Olympic bronze medalist Serbia marched a tough team in Espoo Arena, even though not all the toughest names in European fields were included.
The spearhead was two key players from the Serbian team, which put really tight basketball superstars and future species legends for Vilisen Last summer in the classic finals of the Paris Olympics.
Play maker ALEKSA AVRAMOVIC He was in a frenzied strike and fell Finland with his hard baskets. Over 210 centimeters Filip Petrosev On the other hand, Finland’s defense was constantly straying, forging as many as 34 points.
Avramovic already put the United States on his knees last summer, so in that perspective it was no wonder Finland was no wonder.
Avramovic is like an electric hare on the field, but praise for Finland also spontaneously.
– An incredible evening. This was modern basketball, the situations changed quickly. The Finns were really good and committed, Avramovic commented to , naming a huge number of Susijeng players.
– Finland was a tough challenge. They were really aggressive and threw the third carefully. We weren’t ready for that, Petrusiv, on the other hand, described to .
These Serbian stars praised the great performance in Finland.
Serbia has been a difficult resistance to Finland throughout history. According to statistics from the Basketball Association Finland has now met Serbia eight times.
The only victory was in August 2008. At that time, Finland sensually surprised Serbia in Vantaa in front of 1,682 spectators.
3. Edon Maxhuni in flame throwing
Finland has proven to have the top Europe’s top field, ie longer equipment. It was shown by Mikael Jantunen, who spelled by Serbia in the Euroleague this season, and Olivier Nkamhou, who has tinted in the Champions League.
On this summer’s NBA star from North America in the summer of the national team Lauri Markkanen and a high school super promise Miikka Muurinen Not to forget about the whole of the Spanish Field Credit Center nowadays Alexander Madsen.
With the frenzied field of front, many have been attached to the weaker level of Finnish backpacks. It has understandably spoken among the followers of the species in recent years.
However, now Edon Maxhuni showed his potential, especially at the offensive end.
On top of a flame throw, like in the fourth episode in the fourth win, Maxhuni is at its best so -called X Factor on the offensive end.
In the darkness of November, the European Championship year began to look bleak, but now it was a positive vibration.
The torque from the Greater country to the last minutes was a better start to the European Championship year.
Warning
It is still worth keeping expectations on the ground.
Finland still has a lot to do to repeat the trick of the European Championships three years ago and reach the top eight.
In these European qualifiers, it has been noteworthy how Denmark, Georgia and Serbia’s toughest Euro-League stars have vaccinated Finland hard at the defensive end.
Again, these screens will not tell the good August-September European Championships, when Tampere presumably meet the tougher NBA stars in a tougher class.