Huuhkaji’s coach Toni Korkeakunnas believes that the best moment to face Denmark is at the beginning of the men’s European football qualifiers. Finland plays as a guest of Denmark on Thursday.
will show Huuhkajie’s EC qualifiers on its channels. Live broadcast of the Denmark match on Thursday from 21:00 on TV2, Areena and the app. The match starts at 21:45.
The Finnish men’s national football team Huuhkajat will start the EC qualifiers on Thursday as a guest of Denmark. Fifa ranking (you switch to another service) after the 2022 World Cup, Denmark, which has fallen a bit from the top ranks, will go to the qualifiers with a young team.
In the 2021 European Championship, the average age of the Danish team was 27.7 years, and in last year’s World Championship it was 27.2 years. Now the players are even younger, as the average age of the team starting the qualifiers is 26 years.
Among other things, the injured are exhausting the team Christian Eriksen (31 years) and frozen out of the lineup Thomas Delaney (31).
They are looking for the first playing minutes in the A national team Elias Jelert (19), Mads Hermansen (22) and Morten Hjulmand (23). There are also slightly more unknown names Rasmus Höjlund (20), Anders Dreyer (24) and Marcus Ingvartsen (27).
In addition, the team is accompanied by Bournemouth’s great Philip Billing (26), who has scored six goals in the Premier League this season.
– Even the new players that have come in play a lot of minutes in tough leagues – significantly tougher leagues than our players. At least the quality won’t decrease, says Huuhkajie’s coach Toni Korkeakunnas.
Still, Korkeakunnas is cautiously hopeful. He believes that Finland can benefit from Denmark’s bad World Cup tournament, the pressure of the Danish crowd at home stadium Parken and the opponent’s inexperienced players.
– I would think that the best moment to face Denmark is at this point in the qualifiers – and maybe even here (at Parken).
According to Korkeakunnas, the Finland match is a must-win for Denmark. In addition, the home team is looking for revenge when the Huuhkajat won the European Championship in front of the Danish audience.
Evans out of Northern Ireland squad
During the current national team break, Finland will face Northern Ireland on Sunday, who will start the qualifiers as a guest of San Marino. Football Association of Northern Ireland announced on Monday (you will switch to another service)that the experienced Leicester topper Jonny Evans is out of the lineup due to injury.
Northern Ireland’s games have gone rather poorly recently. In the previous season’s Nations League, Northern Ireland barely stayed in Group C, as it had a better goal difference than Cyprus, which reached equal points.
There are also several players who have no experience in the national team in the Northern Ireland lineup. The average age is up to 25.6 years. However, the team has not played training matches after September 2022. In that sense, it is difficult to assess the current condition.
Like Denmark, the average age of the Finnish team is 26 years. After the Nations League season, Finland has played four international matches, of which two draws and two losses have been left.
will show Huuhkajie’s EC qualifiers on its channels. Live broadcast of the Denmark match on Thursday from 21:00 on TV2, Areena and the app. The match starts at 21:45.