The Lions will meet on Monday in the World Cup in Sweden. Finland’s narrow loss to Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest on Saturday gave rise to the wishes already presented to the players.
The Finnish men’s national ice hockey team is celebrating a day off from the World Cup today. Yesterday, Saturday, Leijonat met Germany and defeated it after a tight match with the goals 4–3.
After Finland had met Germany, even more Finns moved to get excited about the Eurovision final broadcast. The final competition turned out to be a thrilling drama between Finland’s representative Käärijä and Sweden’s representative Loreen.
Käärijä’s song Cha Cha Cha received the second biggest pot of audience votes of all time, but Sweden and Loreen won with their song Tattoo, thanks to the votes of the national expert juries. In the end, Loreen’s victory came with a difference of 56 points to Käärija.
The defeat was stinging for Finns precisely because of the decision brought by the referee’s votes. Especially when it came to dear enemy Sweden.
In the eyes of those who follow ice hockey, the possibility of a rematch against Sweden is already on the horizon on Monday. Leijonat and Tre Kronor will then meet each other in Tampere in the World Cup opening group match.
This possibility of revenge was also made clear to the players of the Lions on Saturday after the five-point victory was decided.
– Yesterday, when the tie was decided, I heard such an exclamation that “on Monday it would be better to win and pay the potts in potts”, the national team striker Hannes Björninen tells Urheilu.
DJ Pokka brought Käärijä to the booth
However, Leijon’s hard-hitting loss does not bring any great thought of repayment. Sweden is a bad piece in the rink in any case and winning it tastes sweet, no matter what the background is.
– They are two slightly different sports, but it would be nice for Sweden to win. And it’s always nice to win, even if there’s something like this in the background, experienced Harri Pesonen ponders.
Käärijän’s Cha Cha Cha has become familiar over the speakers of the Tampere arena during the games. Even in the lion’s booth, the song that nicely brought all of Finland and Finns together has been heard several times.
– (Ville) Buck has us as a DJ, so yes Käärijja has played for us in the booth. It has sounded quite well even in the hall itself already, Pesonen sheds light on Finland’s booth music selections.
Shall I put Cha Cha Cha to play the Lions on Monday if Sweden falls?
– Yes, we could play it in the booth in honor of the victory!
In their next match, Finland will face Sweden on Monday 15 May at 20:20. Urheilu follows the World Cup throughout the tournament in this article.