Little Eagles still fighting for a place in the European Championships – a huge rise against Austria brought important points

The summer matches of the Finnish national football teams and the European Women’s Championships will be seen on ‘s channels. On Saturday, the League of Peoples League game against Bosnia and Herzegovina will be broadcast live on TV2 from 6 p.m.

Puppies took an extremely important 3–2 victory against Austria in the European Football Championship under-21s. Finland’s goals finished Daniel Håkans, Naatan Skytta and Julius Tauriainen.

Thanks to the victory, Finland will still be fighting for a place in next year’s European Youth Championships. Finland started the match and the second half poorly, but the goalkeeper Viljami Sinisalon the top defenses kept the Little Huskies in the game.

Finland got a pass to the side pulled the defense out of position which let Håkansin slip through on goal. Even the Austrian 2-1 lead did not discourage the team.

There was enough emotion again in the match of the little ones. 77 minutes had been played and the home team was awarded a penalty Ville Koski knocked down an Austrian player on the sidelines.

Matches of the day: Austria 2-3 FinlandNorway 3–2 Croatia, Estonia 0–5 Azerbaijan.

The match started gloomily in Finnish terms, with Austria moving from a penalty kick to a 1-0 lead in the fifth minute of play.

Austria tried to center the ball over the bar. Central defender Ville Koski slipped and slithered in the wet grass. Tao was promoted to the 1-0 lead in Austria.

In the 66th minute of the second half, Daniel Håkans finished an important 1-1 draw. He surpassed the Austrian stopper with a stylish heel move and certainly finished the goal in the right corner.

Ten minutes later, however, Austria moved to a 2-1 lead after a corner kick. Finland was again in the pursuit.

A moment later, Naatan Skyttä brought Finland back to the levels. Noah Nurmi played the ball behind the Austrian line of defense, When Meriluoto lifted the ball to the edge of the goal area and Skyttä pushed for a 2-2 goal.

Finland continued to attack, Juho Hyvärinen shot from the edge of the penalty area and the ball hit the Austrian defender’s hand. Finland received a penalty kick from the situation, from which Julius Tauriainen finished the 3–2-final scores.

Watch the highlights of the match in the video below.

At the same time, a Norwegian-Croatian match important for Finland’s future dreams was played. For the little ones, the favorite result would have been the victory of Croatia, which is leading the block, but Norway twisted the 3–2 victory in the extra time of the match.

As a result, Norway remained ahead of Finland in the league table when they both have two matches left. Another of the matches is the encounter between the teams. The Finland-Norway match will be played at Turku Kupittaa Stadium on June 10.

The winners of the young European Championship qualifiers will secure their place in the 2023 final tournament. The best of the second place finishers will also advance to the competition. The remaining runners-up are still struggling for a place in the qualifiers.

The little ones are facing two more matches in the European Championship qualifiers. The team will face Azerbaijan at the Töölö Stadium in Helsinki on June 7 and the Kupittaa Stadium in Turku, Norway on June 10. Both matches will be seen live at Areena.

The following matches in the Finnish section: 7.6. Finland – Azerbaijan, 8.6. Estonia-Croatia 10.6. Finland-Norway, 14.6. Norway-Azerbaijan.