Markku Kanerva revealed the news about Huuhkajie’s hunt for a European Championship place – “The preparation time will be really short”

Huuhkaj does not have a traditional January camp before the European Championship further qualifiers. According to Kanerva, it would have been difficult to get players for January because it is not part of the international national match calendar.

Finland ended the EC qualifiers with a victory over San Marino with 2–1 goals. The head coach of Huahkaji Markku Kanerva revealed after the match to Urheilu that he had to stretch his players at halftime after a sticky opening half. The game was still scoreless at halftime.

– We went for a win. Of course, it would have been tougher if the margin had been a bit clearer. Overall, the defensive game worked well. They had one place and we finished the comma ourselves. Had to wake up the crowd during the break. The first episode was not satisfying at all. There wasn’t enough of a threat. There were a few guys in it, but the second episode had a level up. We were able to create chances, but above all we scored two goals, Kanerva described the match.

However, Kanerva was not satisfied with the performance.

– This needs to be improved, Kanerva said, but was happy that information about 23 players was received in this window. Out of 24 players, only the goalkeeper Hugo Ketoa not seen in the field.

The 18-year-old was particularly talked about beforehand From Tomas Galvez. The Manchester City academy player is a citizen of Finland, England and Spain. Now Galvez played his first competitive international match in a Finnish shirt.

In the first period, Galvez got into a good scoring position and served a handsome pass Try Soir to another hit.

Kanerva praised Galvez’s performance when asked about it separately.

– You have to take into account the opponent’s level, but he played maturely. There was no tension in the shots, Kanerva summed up.

Kanerva also revealed that the San Marino game was the last international match before the further qualifiers expected in March. There are no traditional January international matches this time.

– The preparation time is really short. We’ll have time to do a couple of decent workouts and then we’ll go. A January camp was planned, but could not be realized. It’s not on an international game day. It was difficult to get players. Some of the clubs would not have allowed. We should have had a group that would have met the purpose, Kanerva said.

In the European Championship further qualifiers, we will skip a round. Two matches must be won within a week in March in order to qualify for the European Championships. Finland’s opponents will survive in Thursday’s draw.

– The rocky road is still ahead. We have two great games to play. You have to reach your own level and even be able to stretch, Kanerva described.