Timo Walden, the information manager of the Finnish men’s national football team, believes that Taylor prioritized the Inter Miami match of the club team over the Huuhkajie’s further qualifying games.
The Finnish men’s national football team announced on Sunday that Robert Taylor is not involved in the European Championship further qualifiers. Huuhkajat will play for a place in the European Championship away against Wales on Thursday. With a win, Huuhkajat will face either Poland or Estonia next Tuesday in the decisive match for the European Championship place.
Taylor’s decision stirred a lot of football fans on Sunday night. According to the Swedish Football Association’s press release, Taylor himself announced that he would be left out of the national team.
Information manager for the men’s national football team Timo Walden confirms to Urheilu that it was Taylor’s own decision to stay focused on the activities of his club team Inter Miami. According to Walden, Taylor also has no injury concerns or other health reasons why he would miss Huhkajie’s games.
– Of course, playing for the national team is always a voluntary activity. There can always be cases where a player considers his employer’s interest to require something. These are not very common cases, but not very unique cases either, Walden formulates.
According to Walden, the reason behind Taylor’s decision is probably the match schedule of Taylor’s employer, Inter Miami.
– Unfortunately, North America doesn’t look terribly closely at how the national match programs are going. Miami has a game in the middle here. He definitely prioritizes it, Walden says.
Taylor’s team Inter Miami plays the North American soccer league MLS once during the international break. Next Saturday, Miami will face the New York Red Bulls away from home.
Taylor has been shining in the headlines as a superstar lately Lionel Messi’s and of Luis Suarez alongside. He has scored two goals in five games.
However, Messi has now been sidelined for two games in a row due to a leg injury. Coach of Inter Miami Gerardo Martino said on Friday that Messi’s situation will be monitored one week at a time.
Messi has also been invited to join the Argentina national team for two practice matches in the United States. On Friday, Argentina will face El Salvador in Philadelphia. On Tuesday in Los Angeles, they will face Costa Rica.
Martino didn’t want to take according to the American media ESPN carry whether Messi can play in the national team. In the club team, the goal is for Messi to be able to play in the quarter-finals of the North American, Central American and Caribbean club team tournament (CONCACAF Champions Cup) at the beginning of April.
Live broadcast of the European Championship play-off game Wales-Finland on Thursday on TV2 and Areena from 21:00.