Pori Pesäkarhut, who won the third final, is one victory away from the Finnish championship. Manse PP has had difficulties with their inside game.
Pori’s Pesäkarhut sought an extremely important victory in terms of the championship from Tampere, when it defeated Manse PP in the super round 2–1 (1–0, 2–3, 1–0).
Pesäkarhujen became the winner Emilia Linnawho hit a header from the center seam Cheers to Huka until. Hukka didn’t catch the ball, so Eveliina Tuominen brought the run home.
Linna has been a very important player for Pesäkarhui. He has scored eight runs for Pori.
– Feelings and heart rates have gone up and down again. Thanks to Jarko (game director Jarkko Pokela) of the credit. Yes, I had full credit myself. When I get that spot, I put a full center hit into the center seam and it delivers. It worked, Linna rejoiced after the game.
Päsäkarhut leads the series 2–1 and can decide the championship on Sunday at home.
– Optimum situation for us. The other side has a must win and we can play relaxed. We are going to strike through relaxation and killing intent, Linna said.
You can watch the runs of the match in the video below.
In the regular season, Manse PP, which won in abundance, has been in great difficulty with its inside game in the finals. This has been influenced by Pesäbarhuje’s locker Minttu Vettenrantawho mixed Manse PP’s home runs with his wrong passes, especially in the opening period.
For a moment it seemed that Pesäkarhut, under the leadership of game manager Pokela, had found out the sign of Manse PP.
– Judging by Jarkko Pokela’s ventilation, it can be said that now Pori knows the sign. Such is sign language. Urheilu’s expert hits Vettenrantna’s few wrong spots quite well Antti Yli-Saunamäki commented after Locker’s second mistake.
Also Urheilu’s expert Kirsi Ala-Lipasti highlighted Vettenranta’s successes.
– Vettenranta plays an excellent game director Antti Vihtkaria and against the whole curve of the Manse. If you compare the lockers, he is clearly ahead, Ala-Lipasti estimates.
Vihtkari told Urheilu that he was disappointed with the team’s internal game. He regretted that Manse hit an awful lot of back pieces, and couldn’t get his inside game going and create situations for the main strikers.
– The end result must be respected. The battle continues on Sunday.
Ala-Lipasti and Yli-Saunamäki state that Pokela has taken Vihtkar tactically in the finals.
– He has more experience in these games. It is transmitted to the surface of the field that Pokela leads the team better and has gained the right kind of calm feeling to lead the team. I think he is taking the game tactically at the moment, Ala-Lipasti said.
Yli-Saunamäki says that Pokela and Pesäkarhut have been more ready for surprising moments during the game.
– If there is a fire or the game doesn’t go as planned, Pesäkarhui is better prepared to react quickly in an instant compared to Manse. There have been numerous situations where it has turned to Pori’s advantage.
– The experience shows. In addition, Pokela is aware of what it takes to succeed in the final games and what can be encountered.
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