Teemu Pukin five-year sky football club in the shirt of Norwich City ended in the final round of the English Championship against Blackpool. Pukki entered the match as the captain of his team. The match was sad for the home team, as Blackpool claimed a 1-0 away win.
Although Pukki went without a goal in his farewell match, the supporters’ support for the Finn was unreserved.
The home supporters gave the forward a warm welcome to his last match at the club. In the final stand, a huge fan sheet was spread over Puki, which read “Kiitos Teemu” in Finnish and “always a yellow” in English, which refers to the club’s yellow-green colors.
Pukki marched onto the field at the head of his team, together with one of his daughters. “Don’t You Want Me” by the band The Human League was chosen as the entrance song, to the rhythm of which the fans sang a familiar praise song to the Finn.
– Teemu Pukki, baby! Teemu Pukki, woo-o-oo, echoed through the Carrow Road stadium.
The supporters remembered Teemu Pukki with a handsome tifo.
The crowd chanted Puki’s name several times during the match. At just under an hour, the audience sang for the Finn, and the stadium’s light board showed the face of the moved attacker. Pukki responded to the audience with applause.
The striker will not forget his time at Norwich
Pukki was a guest last week On BBC local radio (you’ll switch to another service) talking about his time in Norwich. In the interview, the Finn said that there are a lot of things to take care of before moving from Norwich, so the end of the era will not really hit until the day of the match.
– Monday will be a really emotional day for me, Pukki predicts by Chris Goreham and by Rob Butler in the interview.
Before the match, Norwich City published a video on their social media channels in which Pukki recalled his time at the club. The video had pictures and videos of Finnish highlights in East England.
Among other things, the Finn states in the video that his first season in Norwich was the best time of his career. At that time, Pukki won the goal exchange of the Championship and the team was promoted to the Premier League. Pukki chooses the opening match of the next season against Newcastle as the best match of his career. The striker scored a hat-trick in his Premier League debut.
– I will be a Norwich City supporter for the rest of my life, Pukki says at the end of the video.
The 33-year-old Pukki said in an interview with the BBC that it was a relief to be told that his career in Norwich would not continue. The Finn’s contract was known to expire this season, so during the spring the fans actively encouraged the striker to sign an extension.
– Before the issue was published, the supporters urged me to sign a new contract in every match. After the matter became public, it has been really nice to meet the fans, because everyone has wished me luck in the future and praised my time in the club, Pukki revealed in an interview.
Game friends praise unreservedly
Greetings from former teammates have been enough. The Pink Un fan site (you are moving to another service) by publishing a video, among other things, currently representing the Scottish club Rangers Todd Cantwell send his greetings to a Finn.
– Teemu Pukki – where should I start? A great football player and one of the nicest people I’ve ever met, Cantwell glows at Pukki.
– I think it is difficult for anyone to come to Norwich and make the same impact as Teemu did, the midfielder continues his praise and says that he cannot speak of the Finn in a sufficiently laudatory tone.
In addition to Cantwell, they send their greetings to “El Pug” in the video Mario Vrancic, Jordan Hugill, Alexander Tettey.
The striker from Kotka published an emotional update on his Instagram on Sunday, in which he gratefully recalled his time in the traditional club. Pukki admits in the update that he achieved things in Norwich that he never thought possible.
Among other things Emiliano Buendia has raved about playing with Puki in the comments of the publication. During the first three Norwich seasons, the midfielder, who formed an effective radar pair with Puki, scored 42 goals in the club’s shirt between 2018 and 2021.
– What a privilege it was, my friend, Buendia has commented with hearts.
The Dutch goalkeeper who played with Puki for all five years at the club Tim Krul published a joint photo of Puki and the player who played seven seasons at Norwich City in the stories section of Instagram on Sunday by Michael McGovern with.
– Last training with two legends. Thanks for five years of memories, Krul, who also played 15 matches in the Dutch national team, wrote with yellow-green hearts.
In the BBC interview, the presenters read and forwarded to Puki messages, greetings and even songs from fans that they have made for the Finn. Several fans thanked Pukki for his years at the club, and the contacts conveyed their appreciation for the Finn.
Pukki said in the interview that he wants to return to Finland after his career, but before that he hopes for two or three more years as a professional football player in the world.
– Both of my children have grown up here for the most part, so this is a change for them as well. The children know that we will eventually end up in Finland, so they want to see something else before the snowy and cold winters, Pukki laughed at the presenters in the interview.