Huuhkaji’s head coach Markku Kanerva emphasizes the team’s commitment against San Marino. According to Kanerva, a brave and winning Finnish team will take the field on Monday.
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broadcasts all Huuhkajie EC qualifying matches live. The live broadcast of the San Marino match starts on Monday at 18:15 on TV2, Areena and the app. The match starts at 19:00.
Huuhkajat will face San Marino in the EC qualifying match on Monday. Like the important Slovenia match, the Helsinki Olympic Stadium will be packed on Monday. In the 2000s, only a few countries in Europe have managed to sell more than 30,000 tickets against San Marino.
– It’s unbelievable that the San Marino match fills the stadium, said Huuhkajie’s head coach Markku Kanerva.
Slovenia is one of Huuhkajie’s main opponents in the EC qualifying group. After the victorious match, however, the eyes were immediately directed to Monday’s match against San Marino. Kanerva is confident, because according to him the players have shown maturity against smaller soccer countries like San Marino.
– San Marino didn’t run out of scoring chances against Kazakhstan either. Self-explanatory matches do not even exist in modern football.
Compared to the Slovenia game, against San Marino, Huhkaji’s attacking game and ball control will be highlighted. According to Kanerva, Monday’s opponent will be able to persevere in a 0-0 situation for the second half, so Huuhkajie must be able to create a threat throughout the match. At the same time, the work done by the entire team in the defensive direction in San Marino’s counterattacks is also highlighted.
Kanerva promises that the team entering the field will meet the expectations of the public on Monday as well.
– The San Marino match will feature a brave and winning team.
From the qualifying games played in Helsinki, Huuhkajat can already take a lot of good things with them at this stage. Against Slovenia, the self-sacrificing defense and playing in front of the team received praise from the head coach.
– The coach always finds room for improvement in attacking play, but two scored goals is a good thing.
Defender of the swashbucklers Robert Ivanov like his head coach, emphasized the role of the whole team, even though the opponent is a slightly smaller football country. He emphasized the focus on San Marino’s counter-attacks.
– Let’s attack and defend as a whole team.
On Monday evening, Ivanov expects a charm similar to Friday.
– I hope it will be a similar day to Friday. Suomifutis is doing well.