The head coach of the Young Lions, Lauri Mikkola, describes that the flame has died down, but will burn again in Friday’s bronze medal match.
GOTHENBURG.
– Yes, many players’ hearts cried blood there. Every dude left everything on the ice. No matter how much you want, try and do everything, sometimes it turns out this way. That’s how it is sometimes.
This is how the head coach of the Young Lions described it Lauri Mikkola Feelings of the Finnish team after the semi-final defeat.
Finland narrowly lost to the champion favorite USA 2–3. Mikkola emphasized that the result must be respected.
– We started the game well. We were good in the opening set and took the game away from the Yankees, Mikkola praised.
– In the second set, they got space. And they are good when given space and long attacks. We defended the core well, but we couldn’t attack terribly.
Finland led 2–0 after the opening set, but the USA got long spins in the second set and finally leveled the game. According to Mikkola, Finland should have been able to stop the flow of the game.
– The US likes to play a rotating, constant motion game and they got to play a lot of that in the second set.
Kasper Kulonummen Mikkola found the third set ice light. The USA scored the winning goal of the match with their superiority.
– It (jähy) has to be swallowed and tolerated. We played a good underdog. They then did with one glorious shot. Sure, we had places to equalize, but this time we didn’t succeed.
On Friday, Finland will play in the bronze medal match against the Czech Republic at 16:00 Finnish time. According to Mikkola, Nuoret Leijonat values the bronze very much.
– We are in the world championships and medals should always be appreciated. Very few have a U20 bronze medal. Yes, everyone is very interested in it.
– We have had such tolerance in these games. The flame faded a little, but it will burn again tomorrow, Mikkola assured.
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