During the rest of the week, the Finnish national football team will face North Macedonia and Norway in national matches. Matches are important showcases for young future promises.
The Finnish national football team will face North Macedonia in practice matches on Thursday and Norway on Sunday. There are five players in the team who have not made their A national team debut.
In addition, some of the possible future key players have made a convincing debut against Montenegro, for example Oliver Antman.
– All the young players who have joined have the right amount of self-confidence and a certain kind of arrogance. They have come along really well, and they don’t apologize for nothing. It’s been nice to watch, Huuhkajie’s experienced core player Robin Lod said at the team’s information session on Wednesday.
In the doubles matches, especially Antman and the one who is waiting for his A national team debut arouse great interest Anssi Suhonen. The super promises have a terrible late autumn behind them in their club teams. The duo is looking forward to the country matches.
– I’ve been aiming to get into the national team my whole career, so the feelings are amazing. If I get playing time, I want to show what I can do. I hope the games go so well that next time I will also be able to participate, Suhonen said on Tuesday at the team’s first information session.
Antman was one of Finland’s most dangerous players in the September match against Montenegro.
– A good debut brought a lot of self-confidence. Got a good feeling for the end of the year. The purpose is to continue from where I left off, Antman said on Tuesday.
Suhonen says that the national team will get him as an energetic player in the midfield and in the attacking direction.
– I bring running power to the midfield and at the offensive end I try to bring shots and through passes to the last line, Suhonen describes himself.
In addition to Suhonen, the players who will make their national team debut in the upcoming matches will be at the top Arttu Hoskonen, Diogo Tomas, Tuomas Ollila and Niilo Mäenpää.
The head coach is waiting for the screens
The head coach of Huahkaji Markku Kanerva national matches are, in addition to developing the game, a place to check out new players. As for young promises, the expectations are clear.
– When they get on the field, I expect strong performances from them. This is not a one-and-done system, but when getting screen spots, we expect the players to boldly bring out their best qualities and, above all, show that they can play for the team, Kanerva opened on Wednesday.
Lod is also looking forward to the youth guard playing.
– They are skilled people. With all these young players, there are really big expectations for what they show in the games, the midfielder emphasized.
Lod and the goalkeeper who has been involved for a long time Jesse Joronen praise the atmosphere of the national team. According to Joronen, this is also important for first-timers.
– It’s always easy to come here and it’s easy to succeed here. It’s a really important thing in national team activities, in order to get the best out of the players in a quick schedule, the goalkeeper said.
Both Suhonen and Antman want to get to know their national team mates as well as possible during the short national team period.
– The goal is to get to know the players and background people more, and to get to grips with the game plan better, Antman said on Tuesday.