The disallowed goal of the Czech Republic heated up the emotions at the opening of the World Hockey Championships. Ville Nieminen overruled the verdict on Viaplay’s broadcast, but referee Anssi Salonen explained why the goal was disallowed.
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The Finnish men’s national ice hockey team’s opening match at the World Championships in Prague ended with a narrow 0–1 defeat in the competition for the winning goal.
The Czechs became the deciders in the penalty shootout Roman Cervenka and Ondrej Kase. Finland did not succeed in any of its tough matches.
The most talked about situation of the game was the rejected shot by the Czech Republic at the end of the second period. Ondrej Palat pushed the puck past from a small corner Harri Säterinbut after a long discussion, Finland challenged the situation.
Finland’s assistant coach Mikko Manner tried to have a conversation with the video coaches on the pipe shelf, but Manner couldn’t hear their messages in his ear buds. The continent rose higher near the plexiglass and the message with hand signals on the barrel shelf.
– The cabin was loud, so you can’t always hear what’s going on. You don’t always know if it’s goalkeeper interference, offside or something similar. This time we went with a combination of hand signals and voice. When Janne of Hietaniemi showed the box, we realized that we had to challenge the goalkeeper’s interference. I passed, a great job, Manner told Urheilu.
According to Manner’s comments, the coaching did not have pre-agreed hand signals for challenging different situations. In the situation, he thought about how to get the message across.
– I have a pretty strong voice, so I thought I’d bark, let’s challenge. This time, even that wouldn’t have been enough. We now have a good sign language for whether to challenge offside or interference with the goalkeeper, says Manner.
– From now on, we know that we are showing the screen to each other. We know that’s a molar. Then we will come up with other hand signals if something else is challenged.
According to Manner, even updating the ear buds would not have helped, because the atmosphere in the hall with 17,000 spectators was great.
– They screamed at the top of their lungs, the feeling was incredible. It wouldn’t have helped. Maybe the sign language course should be added to the assistant coaches’ repertoire, Manner elaborated.
The rejection of the paint divided opinions among Finnish experts. For example, a Viaplay expert Ville Nieminen according to which the goal should have been accepted.
– Here is a place to discuss what is hockey, what is some other game. This is by no means hockey like this anymore. This is a ho-ho-ho job, Nieminen downloaded via Viaplay.
Risto Dufva disagreed. He considered that the player was in contact with the goalkeeper against the rules.
Viaplay’s broadcast also featured a Finnish judge Anssi Salonen through the IIHF rulebook. According to it, if a player goes to the goalkeeper’s area on his own without help and he makes contact with the goalkeeper, the goal is always disallowable.
The Czech Republic did its homework
The continent had a good taste of the match. He praised how the Czech Republic had done their homework and played against Leijon with a very close five.
– As the game progressed, they started to get tired and we got a hold. We had our moments and at the end of the third period we had the upper hand. Maybe zero zero was right today, both goalkeepers played great, Manner said.
– The fans are always the fans and this time the home team won.