TAMMERFORS. Goodbye, Great Britain.
Watch out Finland!
It’s impossible not to look forward to Wednesday’s climax.
This wasn’t a hockey game, it was a cat game with a rat.
Tennis numbers at the end were 6-0.
It is of course possible to say that Great Britain is a team three crowns He should win against seven days a week, but we’ve been nail-biting against teams at this level before.
The key was preparation and focus right from the start, and there was certainly nothing to complain about.
In terms of gameplay and goals, Tre Kronor made sure to give himself an easy ride.
Already after 13 seconds Rasmus Asplund hits it.
At the Olympics, it was Lucas Woolmark who emerged as the somewhat unexpected goalscorer. So far in WC, it has been Asplund who has taken on that role. It was another goal for the Buffalo striker
After the first half the score was 5-0.
While making the bed, you can lie down and comfortably lie down Tre Kronor for the remaining two shifts.
The big test is coming to Finland
Johann Garbenlov’s team has done most things right so far. He won three games reasonably convincingly.
The thing that also built self-confidence (not least the victory over the Czech Republic) and that became important
If the Swedes handle their cards fairly correctly, they should be the second worst team in the group and then hopefully avoid both Canada and Switzerland in the quarter-finals.
The big test of the standing of this team that we get to tomorrow.
For those of you who haven’t had time to google my Finnish phrases up front on Google, I can tell you this means: Watch out, Finland!
Because it is impossible not to look forward: tomorrow’s meeting with homeland Finland in the boiling Nokia circuit will be something very special.
Finland, which brings in an Olympic gold, a World Cup gold and a silver from the last three tournaments, is against Sweden, which has yet to win a gold medal in 2018.
Now the two undefeated teams are facing each other. In what will likely be a match for group victory.
Laughing in all of Sweden no thanks
In Finland, everyone is shaking their heads, no thanks from the Swedish NHL players.
A Finnish leader sent a message yesterday.
How much did he say no? Masvis, Virginia. Don’t they like Garpen…? “
When I answered that about 30 players so far have said no, including the injured one, the answer came quickly:
“unbelievable!”
Jukka Jalonen has built a very powerful team machine with mainly European players who are relentlessly submissive to the game system.
Jalonen then embellished the establishment with a few NHL stars, who always say yes in principle.
When star striker Mikael Granlund said yes, Jukka Jalonen chose to leave only two places open. For comparison, Tre Kronor entered the tournament with eight open places.
Dallas barely had time to eliminate before Miro Heiskanen, Finland’s biggest star on the backside, said yes. The same was done by Finland’s second-biggest backyard star in the NHL, Heiskanen’s teammate Esa Lindell.
Heiskanen and Lindell don’t have time to meet Sweden but they will of course be huge reinforcements for Finland during the second half of the tournament.
Amazing result by nylanders
Heiskanen is just a player who can really go in and give the edge often needed to get to the gold medal.
During the tournament, Tre Kronor brought in Los Angeles hard worker Karl Grundstrom and Dallas rocker Jacob Peterson.
When NHL stars came on the assembly line a few years ago, good preparation and good communication with NHL players was highlighted as a big reason by the national team management. Now that there’s a lot no, it’s not low core work and contact that’s the reason without injuries and long seasons.
William Nylander is still thinking, which is positive in this case. But the one thing that really speaks volumes about Nylander coming is that he seems really passionate about playing Tre Kronor. The Toronto star competed in the World Cup finals in 2017 and 2019, and in both tournaments earned a somewhat improbable 32 points in 18 matches.
There we’re talking about a player who can really come in and make a difference.
Finland are of course the favorites in tomorrow’s meeting, but it will be interesting to see where this Swedish team stands.
Perhaps a better test would not be possible before the rest of the tournament.
