Finland had big problems with France in the fourth group stage match.
Having won with a score of 5-3, the captain of the Finnish national team managed to beat rivals Tre Kronor.
France is tougher than Sweden, Sager-Jokka Jalonen.
Tre Kronor was defeated in the round by Finland 2-1 after a penalty shootout.
At the time, Finnish media and Finnish experts reacted strongly to Sweden captain Sam Hallam saying before the match that Finland had “no passing game”.
After the victory over France, Jukka Jalonen thought they were a tougher opponent than Sweden.
It was a tough game and a challenge, we knew that beforehand. It was a very difficult match. It was more difficult than Sweden. France was a tougher challenge than Sweden. is fact. Just ask the players, says Jukka Jalonen.
Three French goals in L’Army
France went 1-0 up after 1.04 thanks to a goal from Émile Larmée, but it was also Växjö gold champions SM who saved the defending champions with a big right 4-3 with three minutes left to play.
Sakkari Maninen made the final score 5-3 on an empty net with 1.02 remaining in the game.
Tre Kronor will play Hungary on Thursday afternoon and then France on Saturday evening.
– France made it difficult for us. Jukka Yalonen says they fought and fought and worked and stirred and moved all the time.
Stars questioning
Förstakedja’s Teemu Hartikainen – Sakari Manninen – Mikko Rantanen didn’t deliver as well as you’d expect.
NHL stars Mikko Rantanen, Kapu Kaku and Kasperi Kapanen have yet to score in four games.
I Finland vill många se de spelskickliga Åbo-killarna Mikko Rantanen and Kaapo Kakko i samma kedja.
Compare with the Soviet Union
The first playing line-up, which was slow, consisted of five left-footed players.
– It was the same as the last toilet, when we had Mikael Granlund instead of Mikko Rantanen. I think it works very well. In the past, the Soviet Union played with five kickers, and it worked out well, says Jukka Jalonen.
And before the match against Finland, France played three matches that went to extra time, in which it defeated Austria and lost to Denmark and Hungary.
Sweden’s penalty shootout victory over Finland was marked by Frolunda, with goalkeeper Lasse Johansson and goals by Lucas Raymond twice and Henrik Tommernes.