Finland beat Austria at the Hockey World Cup – but without convincing

Finland still can’t hold back at the Hockey World Cup.

Although the team claimed their fourth win on Saturday, beating Austria 3-1, SVT expert Daniel Rudslait was decisive.

– Not much happens, says the SVT expert.

Prior to the tournament, defending champions Finland were seen as one of the biggest favourites, early on. A star-studded squad led by NHL superstars Mikko Rantanen and Kapu Kaku.

Not impressive

But after several questionable efforts, many experts began to doubt the team’s chances at the tournament.

Finland should not be counted. But SVT expert Kim Martin said after the victory over Hungary that they don’t have good habits at the moment and they really have to step up.

And after the team only managed to beat Austria 3-1, the experts were still wondering about Finland’s efforts.

Finland is not at the top yet. Not much is happening and they are finding it very difficult to create serious goal-scoring chances. There’s more to gather, said expert Daniel Rudslat on SVT Radio.

Oscarshamn player decided

Just seven minutes later, Finland took the lead through Kaspiri Kapanen, cleared it, and then got it back through Ante Sumela.

Then, it would take the next goal until only two minutes remained in the third period when Oskarshamns’ Ahti Oksanen broke through and made the final score 3-1.

They were booed

But despite this victory, the Finnish public was far from satisfied with their national team. During the last World Cup when Finland won, the team conceded 13 goals in total and during this year’s tournament, the team has already conceded 14 goals. After the game, boos were heard directed at the team’s efforts.

Finland ranks second in the group after the United States. However, the team has had two more games than Sweden, who have a chance to beat them tonight when they face France.

Finland will play the final group stage match on Tuesday, then against Denmark.