The new season of and of the five major leagues have not yet started, but the European war qualifying rounds have already started in early July. Already four teams from Finland have appeared. Three of these four teams have entered the next round of qualifying, which is very rare.
In the first round of the Champions League League qualifying round, HK Helsinki and the Riga Football Academy from Latvia played 2 to 2. In the penalty shootout, Helsinki made five free throws, while the opponent was third Stefan Pinik, who made his debut, did not score. In the end, the Finnish team won 5-4 and advanced.
In the next round, the team they will face is Victory Plzen from the Czech First Division. The opponent has already advanced to the Champions League, but it does not mean that the Finnish team has no chance of winning. Don’t forget that in this round of qualifying, Yerevan Phoenix eliminated Romanian giants Cluj. The outbreak of this small team is also inspiring Helsinki.
In the first qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League, almost all teams from Finland were successful. The score between SJK Seinajoen and Tarin Krolla from Estonia was 3-3 in the two rounds. The two sides entered overtime. The 23-year-old Finnish central defender Will Tikanen scored in the overtime. The winning goal was scored in the 113th minute, and the game ended with the Finnish team winning.
Crolla is an out-and-out giant in Estonia, having won 31 domestic cup and league championships. But they were still defeated.
Gubis met Diragli from Georgia . The total score of the two rounds was 2-0, and Gubis won. Last season, this team finally lost to the powerful team Bundesliga Berlin Union in the UEFA Champions League and did not advance to the main match.
The only losing team was Inter Turku. This team met Drita from Kosovo . The first round ended with the Finnish team winning 1-0. In the second round, the opponent won a 3-0 victory. A. Muga scored twice in the game. In the end, the Finnish team lost with a total score of 1 to 3. The Kosovo team also rarely advanced to the next round. In this way, International Turku can also be regarded as an adult beauty.
Three of the four teams that have appeared so far have advanced to the next round. This situation is rare for Finnish league teams.
In fact, Finnish football has made progress in recent years. The team has Bundesliga goalkeepers like Hradecki and the English Championship's big killer Pukki . There are also Premier League players like Foss ( Brentford ) in the team. There are also good players like Lord (Minnesota) and Glenn Kamara ( Glasgow Rangers ). Moreover, the Finnish national team also has an old monster like Pohjan Palo. This guy is still at the level of being able to compete in the second-tier European leagues. But the team's paper lineup is still relatively average.
The Finnish national team entered last year's European Cup and won a victory. This was a rare appearance for the team on the competition stage. Unfortunately, under Europe's harsh qualifying system, they still missed the World Cup finals.
In the UEFA Nations League, Finland, which is in the third group of Group B, will still lose to third-rate or quasi-second-rate European teams such as Bosnia and Herzegovina and Romania. It can be seen that the team's competition level is still limited. If they want to enter the Champions League, They still need to put in more effort in the competition or World Cup finals.
