Nordic Football News

Russia 3 Finland 0: old-school Finnish football is back!

Just last night I thought Finnish football had changed considerably as the U-21 team overturned a deficit to come out as victors against Austria, but little did I know. Tonight, Finland went down 3-0 against Russia and to make it Finnish enough, the first two goals were Finland’s own goals and Arshavin’s strike that settled [...]

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Finland in Russia: preview

The big question today is who is going to play on the left side of defence for Finland. Toni Kallio is suspended, and the choice to replace him is between Veli Lampi and Niklas Moisander. Both are in good form, but Lampi has played for Finland more recently, against Israel and Germany, and looks likely [...]

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Baxter’s dress rehearsal: Finland 2 Israel 0

Stuart Baxter said that the Israel game would be a dress rehearsal for the Germany match in September, and he was pretty relieved that it went as well as it did. The high spot was Veli Lampi’s full debut, as the former TPS right back looked solid and put in some excellent crosses including the [...]

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