Down-the-line.com/Hockey. Finland v Czech Republic in 2022 World Cup group stage match
SPORT.RU invites you to a direct online text broadcast of this meeting:
Hockey. World Cup 2022. Finland – Czech Republic. Direct
The group stage of the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Finland will end on Tuesday evening. In the last match of Group B, the hosts of the tournament will play with the Czech Republic team. Both teams have already secured their place in the quarter-finals, but the result of today’s head-to-head will determine the final group places which will be occupied by the Finns and the Czechs.
Finland currently leads the group with 16 points. His current opponent is in third place with 13 points. If Suomi wins, they guarantee victory in the group, but if the Finns lose, they can finish the preliminary phase even in third place. The same goes for the Czechs. One thing is clear – neither side will definitely fall below third place in the group final table.
If we talk about the performance of the teams in the current world championship, the Finns seem more stable. In regular time they are yet to lose, and the only point loss came in a duel against the Swedish national team in a post-match shootout. The Czech team lost to the Swedes (3:5), as well as the modest Austrian team on penalties (1:2), which caused a sensation. However, yesterday Kari Jalonen’s team managed to rehabilitate themselves in front of their fans, beating the American team with a score of 1:0.
Interestingly, today’s match is also interesting from the point of view of a duel between two Finnish coaches. Suomi’s current coach, Jukka Jalonen, will face Kari Jalonen, who has coached the Finnish national team in the past.
It should be noted that the last time the teams met at the World Championships was a year ago. Then in the quarter-finals, the Finns beat the Czechs 1:0. But at the recent Swedish Games, which took place two weeks ago in Stockholm, the Czech team was stronger (3:1).
Hockey. World Cup 2022. Finland – Czech Republic. Direct
The online text broadcast of this match will begin on SPORT.RU on May 24 at 8:20 p.m. Moscow time
Source: Sport
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