Finland faces Russia in round 2 of the Euro group stage. The match will be played on Wednesday, June 16th at Gazprom Arena (Saint Petersburg)
The national team of Finland became one of the main discoveries of the first round. But at the same time, it was also an unwitting "accomplice" of what was happening in Copenhagen. Now this victory of the absolute debutant will be attributed to what happened to Eriksen. After all, Denmark dominated both before the suspension of the match and after its restart. But the Danes did not manage to focus only on football after that terrible situation. Nevertheless, the Finns, to their credit, have kept their line. They fought back, and Hradecky became one of the main heroes. He made half a dozen saves. Moreover, he did not allow the opponents to upset himself even from the penalty spot. And Pohjanpalo scored practically from a single shot. However, the Finns won 1-0, and one more point will allow them to advance to the knockout rounds. Obviously, the Eagle-owls will try to keep a draw in both remaining matches.
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Russia wasn't exactly disappointing. Rather, it should be said that it could not pleasantly surprise. Only optimists could believe that the team would manage to score points in the match against Belgium, even without De Bruyne and unprepared Hazard. There are also questions for Cherchesov, who decided to play against the favorite with four defenders. However, the mistakes determined the fate of that game. How could a player fan the ball and let Lukaku just shoot up the net already in the 10th minute? The 1st half ended 0-2, with 2 forced substitutions. And now local stars, Zhirkov and Kuzyaev, will not play in St. Petersburg. And the task becomes as difficult as possible, as the Russians must beat the Finns. Otherwise, there will be virtually no chance of taking even the 3rd place. Well, the fans have big hopes for Golovin and Miranchuk. And of course, they believe in Dzyuba, who will have to push against the defenders for 90 minutes.
Bookmakers consider the Russians clear favorites of this pair. But the Finns will play defensive football, hoping for a draw, and perhaps they will take their toll. We are looking forward to a boring game and Under 2.5 goals scored.
Prediction for the match: Under 2.5 goals scored
