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In the matches of the Finnish boys ‘national teams played at the Kisakallio Susi Training Center, the 16-year-old Sudenpupput were able to pay their fishing debts yesterday, but the 18-year-old boys’ national team lost to the Estonians.
Finland’s 16-year-old boys’ national team was able to pay its fishing debts from yesterday by dropping off the Estonian ride in the final quarter. Estonia, which played without its star player Henri Veesaar, was under the paws of the Wolf Puppies with the final numbers 80-53 (35-28).
– It was a good squeeze until the next day. We set off for the day with the idea that the hallmarks of the wolf game need to be made more visible; gives more feeling and atmosphere to the game. The boys responded to that cry, commented on Finland’s head coach Jyri Lohikoski.
The Estonians grabbed the lead in the opening quarter, but by the second quarter, the pace went to the home team, which no longer let their guests lead.
The Finnish leadership swung around ten points at best, but the first paces of the final detachment in the final quarter were beaten by Eino Pällijeff, who at the end of the quick attack hit a strong donk in front of the Estonian defender in the situation 55-45.
Overall, Finland rejoiced at the reading of 27-10 in the final quarter.
– At its best, the defense game was absolutely excellent. Full field pressure was achieved, the opener’s game openings and ball movement were hampered, and we forced heavy throws. From them we then got rebounds and run fast attacks.
The winners of the wolf puppies included Arttu Kumpulainen (7/5/3 feeds), who carried out the things trained in the summer camp with high quality. In the quarterback, Juuso Salmi (10/6/5 assists) and Ville Karhu (6/1/3 assists) made their teammates better through the match.
Points were also knocked out by Viljami Vartiainen (14/4), Eric Chime (17/2) and Pällijeff (11/6).
Aleksander Tassa (11/3) and Patrick Malm (11/5) got from Estonia to double-digit points.
Finland’s 18-year-old boys’ mistakes were recouped
In the 18-year-old boys’ match, Finland got a dream start for the match, taking the opening quarter 21-7, but in the third quarter, Estonia took part in the game and eventually won 75-80 (36-31).
– We got a good start to the match and stops through the defense. In the big picture, error difficulties were one factor that bothered me quite a bit. Estonia actively attacked towards the basket and we defended perhaps too sharply, Finland’s head coach Mikko Tupamäki started.
– Team and personal mistakes quickly filled up. The guy got to throw a lot of free throws and the rhythm of the game went broke. The second half was the kind of back and forth twisting that, like yesterday, had runes in both directions.
Finland had many chances to win or lead in the last minutes, but this time the companies were spinning in wagons.
On Wednesday night, the Finnish lucky ones had played their first national team games with Emil Skyta (4/0) and Hugo Boma (7/3/2 fights). The highest scores were bagged by Max Besselink (16/4), Sebastian Lindberg (13/2) and Roni Vuori (10/7).
The Estonian points quartet consisted of Hugo Toom (17/6), Kasper Suurorg (15/0), Johannes Kirsipuu (14/2/3 exploitation) and Markus Ilver (13/9).
Source: Basketball Association bulletin