Comment: Teemu Puki’s return contains a significant threat

Screamers a perennial talisman Teemu Pukki returns to Veikkausliiga and HJK. This is the best thing that could happen to the league.

For years, the Veikkausliiga’s most significant problem in terms of national awareness has been that there have been no well-known players in the series.

The most famous character of last season’s Veikkausliiga was Dancing with the stars – series charmed HJK’s CEO Aki Riihilahti.

In the previous couple of seasons, the series was Progress Hetemaj like a Finnish football star and a living legend, but unfortunately his national recognition is nowhere near what one might mistake for thinking in the football bubble.

If, in previous seasons, you had conducted a survey at the Helsinki train station and asked people to name even one player playing in the Veikkausliiga, very few would have succeeded in the task.

In the coming summer, Pukin will be able to name many other than the active career players of the series.

Most Finns know who Teemu Pukki is. Kotkalainen is the most well-known soccer player in Finland among the current players.

Vain Lukas Hradecky you can even get there. Now the league has a face that can be used to market events in such a way that almost all of Finland recognizes the character in the picture.

But what is Puki, who turns 35 years old in March, like in terms of game?

Can all possible reservations be made for HJK’s championship parade already, has the goal king’s post already been shared?

Not necessarily.

Puk’s previous year in the United States was rough. The top acquisition, who enjoyed a wild salary, fell to the bench at Minnesota United – and for good reason.

The extracts were poor, and there were no effects. Pukki scored four goals in 21 matches, while in the previous season they had scored ten in 14 matches.

The general habitus did not look well maintained and the physical striking ability was not necessarily at the level of the best Premier League years. Being separated from the family seemed to have a strong effect on Pukki.

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Now Pukki can be with his family, which will definitely cheer up the goalie considerably. It can certainly be seen on the field as well.

In the last Minnesotan season, the wife Cherry and the children lived in Finland. This inevitably affects the state of mind of a family-oriented person. Football players are people too.

Now Pukki can be with his family, which will definitely cheer up the goalie considerably. It can certainly be seen on the field as well.

Pukki also wants to be part of the new head coach of the national team Jacob Friesin to the plans. That’s why you hardly need to dig deep for motivation to be in shape.

Still the move has a significant threat image.

Puk is expected to be the Savior and the sovereign ruler of the league. And for good reason, after all, the man has scored more than ten goals in the Premier League and dominated the Championship goal exchange to his heart’s content.

Pukki is the national team’s all-time goal scorer, who led Huuhkajat to the European Championships with his ferocity.

Puki’s greatest strength, however, is running behind the defensive line and confident finishing from through runs. In HJK, these situations are hardly available, because the defenses are traditionally quite low against the club.

If HJK ​​has to resort to the familiar slow structure and “pimputelu” when attacking, Pukki will not be at his best. He lives on fast attacks.

Pukki is definitely one of the best players in the league, but those who expect outrageous – even record-breaking – goals may be disappointed. If the attacker gets into a bad cycle from the beginning of the season, the season can become difficult. Scoring is a confidence game.

In Europe games, the situation is different, and in them, thanks to both his experience and his characteristics, Pukki is guaranteed to be a more expensive addition than gold.