Football|Jutta Rantala has a long and tough year behind. Anni Hartikainen again experienced a more recent “shock”.
Finnish The joyful women’s football team on Wednesday in Thun, Switzerland, brought a great start to the European Championships when Iceland, a favorite match, fell 1-0 in the race opener. There was plenty of joy with the whole group, but maybe a little more with a couple of disappointments with a bead.
National Team and English Society Leicester star striker Jutta Rantala He stepped on the match at Thun’s evening in the 78th minute. The additional time with the extra time was less than 20 minutes to play for Rantala, 25, the first gaming experience in real action since early October.
“It was a really great feeling (to step on the field). Really relieved, all the excitement triggered. For a long time, to play, and in such a big match, still extra. Emotions, joy, relief and everything,” Rantala describes.
After a long break, Jutta Rantala (left) returned to real action in the opening match of the European Championships against Iceland.
Rantala I kept a knee injury from both club and national team games, which originally had to be treated in 3-4 months. However, the problems did not stop, with disappointment following each other.
“A really tough and long year. Originally, I was relieved (3-4 months of recovery), I thought I would do this. But then the back packs and feelings started to get this ever,” Rantala recalls.
“Now, however, in the last couple of months, we’ve been moving a lot, and now we are in full shape. It feels really great, finally rewarded (for all the hard work).”
Rantala hopes that the number of minutes will increase as the race progresses.
“Of course, the feel of the game is always in different games than in training. But I’ve been able to train for many weeks now, it’s not so much strange in the end. So I think that feel of the game can be found pretty quickly.”
Jutta Rantala (left) and Helmar head coach Marko Saloranta (right) celebrated the 1-0 victory of the Helmari on Wednesday. Finland is second in Group A after the first games played, and it will face Norway and Switzerland in the group stage.
Second the overwhelming of the disappointment is Anni Hartikainen21, who experienced a hard stroke in June head coach Marko Saloranta when announcing the European Championship. There was no Hartikainen name on the list.
“It was a big shock because this has been a big dream for me. When the race was reached in December, it felt like it was a step closer to that dream. And then the carpet was basically taken under the feet, so it felt bad at that moment. It was a big disappointment,” Hartikainen says.
“Of course, I understood (the decision), even though it was difficult. There were so many question marks in the line of defense that I had to take sure that one defense player more. I realized that the attack players had to prune, but it was difficult to accept that it was me.”
However, the day before the EM opening match, everything turned. Adelina Engman injured in practice and Hartikainen was alerted from Finland to the Games.
“The good news came from Make (Saloranta), but it felt really bad for adde (Engman),” Hartikainen says.
“Three days I was ready in Kuopio all the time. We have not been pulled by any camp that there would have been some injury. I was ready all the time.”
Anni Hartikainen (right) was able to practice with the pearls on Thursday.
Hartikainen He just got to Geneva when the Helmarit started a match against Iceland in Thun.
“I looked at the game alone at the hotel at the hotel. I had already gone to bed when the team came to the hotel, even though I heard their income. Well, in the morning I saw the gang, and it was a positive atmosphere after winning,” Hartikainen says.
My wishes for living in the European Championship are clear.
“I hope we go to the continuation and get to the field myself, showing my own skills.”