Comment|Now every loss increases the discussion about why Kanerva got an extension, writes sports reporter Ari Virtanen.
The scoundrels revealed his new face in Greece. The team’s playing had improved significantly during the week and it was visible in the team’s new form on the field and playing through the center.
It showed the Huuhkajie’s new coaching group Jani Honkavaara handprint. It was in a way natural that Honkavaara, who has his own clear way of playing in Kuopio Palloseura, brought his way of playing to Huuhkaji.
The whiners now at least have some kind of red thread in their hands.
Is that the best possible way of playing for Huuhkaj? Or does the style of play best support the strengths of Finland’s best players? The autumn games in the Nations League provide answers.
According to the members of the coaching group, the new features of Huuhkajie’s game were born as a result of numerous long meetings.
Honkavaara said last week that according to him, the Huhkajie’s game principles should be visible regardless of what the Huhkajie’s grouping is in each game.
“When we have the principles, it also makes it possible to modify the form,” he said.
A week after that, it can be said that Honkavaara seems to be a kind of leader of the game process in the coaching group.
And it raises questions about how the head coach Markku Kanerva has accepted the principles, how well he is able to coach them and how he is able to react in matches with the necessary changes.
Does Kanerva have ownership of the new way of playing? Kanerva’s references to a new way of playing were noteworthy.
“We are not so good that we would knock everyone down with this way of playing,” he said before the match against Greece.
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Now every loss increases the discussion about why Kanerva got an extension.
After the defeat in Greece, Kanerva complained about how the style of play also caused problems for Finland.
“It was known that Greece uses width on the wings. When we often have the wing packs up in that style of play, there is space on the wings for counterattacks. When we try to block the center, the sides are easily left a little open.”
Words reveal a lot. It’s as if Kanerva has outsourced the gameplay from itself.
It has arisen partly from the pressure of the coaching group and partly from the pressure of the management of the Football Association to change the Huuhkajie’s game.
When Kanerva’s extension contract was announced, the Palloliitto’s press release talked about Huuhkajie’s need for changes in the game.
Heather is known as a conservative and safety-oriented coach, and he may well be in pain with the risks of a new way of playing.
The players have signed a new direction, said the captain Lukas Hradecky After the defeat in Greece. In this situation, it is difficult for Kanerva to go back with the new way of playing.
On Monday at the team’s hotel, Kanerva told the media that patience has been emphasized for the team.
Kanerva knows very well that the learning process makes it difficult to get results. After the disappointing EC play-offs, the continuation of Kanerva’s head coach was questioned.
Now every loss increases the discussion about why Kanerva got an extension.
Expectations for the second match of the Nations League against England are not too high among supporters.
“Many people consider this an impossible task, that we get something from the match. We believe that we can do miracles. Yes, it requires shocking stretching as individuals and as a team. No team is invincible,” Kanerva said.