In the quarterfinals of the Olympic Games in Beijing, the Finnish national team will play against Switzerland.
Finland
The Finnish national team confidently held the group stage at the Olympic Games and eventually won Group C. In the decisive match for the first place, Finland won a super-victory over Sweden. After the second period, Jukka Yalonen's team was losing 0:3 and it seemed that everything would be clear in this game with the winner, but Finland was able to turn everything around in the final third of the match. The comeback began with a goal by Temu Hartikainen in the sixth minute. Ten minutes later, Iiro Pakarinen scored the second goal and two minutes later he also scored a double. As a result, the teams went to play overtime, where Finland, due to courage, was able to squeeze Sweden, the winning goal was scored by Harri Pesonen.
Switzerland
The Swiss national team, in turn, made a sensation yesterday and won a strong-willed victory over the Czech Republic in the 1/8 finals of the Olympic Games. Patrick Fischer's team missed in the middle of the first period, after that it seemed that everything would go well for the Czech Republic, however, Switzerland had other plans for this match. Five minutes later Andreas Ambul equalized, and a few seconds later Switzerland forced the Czechs to fight back, this time Killian Motte scored. After this, the Czech Republic could not recover, as a result, Switzerland left for the first break with the score 2:1. In the middle of the second period, Denis Malgin scored the third goal in the majority draw. The Czech Republic again had nothing to answer, Switzerland had already left for the second break with the score 3:1. In the middle of the third period, Rafael Diaz made the score 4:1 and finally removed all questions about the winner. Shortly after that, the Czechs won back one goal, but they were already unable to pull the game out.
The national teams of Finland and Switzerland know each other relatively well. Over the past five matches, the Finnish national team has celebrated success three times. The last time the teams played each other was in 2018 in the quarterfinals of the World Cup. Then Switzerland made a sensation and won with a score of 3:2.
Forecast
Considering that Finland has had a good rest, as well as the fact that Jukka Yalonen's team still has more high-class hockey players, you need to confidently pass Switzerland. Yes, for sure the match will be difficult, but the game against Sweden showed that Finland knows how to hold a punch, and therefore there are absolutely no factors in favor of Patrick Fischer's team.
