Have to admit Finland had their moments in the recent years, and especially the home games produced magical results and performances, but the magic is pretty much gone now.

Why?

Because of the aging player material, which led to key centerbacks Arajuuri and Toivio retiring from professional football, and the defense was the backbone of Finland, and those defenders made also the genuinely good goalkeeper Hradecky to shine.

The recipe to success was good defense, and long balls to striker Teemu Pukki who was usually the scorer of the winning goal.

Pukki is aging too, the midfield captain Sparv has retired, and alarmingly the player who we expected the most, Glasgow Rangers midfielder Glen Kamara is not what he used to be and he is getting playing time in Scotland, and his performances in Finnish shirt have been weak.

There are a few youngsters in the team that are of big interest, Antman and Suhonen, and the striker from Serie B side Venezia, Joel Pohjanpalo can score against anyone, but the fact is the defense is in shambles and Finland are not likely to win games easily as the pic below from latest home games show, some of though on neutral ground.

Slovenia have started the qualifications with wons over weaker sides Kazakstan and San Marino, but a win is a win, and they would happy with a point away here. Can they get all three?

Slovenia for sure will have the better defense and midfield with Panathinaikos and Udinese players, the striker Sesko scored 16 goals for Red Bull Salzburg last season. The keeper Oblak is out, he would had been the biggest star on the pitch, but now it is Sesko, priced at 24 million euros now, about the same than the whole Finnish squad!

The most expensive Slovenian players: 24,000,000 – Benjamin Šeško (RB Leipzig), 10,000,000 – Jaka Bijol (Udinese), 7,000,000 – Sandi Lovrić (Udinese), 6,000,000 – Miha Zajc (Fenerbahce), 5,000,000 – Andraž Šporar (Panathinaikos ).

6,000,000 – Glen Kamara (Glasgow Rangers), 3,500,000 – Joel Pohjanpalo (Venezia), 2,500,000 – Lukas Hradecky (Bayer Leverkusen), 1,500,000 Teemu Pukki (Norwich City), 1,000,000 – Jesse Joronen ( Venezia) and Jere Uronen (Schalke).

Glen Kamara pictured here. Good luck!

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不得不承认，芬兰近年来也有过辉煌的时刻，尤其是在主场比赛中取得了神奇的成绩和表现，但现在这种魔力已经消失得差不多了。

为什么?

由于球员材料老化，导致关键中后卫阿拉朱利和托伊维奥退出职业足球，而防守是芬兰的中坚力量，这些后卫也让真正优秀的门将赫拉迪基大放光芒。

成功的秘诀是良好的防守，以及长传给前锋特姆·普基，他通常是制胜球的得分手。

普基也老了，中场队长斯帕夫已经退役，令人震惊的是，我们最期待的球员，格拉斯哥流浪者中场格伦·卡马拉已经不再是以前的他了，他在苏格兰得到了出场时间，他在芬兰队的表现一直很弱。

球队中有几名年轻球员值得关注，比如安特曼和苏霍南，还有来自乙级球队威尼斯的前锋乔尔·波扬帕洛，他可以在对阵任何人的比赛中进球，但事实是防守一团糟，芬兰队不太可能轻易赢得比赛，正如下面这张最新主场比赛的照片所示，尽管有些比赛是在中立的场地上进行的。

斯洛文尼亚在预选赛一开始就战胜了实力较弱的哈萨克和圣马力诺，但胜利就是胜利，他们会很高兴在客场得到一分。他们能做到这三点吗?

斯洛文尼亚肯定会有更好的防守和中场，有帕纳辛纳科斯和乌迪内斯球员，前锋塞斯科上赛季为萨尔茨堡红牛打进16球。门将奥布拉克(Oblak)缺阵了，他本来会是球场上最耀眼的球星，但现在是Sesko，他现在的身价为2400万欧元，大约相当于整个芬兰队的身价!

斯洛文尼亚身价最高的球员:2400万-本杰明Šeško(莱比锡)，1000万-比约尔(乌迪内斯)，700万-洛夫里奇(乌迪内斯)，600万-扎伊奇(费内巴切)，500万-安德拉伊夫Šporar(帕纳辛奈科斯)。

600万-格伦·卡马拉(格拉斯哥流浪者)，350万-乔尔·波扬帕洛(威尼斯)，250万-卢卡斯·赫拉德基(勒沃库森)，150万-特姆·普基(诺维奇城)，100万-杰西·约罗宁(威尼斯)和耶雷·乌罗宁(沙尔克)。

图为格伦·卡马拉。好运！

06月17日芬兰 VS 斯洛文尼比赛分析直播