Although, of course, no chance can be taken away in advance, there are many indications that Poles and Finns in group G will fight primarily for second place, giving the game about promotion in the play -offs. The Netherlands is a brick favorite, but if ours or Finnish cadre He wants to challenge them at least, he must beat the latter. Therefore, both meetings of these teams will have great importance. First game Already on Tuesday, June 10 in Helsinki. However, it turns out that the authorities of the Finnish Football Association have a considerable problem related to competition with Poland.
Finns have a problem. Ghostly voids are being prepared
It is the sale of tickets, the pace of which is so far very snails. Olympic stadium 36,200 people can accommodate in Helsinki. Meanwhile, as the Secretary General of the Federation Marco Casagrande informed, so far not even half have been sold. Unlike the clash with the Netherlands, which will take place at the same facility on Saturday, June 7. – For a meeting with the Netherlands, we have practically sneaked in the entire stadium, while only 14,000 tickets have spread to the match with Poland – said Casagrande, quoted by the Polish press agency.
Lots of negative factors
Finns of this state of affairs see in two factors. The first are high prices of tickets. The cheapest tickets you can get cost 35 euro (approx. PLN 149 at the current course). And the most expensive ones, those to the main tribuna, expenditure of up to 151.5 euros (almost 650 PLN). High prices, however, did not deter fans when it comes to the match against the Netherlands, where the ticket to the largest tribune is even more expensive (158.5 euros).
Finnish media emphasize that the clash with Poland is so much worse that it is played in the middle of the week. A combination of high prices, the need to get up to work for the next day (and the match is at 20:45 Polish time, i.e. at 21:45 in Finland), and there is nothing to cheat, less encouraging from the Netherlands a rival, makes the Helsinki stadium to shine empty on Tuesday evening.