Huuhkajat Match Reports – Is Finland heading Backe to the Future?

Update: 2025-09-16

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Blog: show notes and links https://finnishfootballshow.com/2025/09/16/is-finland-heading-backe-to-the-future/

IN THIS EPISODE...

Mark W and Keke again with match reports from Finland's two away games; a 1-0 friendly defeat to Norway, followed by a 3-1 defeat in the World Cup qualifier against Poland. Keke shares tales from his trip to Chorzów, Poland. They revisit the topic of an early episode* to ask if Finland is regressing under Jacob Friis, back to the performances of the Hans Backe era.

Finally, they discuss a positive week for Finnish referee, Mohammad Al-Emara, who made his elite international debut in the England-Andorra match at Wembley, before an unprecedented(?) post-match Q&A with the fans, after SJK 3-3 HJK 🤯

* See FFS episode #12: Backe sacke & ‘Crack’. Hans Backe Fired

00:00:00 Intro

00:01:08 Match report: Norway 1-0 Finland

00:13:04 Keke in Chorzów

00:19:46 Match report: Poland 3-1 Finland

00:34:34 Is Finland Going ‘Backe to the Future’ and regressing under Jacob Friis

00:41:11 Upcoming World Cup Qualifiers for the Huuhkajat

00:45:47 Referee Mohammad Al-Emara in action at Wembley & meeting the SJK fans

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