by Luca Ranocchiari - Futsalplanet.com editor and our collaborator Petteri Tyni

Cyprus, Albania and San Marino: those are the nations moving towards Tampere, taking place in the preliminary round group E of the Croatia 2012 Qualifiers along with host country Finland. That's the reason why the national team coached by Jouni Pihlaja has chosen Hungary in order to prepare at their best for the important january challenge. Below have a look at the finnish roster, which has just ended the first game in the hungarian town of Miskolc losing 3-1 to their magyar counterparts. The second game will take place tomorrow in Gyöngyös.


Finnish National Team - Players List

Goalkeepers
Tuomas Kallioinen (Ilves FS)
Juha Ojanperä (Mad Max Valkeakoski)

Field Players
Panu Autio (El Pozo Ciudad de Murcia - SPAIN)
Matias Juvonen (K. Dynamo Jyväskylä)
Joonas Laurikainen (Porin Palloilijat Pori)
Mikko Kytölä (K. Dynamo Jyväskylä)
Lasse Lind (Golden FT Espoo)
Ville Lindgren (Golden FT Espoo)
Joni Pakola (Ilves FS)
Jarkko Reinikka (Golden FT Espoo)
Risto Salmi (Golden FT Espoo)
Antti Teittinen (Ilves FS)
Teemu Terho (Golden FT Espoo)
Juha-Pekka Torvinen (Ilves FS)

Head Coach: Jouni Pihlaja