Funny story about calling up players: Finland mistakenly calls up 51-year-old former player to play in Nations League

TPO - The Finnish women's team just caused a rare incident when they called up the wrong player. The team's coach called up a 51-year-old former player instead of the one he wanted to bring up to the team.

The incident occurred when Finland was preparing their squad for the Women's Nations League. Coach Oti Sarinen selected 23-year-old defender Nanne Ruuskanen, who plays in Norway for Brann. But when he entered the player's name in the call-up, he wrote Stina Ruuskanen, a Finnish women's player who has been retired for more than 20 years.

In the end, the chosen player could not be called up, thereby missing yesterday's match against Serbia. After realizing that he had called the wrong person, Mr. Sarinen apologized. This coach apologized to Nanne Ruuskanen for making her miss the national team match, and also apologized to Ms. Stina Ruuskanen for making this former player's name on the team list.

Nanne Ruuskanen in the national team jersey

Perhaps the reason for this mistake is that they both have the same last name. Stina Ruuskanen was also an international player when she played. She last played for Finland 29 years ago.

After hearing the whole story, Ms. Stina joked that she was still fit to contribute to the team. "If they really let me play, I'm ready. I played in the amateur league yesterday. I think I'm still playing well," she said wittily.

Fortunately, this mistake did not affect the overall performance of the Finnish women's team. The match against Serbia was their last match in the group stage. The team had already qualified for the next round. They finished second with 11 points behind Serbia.

Dang Lai

Source: https://tienphong.vn/hai-huoc-chuyen-trieu-tap-tuyen-thu-phan-lan-goi-nham-cuu-cau-thu-51-tuoi-da-nations-league-post1748871.tpo