1.  Panionios soccer club fired its Finnish coach Tuesday after the national category soccer side suffered a setback in the Greek Cup.

2.  Finnish coach Curt Lindstrom said he had decided against bringing any NHL players to Moscow so he could evaluate his junior players better.

3.  Finnish coach Richard Moeller Nielsen said he was able to take advantage of two things, Swiss desperation on the one hand and overconfidence on the other.

4.  Finnish national coach Curt Lindstrom, who previously coached Sweden to a World Championships title, said his players were too tense.

5.  Nine years ago, Finnish assistant coach Hannu Aravirta thought Raimo Helminen was finished.

6.  Nine years ago, Finnish assistant coach Hannu Aravirta thought Raimo Helminen was a finished Finn.

7.  France meanwhile reaped the benefits of the attacking game plan adopted under their new Finnish coach Juhani Tamminen.