European Football Championships | Helmarie’s head coach Anna Signeul dodged a question about her former assistant coach’s claims: “I would direct the questions to the management of the Finnish Football Federation”

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Thursday the press conference before the match was the first opportunity for the Finnish head coach Give to Signeul to answer the allegations regarding his actions as the head coach of the national team.

HS asked Helmarie’s head coach Anna Signeul at Thursday’s press conference how she commented on her former assistant coach Maiju Ruotsalainen claims that he had questioned the Swede’s choice to have a child?

“Secretary General of the Football Association Marco Casagrande answered questions about this conversation, and I would direct questions about this matter to him from now on,” Signeul replied.

“We would now like to focus on this. This is a great opportunity for fans and the Finnish Football Association to promote football. These players and fans have dreamed of this and we should make this a fantastic moment,” Signeul continued.

Maiju Ruotsalainen, who works as Yle’s expert in the European football championships, said in Yle’s pre-broadcast on Tuesday evening that the reasons for her departure from the national team were related to how her becoming a mother was viewed. The Swede told Western Finland that he had heard that he should have announced his intention to have children before accepting the job.