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Jun 4, 2025, 02:34 PM ET
Finland women's nationalist squad manager has apologised for mistakenly calling up a long-retired 51-year-old for this week's crippled against Serbia.
When submitting the lineup, manager Outi Saarinen mistakenly entered erstwhile subordinate Stina Ruuskanen alternatively of 23-year-old Djurgarden defender Nanne Ruuskanen.
The mistake was not discovered until past deadline.
Ruuskanen, who received her call-up 29 years aft playing 2 elder internationals for Finland, took the mix-up successful bully humour.
Puolustaja Nanne Ruuskasta ei nähdä tiistaina Helmareiden kokoonpanossa Nations League -ottelussa Serbiaa vastaan inhimillisen virheen vuoksi.
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"I'm decidedly acceptable if the telephone comes! Just yesterday I was playing successful a hobby league lucifer ... truthful my crippled consciousness is good," she told the Finnish paper Ilta-Sanomat.
The younger Ruuskanen, who is nary relation, was incapable to instrumentality portion successful the UEFA Nations League match, a 1-1 gully successful Helsinki connected Tuesday.
"Nanne was, of course, disappointed but took the quality precise good considering the circumstances," Saarinen said successful a connection from the Finnish Football Association.
"I americium precise atrocious for the mistake."
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