Finland women's manager Outi Saarinen has apologised aft accidentally naming a 51-year-old erstwhile subordinate successful the squad for their lucifer against Serbia.
When naming the line-up, she mistakenly selected the long-retired Stina Ruuskanen alternatively of 23-year-old defender Nanne Ruuskanen.
The mistake was not spotted until aft the teamsheet deadline had passed truthful the younger Ruuskanen missed the 1-1 Women's Nations League draw.
Her older namesake, who is nary relation, won the past of her 2 Finland caps 29 years agone and took the mix-up successful bully spirits.
"I'm decidedly acceptable if the telephone comes! Just yesterday I was playing successful a hobby league match... truthful my crippled consciousness is good," Stina told the Finnish paper Ilta-Sanomat.
In a connection from the Finnish Football Association, Saarinen said: "Nanne was, of course, disappointed but took the quality precise good considering the circumstances.
"I americium precise atrocious for the mistake."
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