Mount Royal Soccer · Jul 18, 2019
Flying Finn Looks Set for Impact.
Lassi Lappalainen, Bologna’s latest signing, who looks like he could be on his way to Montreal.The last Flying Finn was a generation or two before, indeed he was from a different sport entirely, but if young Lassi Lappalainen goes on to achieve even half that level of acclaim, he’ll be doing ok.
He shares the same christian name (although varied spelling) as the great Lasse Viren, Finland’s double Olympic Champion distance runner of 1972, but there the similarities end.
The youngster has been setting tongues wagging in the Veikkausliiga (Finland’s top division) for a couple of seasons now, and at 20, is ready for the next stage in a budding career.