
Photo credits: screenshot from Philip Saxen
The journalist Philip Saxen ate the page of newspaper with his article, in which he had criticized the Finnish national team before the Ice Hockey World Cup 2019. The respective video footage was posted by him on Twitter, as
Liga.net reported.
"I wrote that the present team of Finland was one of the worst in the history of the world championships. The maximum I expected from them was the quarter final. I have never been so wrong. It's time to apologize and eat my words, " Saxen said.
On May 26th, the national team of Finland became world champion, beating the team of Canada 3: 1. The Ice Hockey World Championship took place from 10 to 26th May in Slovakia.