NEWPORT, Wales (Interstat) — Finland’s under-19 women’s football team delivered a surprise 2-0 victory over Turkiye in a UEFA Championship qualification match Tuesday at Rodney Parade.

Despite being projected as underdogs, Finland secured the win with second-half goals from substitutes. Helmi Kumpulainen opened the scoring in the 40th minute. Reeta Pirilä sealed the result in the 86th minute, assisted by Turkiye defender Sana Coşkun, who received a yellow card moments earlier.

The result marked a successful start to the qualifying campaign for Finland, improving its record to 1-0. Turkiye, which had a high probability to win according to pre-match analytics, fell to 0-1.