Since Xone is posting about Bochum, I might as well do a (not so) little post about Finnish football here
Well, it looks quite promising actually. Lukas Hradecky is playing in Eintracht Frankfurt this season, as their no1 goalkeeper, and Bundesliga chose him their best player in the first half of the season. To be honest, without him Eintracht would be very close to last position, their defence is very leaky.
Roman Eremenko has struggled with injuries this season but his last season with CSKA Moscow was just amazing. 13 goals and 6 assists in 25 games for a midfielder in Russian league was enough to get him MVP trophy (best player in the league). Not bad when you consider there were players like Hulk, Garay, Rondon, Valbuena, Danny and Witsel playing in the same league.
Serie A has two Finnish players, Perparim Hetemaj and Niklas Moisander. Hetemaj is playing for Chievo Verona and he has been one of their most important players last seasons. Captain in some games and always played 90min when fit. Doesn't score a lot but when he does, they are usually very nice, like this against Juventus this season:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=orLZi7lOMf8 . Moisander moved from Ajax to Sampdoria and after a difficult start he's finally getting 90min games and good results.
http://www.krcgenk.be/nl/nieuws/detail/2464/fins-international-jere-uronen-tekent-bij-krc-genk
21y left back Jere Uronen just moved from Helsingborgs IF to KRC Genk. He's very talented player but injuries ruined his career a lot. Now he's finally getting a transfer to bigger league after spending 4 years in Swedish Allsvenskan.
http://www.spazioj.it/2015/12/31/esclusiva-sj-kairinen-un-nordico-che-ha-stregato-la-signora-ecco-chi-e-e-quando-puo-arrivare/
Another young talent coming from Finland. Juventus is willing to pay 2 million euros for Kaan Kairinen who just turned 17 in December. He played in 27 games last season for Finnish club Inter (highest division) and he was "Best young player of the season". He was also listed as "top 50 promising players in the world" and he is compared to Finnish legend Jari Litmanen and his playing style to Andrea Pirlo.
http://www.voetbalprimeur.nl/nieuws/628779/-pec-zwolle-cli-nt-van-raiola-gelinkt-aan-opvallende-transfer-naar-lazio-.html
Rumours are saying about Thomas Lam's (born December 1993) transfer to Lazio. He has already 50 games in Eredivisie with AZ Alkmaar and PEC Zwolle so the next step to Serie A wouldn't be a surprise.
And in the end couple of videos about Finnish teams, made by Copa90 (over 1m subscribers in Youtube):
Helsinki Derby (I was actually watching, not that one, but the earlier derby:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6kDwustrbY
A small team in Lapland called FC Santa Claus:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54JE3uY8JLs