A win would see Cymru face with Estonia or, more likely, Poland in a match final which will also be hosted in the Welsh capital on Tuesday.
It took just three minutes for lift-off at the Cardiff City Stadium. Brennan Johnson and Harry Wilson played a neat one-two to put the latter through on goal.
His effort was well-saved by Lukas Hradecky, but he could only parry it into the path of David Brooks, who adjusted brilliantly to volley into the net, lighting the fuse on a raucous atmosphere. Minutes later, Daniel Hakans couldn't keep an awkward volley from close range down and it flashed over Danny Ward's net. But it was a warning to anyone in a red shirt who was considering getting carried away.
Finland settled after going a goal down and Teemu Pukki beat the offside trap only for his first time effort to trundle meekly into the arms of a grateful Ward.Ward; B Davies, Mepham, Rodon, Roberts; N Williams, Ampadu, J James, Wilson; Johnson, BrooksHennessy, King, Fox, D James, Ramsey, Sheehan, Savage, Dasilva, Broadhead, Moore, Matondo, Cullen.Hradecky; Peltola, Ivanov, Tenho, Alho; Pohjanpalo, Schuller, Kamara; Kakana, Lod, Pukki.
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