That pressure only grew last night (12th November) after Finland lost 2-0 in Tirana against Albania, a result which ended their hopes of promotion to League B of the UEFA Nations League with one match to spare.
Finland are guaranteed to finish third in Group C1 no matter the result of their final match against San Marino on 15th November, despite only being relegated from League B in the previous Nations League cycle.
Fans who made the substantial trip to Tirana voiced their frustrations at a team who have now gone four games without scoring in open play, but Friis was not in the mood to appease them.
"Calm down," he said during his post-match television interview, before going on to explain why he was unbothered by the criticism.
"I'm confident. The head coach is always blamed. I don't care. I care about the players and that we are taking steps in the right direction."
After the defeat to Belarus in October, goalkeeper Lukas Hradecky appeared to be aiming the blame towards Friis and his tactical choices, but this time he was quick to support the Dane, who has been in the job since January 2025.
"Coaching is doing everything they can. There have been sleepless nights. We are thinking about how we can improve this (situation) - we are doing it together."
Hradecky could do nothing to prevent Ernest Muci finding the top corner in the first half, before Rey Manaj's header doubled the lead early in the second half. Hopes of a Finnish comeback weren't helped with a quarter of the match to play when Miro Tenho was shown a red card for a bad challenge.
