The German national ice hockey team challenged the world champion: In an even game, the Finns have enough counterattack to win.
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Ice Hockey World Cup: Germany - Finland 1: 2 (0: 1, 1: 0, 0: 1)
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9:51 p.m.:
Now Germany has to tremble for the quarter-finals.
“I think we played a good game despite the defeat.
I think we deserved a point, "said defender Leon Gawanke at
Sport1
and announced:" We know the USA are strong opponents.
But we have shown that we can beat strong opponents with passion. ”In the Group B table, the 2019 World Cup sixth slipped behind the previously victorious USA and Kazakhs to fourth, who was just about to make it into the competition. Round would be enough.
The Germans are only one point ahead of the Latvians in fifth place.
9:27 p.m.:
Lundell and Loibl are named the best players in their teams.
9:26 p.m.:
What a shame!
Germany does not reward itself for a courageous performance at eye level against the Finns, who use an inattentiveness in the third third for the decisive goal.
60th minute: final siren! Finland wins!
60th Minute:
The Bullys all go to Finland.
19 seconds left.
60th minute:
A Finn loses his racket.
Then Eisenschmid leaves!
But blocked again.
Pföderl tries to rebound, but the keeper has it.
59th Minute:
Offensive bully of the Germans goes to Finland.
Then the next icing against the Finns.
Finland almost with the 1: 3 - Germany is still missing just one goal to equalize
58th Minute:
Niederberger is out.
Six field players.
Finland immediately attempted to hit the empty goal - just over to the right!
57.Minute
:
Moritz Müller's long shot, blocked away.
57th Minute:
Icing against Germany.
Time is running out.
56th Minute:
Germany forces the next offensive bully.
You still have strength!
54th minute:
The door opens after a check on the gang!
And then the offensive face-off for Germany.
Everything is still in here!
53rd minute:
Innala alone in front of Eisenschmid!
But the keeper keeps the DEB team in the game!
53rd Minute:
That was more or less the first time that a counterattack came about.
So far, the defensive ranks have prevented that.
But now the time has come - and the doorbell rings immediately.
Ice hockey World Cup: Finland takes the lead again against Germany
52nd Minute: Goal for Finland - 1: 2. Goalscorer: Ruotsalainen.
Is that bitter!
Immediately after the power play of the Germans, the Finns hit with a counterattack, Lundell prepares with a class solo on the left, then Ruotsalainen mercilessly joins the puck up into the net.
51st Minute:
Finland is complete again.
50th minute:
Noebels immediately shot at the face-off - held!
Top opportunity.
49th minute:
Outnumbered Germany!
High stick against Pföderl: Pakarinen has to go down!
48th Minute:
Kühnhackl blocks, Nowak blocks.
And then the power play is over!
47th Minute:
Kastner finally brings the disc out of the danger zone.
Survived the first minute.
Ice Hockey World Cup: penalty time against Germany - power play for Finland
46th minute:
Penalty against Germany!
Moritz Müller for tripping.
45th minute:
Niederberger pulls out the next one, this time a long shot from the left.
Nevertheless, both teams often manage to disrupt the opponent's rhythm again and again with the highest intensity.
44th Minute:
Pföderl creates space in front.
But Finland counters.
But the Germans are also doing well.
43rd Minute:
Another good face-off from the German team, Loibl.
42nd Minute:
Niederberger holds!
Difficult, deflected ball. Take a deep breath.
41st Minute: Let's go on!
40th minute: The second third is played! It's 1: 1.
40th minute:
Finland is complete again.
39th minute:
Eisenschmid has to try it himself because Finland delivers everything well.
Held!
Ice Hockey World Cup: Power Play for Germany against Finland
38th minute:
Power Play Germany!
Koivisto has to go down against Eisenschmid after being disabled.
That makes him strong!
38th Minute:
Dangerous scene in front of the German goal.
You don't take the puck away.
Ultimately, Anttila fails when poking Niederberger.
37th minute:
Icing against Finland.
The hellish pace has gone down a bit, but that was to be expected.
34th Minute:
The Finns have recovered well from the German goal and are pushing for the renewed lead.
33rd minute:
Both are back.
31st minute:
Plachta (cross-checking) and Lundell (roughing) have to go down: it continues in four against four.
30th minute:
The Germans now seem very self-confident.
28th minute:
And that's deserved!
Germany is absolutely on par with the world champions.
Ice Hockey World Cup: Germany is coming back!
Holzer's torch strikes
28.Minute: Goal for Germany, 1: 1. Goalscorer: Holzer.
That's the thing in there!
First real chance in the second third.
After Platcha's preparatory work, Loibl took off, for a moment nothing to see for the Finnish goalkeeper Olkinuora, because Mo Müller blocked the view, and Holzer's torch hit next to the right post!
27th minute:
To see late!
Kaski with one shot, but Niederberger has it.
24.Minute:
Hard check on Moritz Müller on the gang, but no whistle.
23rd Minute:
The Finns are not the first time five, all at the same time, almost on one line.
But Germany is being defended.
22nd minute:
The pace remains extremely high.
Can both teams hold out until the end?
21st minute: Let's go on! The second third is running.
20th minute: siren! Finland leads 1-0 after the first third.
19th minute:
It's the expected big fight!
Noticeably strong today, by the way, Pföderl.
Germany creates scoring opportunities against Finland: Rieder fails
17th minute:
Rieder!
Good chance!
First he helps out in the back, then he shows up in front!
But he fails from an acute angle at the keeper of the Finns!
15th minute:
Top save from Niederberger!
Almost the 0: 2.
Strong parade!
15th minute:
Again, both teams change at the same time.
14. Minute:
The respect is tangible.
The Finns are very aggressive.
Today it is only possible with 100 percent commitment!
Chances for the DEB team against Finland: The Finnish leadership remains
14th minute:
Well played out!
But Seider missed the goal!
Another good chance for the DEB cracks.
13.Minute:
Hard whistle.
Söderholm complains, Tiffels is called back for icing.
11th minute:
Best chance for the Germans through Noebels!
Almost the balance, because they work well and poke around - but ultimately the Finns clarify.
10th minute:
Both teams change at the same time, for the third time now.
9th minute:
Ohtamaa is hit on the foot with the puck and has to go out briefly.
But he's not called "The King of Pain" for nothing, he's sure to come back.
Ice hockey World Cup: Finland takes the lead against Germany
7th minute: Goal for Finland, 0: 1. Goalscorer: Lundell.
Lundell doesn't hesitate long!
The power play only lasts a few seconds, and the Finns strike immediately, Lundell's full range shot from the right, nothing to hold.
Preparatory work by Sund and Innala.
6. Minute:
Penalty time for Germany.
Seider has to watch.
Cross-checking.
5th minute:
Well done in front of Pföderl's goal, who takes the disc away.
That could have been dangerous.
Extremely high speed continues!
3rd minute:
Very energetic, both teams start with a lot of effort.
Kramer's shot goes to the mask of a teammate.
1st minute:
Let's go!
7:11 p.m.: We're about to start
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The journey for the Germans at the Ice Hockey World Cup continues against Finland.
Does the team give us another reason to celebrate today?
6:52 p.m.:
Without top talent Lukas Reichel, the German national ice hockey team takes on Finland at 7:15 p.m.
The Eisbären Berlin striker, who is considered a future NHL professional, falls after a check against his head from the 2: 3 against Kazakhstan.
In addition, striker Lean Bergmann and defender Marcel Brandt are missing in the squad for the fifth group game.
The strikers Andreas Eder, Daniel Fischbuch and John-Jason Peterka come to their first World Cup appearances.
National coach Toni Söderholm switched the ranks for the preliminary round game against his home country for the first time and plays with seven defenders and 13 forwards.
In goal, the Berlin Mathias Niederberger received the trust again.
This time Niklas Treutle from Nuremberg will replace Felix Brückmann from Mannheim.
Before ice hockey match between Germany and Finland: bereavement at DEB
3.10 p.m.:
Bereavement on match day at the Ice Hockey World Cup: German ice hockey legend Markus Egen died at the age of 93.
The German Ice Hockey Federation (DEB) announced on Saturday.
Egen had coached the German national team between 1963 and 1969, with the traditional club EV Füssen he was also a player and coach a total of 13 German champions.
“It was with great sadness and sympathy that I had to receive the message from the Egen family on Friday evening. It makes me very sad, because personally I adored and valued Markus very much. In Markus Egen, German ice hockey is losing one of the outstanding and formative personalities, both athletically and personally, ”said DEB President Franz Reindl.
Egen looked after the national team together with Xaver Unsinn in 1964 at the Olympic Winter Games in Innsbruck. As a player, he experienced four world championships and the winter games in 1952, 1956 and 1960. At the 1953 World Cup, Egen won the silver medal with the German team. Egen, whose sons Uli and Hans-Peter also became famous ice hockey players, scored 72 goals in 99 international matches. In 1989 he was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame Germany for his services.
May 29, 3:05 p.m.:
Today is for the DEB cracks!
The challenge could hardly be greater with World Champion Finland, as Leo Pföderl knows.
Nevertheless, the German team has a lot of self-confidence, he says: “The Finns are reigning world champions, but we are in a good mood, we accelerate and do our math.
We got off to a good start, dampers are also part of a tournament like this, now it's on. "
Germany - Finland at the Ice Hockey World Cup: first sand dune, then next round?
Message from May 28, 10:33 a.m.:
Riga - you have given us so much fun at the World Cup * so far - now the German national ice hockey team was allowed to take a break for a day: national coach Toni Söderholm drove his team out of Riga for fun on Thursday a sand dune. Just don't think about ice hockey or talk about the bankruptcy against Kazakhstan * was the motto. "We give the players completely ice hockey-free," said Söderholm before the trip, which took place under the strict Corona protection regulations. "We'll gather our strengths and strengthen ourselves on several fronts, and then we'll come back."
Only on Saturday (7.15 p.m. / Sport1) against defending champion Finland - Söderholm's homeland - the selection of the German Ice Hockey Federation at the World Cup continues.
After the unexpected 2: 3 against Kazakhstan on Wednesday, the USA on Monday and World Cup hosts Latvia on Tuesday still need points to make the desired quarter-finals perfect despite the three opening wins from the remaining preliminary round games against the Finns.
"We don't have to make ourselves smaller than we are," said top defender Moritz Seider in view of the difficult, following tasks and promised: "We will fight back."
Ice hockey World Cup: Germany against Finland in the live ticker - DEB team back on track?
For the only time at this World Cup, the German team in Riga has two days off after the game against the Kazakhs, which is good for regeneration on the one hand. On the other hand, Söderholm and sports director Christian Künast indicated that this can be difficult, especially after a defeat under the current circumstances. Just going out to Riga's beautiful old town to have a coffee is not possible in view of the corona protection regulations. The greatest feeling in the hotel is a meeting room, which also serves as a dining room, equipped with a table tennis table and a foosball table, which is only available to the German team. "This room, the room, the hall - that's it," said Künast, listing the possibilities for the players so far. The danger of the camp crash is great.
Therefore Söderholm canceled the training on Thursday and accepted the offer of the World Cup organizers to visit one of two possible destinations outside of Riga.
With a police escort, coaches and players were driven out of town to a dune.
“It's just us, no other person is there,” reported Künast, almost wistfully.
“Just adding the aspect of fresh air.” Obviously, that alone is difficult.
Ice hockey World Cup in the live ticker: Germany hopes for Dominik Kahun - no option against Finland yet
This makes it clear: Under these circumstances, team spirit is more important than ever - and it currently seems to be the best. “The team is a unit. We will go our own way ”, promised Künast, who, like DEB President Franz Reindl, sees the historic opportunity for the German team at this tournament. Due to the circumstances, many NHL top stars such as Germany's athlete of the year 2020 Leon Draisaitl were unable to come to Riga for the World Cup. After the playoffs of the Edmonton Oilers, only his teammate Dominik Kahun was able to travel quickly to the Latvian capital.
Ideally, he could play for Germany against the USA on Monday *. “In theory it is possible. You have to wait and see, ”said Künast. The game against Latvia on Tuesday is more realistic. Finland took the lead in Group B ahead of the duel with Germany on Saturday. The defending champion won easily and unspectacularly 3-0 (2-0, 1-0, 0-0) against the still pointless bottom Italy * on Thursday evening. After four games, the Finns now overtook Germany and the USA (both nine) by ten points, who had previously missed hosts Latvia the second defeat in the tournament.
(akl / dpa) * Merkur.de is an offer from IPPEN.MEDIA
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