Two wins and one defeat after three test matches in Switzerland
Two wins and one defeat on the debut of new U20 national coach Christian Künast: The U20 national team made a positive impression in three test matches in Arosa, Switzerland, against Switzerland (2:1, 3:5) and Belarus (2:1nP). her new coach. “Overall, I’m very happy with the week. The work and morale in the team are good and I believe that we are on the right track,” said Künast, who was supported by Marco Sturm, afterwards.
In the 2-1 win after a penalty shootout against Belarus, Lukas Koziol was able to get on the scoresheet during regular time. Andreas Eder converted the decisive penalty. Künast praised his boys' attitude, but also said: "In the end, we may have been a little lucky to win in the penalty shootout."
Maximilian Kammerer and Jakob Mayenschein secured the 2-1 win over Switzerland on Friday with their goals. Künast particularly liked the “absolute will to win” against a strong team like Switzerland, who cited the lack of strength as the reason for the 3:5 defeat (goals: Loibl, Eder, Rogl) a day later: “We were at the end of the week Above all, physically and mentally not ready to play with the Swiss at their level, which meant a quick 0-3 deficit.”
Künast still saw positive aspects here too: “In the last third we found our strength again and were able to make the result a little friendlier.”
The statistics
Germany – Belarus 2:1 (0:0, 1:1, 0:0, 0:0, 1:0) nP
Goals: 1:0 (29:45) L. Koziol; 1:1 (34:20) S. Falkovsky (D. Bokun, A. Chernikov); 2:1 (65:00) A. Eder (PS)
Germany: Proske (Berger) – Quaas, Haase; Kammerer, Kircher, Eder – Rogl, Wissmann; Mayenschein, Loibl, Edfelder – Trinkberger, Schütz; Niederberger, Koziol, Pfaffengut – Erk, Eckl; Körner, Drews, husband
Penalty minutes: Germany 10 – Belarus 8
Germany – Switzerland 2:1 (2:0, 0:1, 0:0)
Goals: 1:0 (13:55) M. Kammerer (A. Eder, T. Kircher); 2:0 (17:53 / PP1) J. Mayenschein (K. Wissmann, T. Kircher); 2:1 (24:20) N. Rod (P. Suter, E. Harlacher)
Germany: Fliessinger (Proske) – Wissmann, Rogl; Edfelder, Loibl, Mayenschein – Haase Quaas; Kircher, Eder, Kammerer – Schütz, Trinkberger; Pfaffengut, Koziol, Spitzner – Eckl, Erk; Husband, Drews, Körner
Penalty minutes: Germany 14 – Switzerland 18
Germany – Switzerland 3:5 (0:3, 1:2, 2:0)
Germany: Berger (Fliessinger) – Schütz, Trinkberger; Pfaffengut, Koziol, Niederberger – Haase, Quaas; Eder, Kircher, Kammerer – Wissmann, Rogl; Edfelder, Loibl, Mayenschein – Eckl, Erk; Spitzner, Drews, Körner
Goals: 0:1 (8:08 / PP1) D. Riat (K. Schweri); 0:2 (10:11) E. Harlacher (K. Schweri); 0:3 (10:21) K. Schweri (P. Suter); 0:4 (21:34) K. Schmidli (C. Türkauf); 1:4 (25:23) A. Eder (E. Quaas); 1:5 (37:26) P. Suter (M. Forrer, D. Riat); 2:5 (47:38) S. Loibl (M. Edfelder, J. Mayenschein); 3:5 (48:44) J. Rogl (A. Eder, K. Wissmann)
Penalty minutes: Germany 12 – Switzerland 14