Eder show in the 5:3 win / Künast: “Deservedly won against a top team”
Strong performance by the U20 national team at their dress rehearsal in Slovakia: The team of BundesYoung talent coach Christian Künast achieved a 2016: 20 (13:20, 2015:5, 3:0) win against the host gave us a lot of self-confidence for the upcoming World Cup tournament.
“I’m really happy with the team’s performance today. At the beginning of the game we had some problems with the tempo, but then we got better into the game with each passing minute. In the end we deserved to win against a team from the top division. Despite the success, the results only count from Sunday. That’s where the focus is now,” said Künast.
The man of the evening was captain Andreas Eder. The one in the DEL for him EHC Red Bull München The striker, who plays for the team, was involved in all of Germany's goals with four goals and one assist. The attack line with Eder and his teammates Jakob Mayenschein and Stefan Loibl harmonized almost perfectly in their first joint appearance. "We didn't have a good start today, but then we fought back well and made use of our power play. In the end, we deserved to win," said match winner Eder.
After a 0:2 after 20 minutes, the tide turned: the German team played with more pressure and significantly more commitment than before. Andreas Eder scored the next goal for them in the first change DEB-Selection. With his second and third goals, Eder completed his flawless hat trick. After the Munich player's fourth strike, Jakob Mayenschein was also able to join the top scorers list.
Germany: Fießinger (Franzreb) – Rogl, Wissmann; Mayenschein, Loibl, A.Eder – Quaas, Haase; Kammerer, Wiederer, Edfelder – Gläßl, Trinkberger; Napravnik, T.Eder, Koziol – Veisert, Schütz; Matthäs, Drews, Körner
Goals: 0:1 (0:41) F.Ondrus (M.Palocko); 0.2 (07:09 / PP1) M.Moravcik (S.Solensky, E.Cernak); 1:2 (20:43) A.Eder (S.Loibl); 2:2 (26:33 / PP1) A.Eder (S.Loibl, K.Wissmann); 3:2 (34:42) A.Eder (S.Loibl, J.Mayenschein); 3:3 (39:08) F.Lestan (K.Pospisil, F.Ondrus); 4:3 (42:53) A.Eder (J.Mayenschein); 5:3 (46:47 / PP1) J.Mayenschein (A.Eder, K.Wissmann)
Penalty minutes: Germany 8 – Slovakia 18