The women's national team lost 1:5 (1:1; 0:3; 0:1) to Finland in the first game of the Nation Cup in Füssen.
The team led by women's national coach Benjamin Hinterstocker started well in the first tournament game and was able to take the lead thanks to Kerstin Spielberger's goal in the 4th minute of the game. But although the Germans kept the tempo high, the Finns equalized a few minutes before the first break.
In the second half of the game, the guests came out of the locker room much fresher and put increasing pressure on the German backline. By half of the game, Team Finland was in the lead with three goals. The DEBBut the selection didn't give up and created some good chances, especially in the power play.
In the final section, the team led by women's national coach Hinterstocker fought for every target, but in the end it was the Finns who sealed the final score of 1:5 from the German perspective with another goal.
After a day without games tomorrow, the German team will face Switzerland in the second group game on Wednesday (January 06.01th / 18.30:XNUMX p.m.).
Monika Bittner (ESC Planegg): "Today was definitely an improvement on the game from 14 days ago. We played very well in the first third. Unfortunately, we lost the thread in the second period. That is particularly annoying when you notice that we were back in the game in the last third. In the end, the result was perhaps two goals too high."
You can find detailed statistics about the game here: http://gernational.stats.pointstreak.com/boxscore.html?gameid=2822538