National coach Marco Sturm warns about Austria / SPORT1 will broadcast live from 14.25:XNUMX p.m
And it continues: After the 5-0 opening win over Japan, the national team gave little thought to the start of the tournament. The game against the Asians on Thursday evening was too one-sided. The shooting ratio of 51:14 spoke volumes.
For 60 minutes, the German team played one-way hockey and dominated their opponents. If you wanted to find a fly in the ointment, it was just the conversion of chances. “As strange as it sounds, we should have shot more,” said a generally satisfied Marco Sturm.
The national coach and his team are only focusing on today's duel with Austria (14.30 p.m., live on SPORT1). Team Austria suffered a major blow in the 1-8 defeat against hosts Latvia yesterday. For the selection of the Deutscher Eishockey-Bund (DEB) but no reason to underestimate today's opponent.
On the contrary, the German camp is expecting a tough match. “They will fight until they drop and try to show that they can hold their own against us,” said striker Felix Schütz, one of the goalscorers in the opening win. And Sturm also warned urgently: “It will be a completely different game.”
"We are happy about the victory, but yesterday was only the first step," said captain Marcel Goc. "The match is now over. We are now fully concentrating on the game against Austria. That will be a very big challenge." After yesterday's success, Sturm will hardly change anything in its line-up. "Germany is definitely the big favorite," explained Austria's defender Dominique Heinrich.