Augsburg striker is about to make his first international appearance / taking advantage of opportunities needs to be improved
Wipe your mouth, carry on. After the unfortunate 1:3 defeat against Slovakia at the start of the Deutschland CupThe German national ice hockey team must secure a win against Switzerland today (19.30:1 p.m., live on SPORTXNUMX) in order to maintain their chances of defending their title.
"I watched the first match against Canada. Switzerland played well. It will be a tough job," said national coach Marco Sturm before the duel with the Swiss.
Both opponents lost on the first day of the tournament. Switzerland remained goalless in a 0-3 defeat against a strong Canadian team. Which doesn't really interest anyone on the German selection side. “This is a good team with a lot of experienced guys,” says Justin Krueger.
The national defender must know exactly, after all, he has been playing in Switzerland for years and meets two of his teammates at SC Bern, Eric Blum and Tristan Scherwey.
As announced, Sturm is changing again. Mathias Niederberger (Düsseldorfer EG) moves between the posts today Niklas Treutle (Krefeld Pinguine) acts as the second man behind.
In defense are Denis Reul and birthday boy Sinan Akdag (both Adler Mannheim) back in the squad as well as Thomas Greilinger (ERC Ingolstadt), Brent Raedeke (Adler Mannheim) and Thomas Holzmann (Augsburger Panther) in attack. The local hero from the Fuggerstadt is likely to be impressed by his own team before his debut in his “living room”. Fans be particularly celebrated.
It should be important that, in contrast to the 1:3 defeat against Slovakia on Friday, the exploitation of opportunities in the duel with the Swiss has improved. “Then it might have been a different game,” said keeper Felix Brückmann the day before.