SPORT1 reports live from Belarus from 16.25:XNUMX p.m. / Hördler and Yasin rotate in
Following the 1:3 in the first match against Belarus on Good Friday in Zhlobin and the third defeat in a row during the preparation for the home World Cup in Cologne (5th - 21st May 2017), the mood of the German national ice hockey team was pressed. “After a good first third, we failed to improve in the second half,” said national coach Marco Sturm, summing up the match in front of 2.000 spectators in the Belarusian steel workers’ town.
Sturm and the German national players are unlikely to have been comforted by the words of praise from “Belarus” coach Dave Lewis. The long-time NHL coach and Stanley Cup winner afterwards praised the team of his former player Sturm, with whom he worked at the Boston Bruins. “Germany put a lot of pressure and traffic in front of our goal in the final third, but our keeper was there when it mattered,” said Lewis. Of course, both trainers did not want to overestimate what happened. After all, we are currently in the discovery phase.
The next duel is scheduled for today. At 16.30 p.m. German time (from 16.25 p.m., live on SPORT1) you will meet again in Bobruisk. Germany is eager for revenge. “The boys tried everything in the final third yesterday. Sadly it did not work. We analyzed the match and will attack again today,” said the German national coach combatively.
There will be changes again for the second match against the Belarusians. Nico Krämmer, Bernhard Ebner and Sebastian Uvira, like Dennis Endras, are taking a break. Yasin Ehliz and Frank Hördler are joining the squad. Also means that the formations are rearranging themselves. Only the forward line with Felix Schütz, Patrick Hager and Philip Gogulla remains.