Today at 17.25:XNUMX p.m. the TV media partner will give fans exclusive insights into the inner workings of the national team
Get in the mood for the big sports highlight with the Ice Hockey World Cup documentary “Countdown to Cologne”! SPORT1 is right with the Ice Hockey World Cup documentary “Countdown to Cologne”. Fans today, from 17:25 p.m., on the upcoming highlight. Since then Deutschland Cup SPORT1 accompanied this last November DEBteam on their way to the #HomeWorld Cup with the camera.
During the six-month preparation phase, numerous exclusive insights were collected that show the inner workings of the team. Many protagonists are looking ahead to the #HomeWorld Cup. “Every athlete, every athlete and every ice hockey player perhaps only has the chance to play in a home World Cup like this once. It's a positive pressure. I also set myself goals that I want to achieve and I know that the team has more to offer. “So there is nothing better than playing a World Cup at home in a full hall,” says national coach Marco Sturm.
DEB-President Franz Reindl praises Sturm highly: “Marco Sturm is the one who aroused the emotion for the national team: that you absolutely want to play for the national team and wear the federal eagle on your chest. He is the right person for the national team and, even in retrospect, was a stroke of luck.”
At the home World Cup in 2010, Uwe Krupp was still on the boards as national coach: “We were on the front page, we were in the headlines. That was certainly a real advertisement for ice hockey in Germany. This showed that we as an ice hockey nation can play at the top with good work and a bit of luck. I believe that you can only be successful in the role of host with a lot of pressure if you have special chemistry in the team. It’s about fighting spirit, team discipline and putting yourself at the service of the team,” remembers Krupp.
Also Philip Gogulla, who is a professional Kölner Haie Having a real home game at the World Cup is hot: “We are playing in our stadium and will change in our dressing room. It's a feeling of goosebumps when the hall carries you and the team away. The Fans will once again create an atmosphere that is just as breathtaking as in 2010. That is a very important factor. Everyone knows we are not number one favorites for the title. But you’ve seen what’s possible when everything’s right.”