Germany loses to Finland 2:5 / Next game Monday (June 26.06.2017, 16.00 / XNUMX:XNUMX p.m.) against Sweden
Opening defeat: The German national inline team lost to Finland 2017:2 (5-0; 0-1; 1-3; 0-1) in the first game of the 1 IIHF Inline World Championship.
After the first surprisingly strong training games, the team around captain Steffen Tölzer went into the first tournament game against Finland with self-confidence. Despite a fairly passive start, Lachner had his first chance in the second minute, but he narrowly missed it. The Finns increased the pressure from minute to minute, but the chances to score remained thanks to several great ones Parathat of Sinisa Martinovic in the goal of the German team and a strong defense were unsuccessful.
Both teams continued to work hard in the second quarter. Finland picked up the pace again and was able to take the lead in the 17th minute. Three minutes later, Markkanen received a penalty for sticking, whereupon Preibisch sank the puck into the goal to equalize the score at 1-1. The subsequent break was just the right time to regenerate during this phase. After a mutual decision between the two nations and the referee team, a 30-second time-out was called after every six minutes due to the heat in the hall.
In the third quarter, Filimonow switched to goal and the Germans got a little better going on offense. Two strong shots from Tölzer in the 26th minute were blocked by the Finnish goalie, but Filimonow was in no way inferior to him and repeatedly prevented the Finns from taking the lead. In the 35th minute, a shot from Joki-Erkkila went into the top right corner and gave Finland the lead again and extended it to 1:4 shortly before the break.
The right answer came in the last quarter when Dück reduced the score to 37:2 in the 4th minute after a pass from Lache. But the Finns were able to use their strength again in a power play and ultimately made the final score 2:5.
Despite the defeat, the coach and players were satisfied with the performance because the Germans held up well defensively, but in attack the chances should be better used in the game on Monday (June 26.06.2017, 16.00 / XNUMX:XNUMX p.m.) against Sweden.
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