Germany loses to Sweden in Game 2 / Jeske: “We have to make better use of our chances”
The German national inline team lost to Sweden 2017:2 (4:0; 1:0; 1:1; 2:1) in the second game of the 0 IIHF Inline World Championship in Bratislava (Slovakia).
The German team started the game with the same line-up as the day before against Finland (2:5). Their counterparts from Sweden didn't let anything go wrong right from the start and tested Martinovic in the German goal from the first face-off. The DEB-Selection held up well against it for a long time, then had their first chance to score in the sixth minute, but Deubler failed to hit the post. The Swedes responded shortly afterwards: Kinisjarvi sank his shot into the German goal and put his colors in the lead before the first break.
The Tre Kronor started the second quarter with a goal in the 14th minute and proved their offensive strength during this phase. In the 15th minute, Jeske finally scored the redeeming goal, but the referees decided it was not a goal after the video evidence. Jeske also agreed after the game that the goal would have been important for the German team at this point and continued: "The shot came flat, the puck was directly between the post and the lower ring of the goal and went in. In my opinion, it was clearly in!" Things were to get even more bitter after that. After a violent collision, goalie Martinovic was left lying on the ground, fainted, but was able to finish the second quarter and was then replaced by Filimonow.
The Swedes demanded a lot from the young goalkeeper, but he kept his goal clean until the 30th minute, when Olsson gave him no chance and sank the puck unstoppably into the goal. The next few minutes were up and down. First Poetzel scored on preparatory work from Jeske and Deubler, then it was Larsson who increased the score to 1:4.
In the last quarter, the Germans had another opportunity for a power play when Jirik was held and went to the ground. But the DEB-Selection could not get its power play into position. Tim Brazda only improved the result in the 42nd minute by reducing the score to 2:4.
Jeske: “The better team lost unfortunately today. We made too many individual mistakes that ultimately cost us the win. We also don’t take advantage of our chances enough, which should get better in the next few games.”
The opportunity to do so will be available on Tuesday (16.00 p.m.) when the German team meets the Czech Republic in the last preliminary round game.
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