U17 national team also wins game two against Austria
A total of eleven goals were scored in the neighborhood duel / Pfuhl: “Another victory for our team”
A double blow at the beginning of the final section brings the decision: The U17 national team can also prevail against Austria in the second comparison at the Federal Performance Center in Füssen with 6:5 (1:1; 2:2; 3:2) and thus say goodbye with two wins from 2017.
While the guests from Austria couldn't have started the game better and scored their first goal after 25 seconds, they did DEBThe selection had a difficult start, but found their way into the game better and better over the course of the first 20 minutes. Mario Zimmermann scored the equalizer to make it 1:1 one minute before the first break.
After the first half, the game went back and forth. Austria took the lead twice, but both times the German U17s had the right answer and equalised. Then the German double strike right at the start of the final period: First Enrico Henriquez-Morles scored 26 seconds after the restart, then another 33 seconds later Lucas Flade. The opponents reduced the deficit to 5:4, but Filip Reisnecker promptly restored the old gap. His goal was also to be the decisive goal that afternoon, because although the Austrians managed to get back to 6:5, the DEB-Selection also secured the second win in the second game.
Michael Pfuhl, Team Manager: “We saw another victory for our team today. Despite being clearly superior at times, our boys simply couldn't get over their nervousness and repeatedly gave the opponent the opportunity to stay in the game through many bad passes. It was pleasing that the boys never gave up and ultimately secured the win in the final third with two quick goals right at the start.”
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Women's national team loses to Russia
Marie Delarbre only German goalscorer / Hinterstocker: “
The women's national team lost to Russia 5:1 (3:0; 2:1; 0:0) in the third game of the 1-nation tournament in Rauma (Finland).
1.45 minutes had been played and the Russians were one point ahead. According to video evidence, the goal was scored by Alevtina Shataryova. She scored out of feeling while Jenny Harss in the German team's goal was spectacularly able to stop the target just behind the line. Olga Sosina increased the score to 2-0 from Russia's point of view shortly before the break in an intense, physical first section.
But the DEBThe selection was once again overwhelming. Marie Delarbre brought her colors back to within one point in the 35th minute of the game with a double majority. In the final section there were opportunities on both sides and while the German women tried in vain to equalize until the end, Valerie Pavlova sealed the 1-3 defeat with her goal DEB-Selection.
Benjamin Hintertocker, women's national coach: “We didn't play the first 20 minutes today like we had in the last 120 and so after conceding early we had to concede the second goal. We changed the lines a bit in the second third and then played for points for the last 40 minutes. Unfortunately, we didn’t manage to equalize until the end.”
The women's national team will play the fourth and final game within four days against hosts Finland tomorrow at 17.30:XNUMX p.m.
You can find detailed statistics here: http://www.tilastopalvelu.fi/ih/gamereport/report/gamereport.php?gameid=11352&lang=fi