"The Game of the Year, the Decade, the Century"

Germany in the semi-finals of the Olympic Games. Somehow this idea is still a little unreal - but it is the truth. Reaching the round of the last four, which has already made history, should not remain the only sensation. Today (13.10:XNUMX p.m., live on Eurosport) the DEBselection against the record Olympic champions Canada the big chance to become immortal. "Our journey is not over yet," says Patrick Hager confidently.

Will the brilliant success against Sweden be followed by the next big win? It's not just the team hoping for success. The whole of ice hockey Germany will be sitting in front of the TV at lunchtime to keep their fingers crossed for the boys. Borussia Dortmund, Sven Hannawald, Florian Hambüchen or Bayern-Professional Thomas Müller diligently congratulated on their social channels. Other stars will be there live in the stadium today. Claudia Pechstein personally welcomed the team to the Olympic Village after the victory over Sweden - and gave each and every one of her hearts.

In Canada, the CBC will broadcast the match. In the homeland of ice hockey, millions of viewers are quite normal for Canadian games. The game will even be shown live in Sweden and Finland. At “Tre Kronor” they had actually expected their own team to be in the semi-finals and booked the corresponding broadcast times. Instead, today it will be Canada versus Germany.

Regardless of victory or defeat and regardless of whether the German team has a chance of winning a medal or not, the national coach's boys have already achieved something historic. "Being able to be here and play in such a tournament just fills me with pride. We are anything but the favorites against Canada, but we can beat them," said goalkeeper Danny aus den Birken. "This is the game of the year, the decade, the century."

In Germany they are feverish Fans with - and suffer insanely in the face of the tension. But all the messages from fans on social media show one thing very clearly: Ice hockey Germany has become even closer together. In addition, many new ones were able to Fans be won. “The entire sport benefits from this great performance by our national team,” praised DEB-President Franz Reindl the team.

And that's exactly what we want to step up today. Then the team would be guaranteed a medal. Something that no one in the world would have expected before...