At the end of the 5-nation tournament in Dmitrov, Russia, the German women's national team lost 2:3 after a penalty shootout (0:1, 0:0, 2:1, 0:0, 0:1) against the Swiss from Switzerland .
The German team showed courage from the very first face-off. In the second minute of the game, Marie Delarbre tested Andrea Brändli in the Swiss goal. The game was evenly played - both teams tried to create scoring opportunities. However, none of them were really compelling enough. Three and a half minutes before the first break, Marie Delarbre again had the best chance to date in a four-on-four situation, but her shot from the slot narrowly missed the goal. When a German player had to go to the penalty box shortly before the first break, Lara Stalder took advantage of the numerical advantage to make it 0-1 at halftime.
Unfortunately, even a German majority right after the start of the third could not be used to equalize. As the game length increased, the Swiss had more of the game, but they DEB-Selection fought back and had a period of pressure in the last minutes of the middle period, but unfortunately no goal could be scored. Two and a half minutes after the puck was thrown in, Noemi Rhyner took advantage of a poor substitution by the German team to make it 0-2 for Switzerland. When a German player had to serve a penalty in the 51st minute, Marie Delarbre took the puck on her own blue line and ran a solo to make it 1-2. Even a double outnumbered team survived DEB-Selection without prejudice. The German team then started the final offensive. One after the other, Spielberger, Graeve and Eisenschmid missed the best chances. In the 58th minute, Emily Nix took advantage of a chance to score the much-celebrated equalizer. Daria Gleissner brought the disc from the blue line to the goal and Nix deflected it to make it 2-2. Since neither team scored a goal, the game went into overtime.
Here, Germany had a numerical advantage with numerous chances due to an opponent's penalty. However, Christian Künast's team couldn't take advantage of this and so the penalty shootout had to bring the decision. Ultimately, Switzerland had the happier ending and won the game after a penalty shootout through Lara Stalder.
Christian Künast, women’s national coach: “We were the better team today, especially towards the end, but we couldn't take advantage of our numerous chances. The team showed a lot of effort after three difficult games and a win today would have been deserved. For us, this tournament was a good opportunity to determine our position with a view to the World Cup.”
You can find all the statistics for the game HERE.