The German U20 national team has her last preliminary roundLost game at the 2020 IIHF U20 Ice Hockey World Championship in Czech Republic. The team of U20 national coach Tobias Abstreiter lost Russia with 1:6 (0:2, 0:3, 1:1) and will fight against Kazakhstan from Thursday, January 2nd, 2020 to stay in the top division.
The Russian team put the German U20 national team under pressure with a starting offensive and was rewarded early on. Kirill Marchenko scored after preparatory work by Nikita Alexander and Ivan Morozov in the seventh minute to take the lead Sbornaya. A minute later, the German team was outnumbered for the first time, with goalie Hendrik Digit came into focus and the DEB-Selection kept in the game through numerous good actions - especially with his Fanghand save on Ivan's close range shot Morozov. However, in the 14th minute, Kirill increased the score Marchenko With his second goal, Russia made it 2-0 after the puck landed on Leon Hüttls' skate after his shot and from there passed the goal line unstoppably. At the end of the opening third, the German team had the chance to equalize, especially with a shot from Tim Stützle in the majority, but ultimately went into the locker room goalless.
It happened again in the middle section Digit, which the team with one Breakaway Save against Alexander Khovanov kept in the game. However, later he was against Grigory Denisenko (35th minute) and Pavel Dorofeyev (36th and 39th) powerless. Before the final period, the German team changed the goalkeeper position: Tobias Ancicka replaced Hendrik Digit. The 18-year-old had to admit defeat after 38 seconds in the third period. Dimitri Voronkov scored for the Russian team to make it 6-0. The result was that DEB-Selection was not successful in three powerplay games in a row, but was able to score the 58:1 goal through Nino Kinder in the 6th minute. This score also represented the final score.
The German U20 national team From now on plays in the relegation to stay in the top division. U20 national coach Tobias Abstreiter's team will face Kazakhstan on Thursday (10.00 a.m.), Saturday (11.00 a.m.) and Sunday (11.00 a.m.). All of the German team's World Cup games and the final will be broadcast live and exclusively MagentaSport transfer.
Tobias Abstreiter, U20 national coach: "Today wasn't what we had planned. The Russians were strong in tackles and running and didn't allow much. So they are the deserved winners. We are now fighting against Kazakhstan to stay in the top division - we then have to be ready to assert ourselves. "
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