DiThe German U20 national team lost its second duel against Kazakhstan. The team of U20 national coach Tobias Abstreiter lost in the Ostravar Arena with 1:4 (0:1, 0:1, 1:2). So the best-of-3 series is now 1:1. It hits on Sunday DEB-Selection in the relegation decider from 11.00 a.m. again to Kazakhstan.
The DEB-Selection had to in the second relegation game concede the goal early. Stanislav Alexander brought the Kazakhs after preparatory work by Vladislav Saiko in the front in the fifth minute. As a result, the German team failed to create scoring opportunities and ultimately went into the locker room goalless. In the middle section the German U20 improved and through Dominik Bokk the possibility of balancing. However, the 19-year-old was denied by Kazakh goalie Vladislav Nurek. On the other hand, however, the Kazakhs struck again and increased the score to 2-0. Oleg Boika scored after an assist from Maxim Musorov (25th minute). The DEB-Selection urged the Opponents into their own third at the end of the middle section and pressed for the goal. However, this didn't happen until the 40th minute. In the final period, the Kazakhs increased the score after just 92 seconds thanks to Stanislav Alexander to 3:0. The DEB-Selection played without a goalkeeper from the 55th minute onwards in order to initiate a possible turnaround. However, it was the Kazakhs who won in the 57th minute with a goal from Denis Chaparov celebrated their 4-goal lead into the empty goal. A minute and a half before the end, Luis scored Shinko to the final score of 1:4.
Tobias Abstreiter, U20 national coach: “It wasn’t the game we imagined. The Kazakhs were more aggressive in the duels and thus also forced the scoring. We need exactly this aggressiveness in the deciding game tomorrow in order to be able to finish the tournament successfully.”