The Top team Beijing lost their first of two games in Switzerland. National coach Toni Söderholm's team lost to the Swiss 2:4 (1:0, 0:2, 1:2).
The Swiss started the game with the better chances - but in the sixth and seventh minutes the German goalie Mirko Pantkowski was there and kept the score. Andreas Eder had the opportunity on a breakaway a minute later when he was outnumbered, but was denied by the Swiss goalie. And it was Eder who only hit the aluminum in the tenth minute. Lucas Dumont gave Germany the lead from the slot in the 18th minute. Shortly before the third siren, Mirko Pantkowski was against the free-standing Simic Fanghand was there and secured the 1-0 third score.
The Swiss struck first in the middle section: Valentin Nussbaumer equalized for the Swiss in the 23rd minute. Axel Simic then completely turned the game around in the 29th minute and gave the Swiss a 2-1 lead. Both teams subsequently had good opportunities. On the German side, Maximilian Kammerer was denied twice by Joren van Pottelberghe in the Swiss goal. Yannick Zehnder extended the Swiss lead to 47-3 in the 1th minute, but Sebastian Streu responded 20 seconds later with a direct goal. After a time out, she acted DEB-Selection in the final minutes without a goalkeeper and wanted to score the equalizer. But the Swiss took advantage of a German loss of the puck and perfected the 4-2 win through Justin Sigrist.
Toni Söderholm, national coach: “It was a very intense game in which we put in a lot of work. However, part of the work only came about through our own mistakes. Overall we played well in the game. Both teams had several chances to score. Mirko Pantkowski showed a very good goalkeeping performance for our side.”
The German Women's national team lost 6:1 (2:0, 1:1, 0:0) to Switzerland in the second group game of the 1-nation tournament in Eksjö, Sweden.
Both teams had good chances in the first third, but it was the Swiss who were able to convert one of these opportunities. Shortly after the restart in the second third, Sinja Leemann gave Switzerland the lead. This lasted for almost twelve minutes when Daria Gleissner from the Blue Line equalized the score at 1-1. Dominique Rüegg scored eight and a half minutes before the end to make the final score 1-2 for Switzerland.
Christian Künast, women’s national coach: “In a balanced game against an opponent who was good at running, we made too many mistakes, especially in the last ten minutes. We have to learn from this that at this level, little things make the difference. In the end, the Swiss made it a little bit better and that’s why the defeat today is okay.”
The German U18 national team lost their opening game of the 4-nation tournament in Slovakia. The team of U18 national coach Steffen Ziesche lost to the hosts 1:2 (0:1, 1:0, 0:1).
In the opening third they had to DEB-Selection conceded a goal in the 16th minute: Roman Faith made it 1-0 for the hosts after assists from Samuel Rehák and Juraj Slafkovský. Fabrizio Pilu equalized the game in the German team's favor in the 28th minute. Previously, Rayen Petrovický had to sit in the penalty box for two minutes and so he took advantage of it DEB-Choose their only advantage situation of the game to score. As a result, the score remained level for a long time until Samuel Knazko put the puck in the German goal for the Slovaks five minutes before the end. The DEB-Selection tried everything again in the final minutes, but ultimately had to accept the 1:2 defeat at the start of the 4-nation tournament.
Steffen Ziesche, U18 national coach: “It was expected to be a close game against the Slovaks, who we already know from previous games. Unfortunately, two individual mistakes ultimately led to the two goals conceded and cost us the game. But we need to learn from this and act more consistently tomorrow.”
The U17 selection lost their first game at the home tournament in Füssen. Young Talent national coach Philip Kipp's team lost 1:3 (0:0, 0:1, 1:2) against Switzerland.
Joel Marchon put the Swiss ahead in the 23rd minute. As a result, both teams were unable to get the puck into the goal for a long time before Mats Alge gave Switzerland a two-goal lead 10 minutes before the end. Bennet Rossmy brought it after preparatory work by Michael Gottwald and Julian Lutz DEB-Selection 34 seconds before the end. But Mats Alge made the decision in favor of the Swiss 14 seconds before the final siren.
Victory in the second game for the Germans U16 national team! U16 national coach Thomas Schädler's team defeated hosts France 3-1 (2-0, 0-0, 1-1).
The DEBThe selection started well in the match and celebrated the opening goal in the 4th minute through Jakob Weber. Twelve minutes later, Leon Sivic increased the lead to 2:0 after preparations by Philipp Krening and Benedikt Diebolder. The middle period remained goalless. Emil Tavernier scored the French goal 15 minutes before the end. But Lennard Nieleck had the right answer two minutes before the end and shot the DEB-Selection for the 3-1 win against France.
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