The German national team has it Deutschland Cup Won in 2021. National coach Toni Söderholm's team beat Slovakia's team 4-1 in Krefeld's YAYLA ARENA Krefeld. This is how she celebrates DEB-Select the first one Deutschland Cup-Success since 2015. The goals for Germany were scored by Leo Pföderl, Dominik Bittner and Tobias Rieder twice.
In goal, Söderholm again relied on Dustin Strahlmeier, who celebrated a shutout against Switzerland the day before. There were also some changes in defense and offense - including striker Tobias Eder, who played as planned after being called up on Saturday.
The German team got off to a lightning start in the game: after just 14 seconds the goal light came on when Leo Pföderl outwitted the Slovakian defense team. Even afterwards it was pressing DEB-Team continued to build up the pace, which led to the early second goal by Tobias Rieder (6th) after a nice passing combination. Rieder could have even increased the score, but his shot after a counterattack bounced off the goal post.
In the second section it was initially the Slovaks who set the tone DEB-Selection increasingly pushed into the defensive. This also resulted in Bucek's goal (26th). Things also got tricky after the first penalty of the game, which was awarded against the German team. Once again the outnumbered formation was convincing. The national team was extremely efficient in their first power play, in which Dominik Bittner (37th) scored from the blue line.
In the 55th minute of the game, well into the final third, it was Tobi Rieder again who came up with one of his typical goals, he won the puck on his own blue line, went alone to the Slovakian goalie and shot in the top right, the 4:1 and thus the preliminary decision.
As the best player of the DEB-Selection was awarded to Tobias Rieder.
Statistics for Deutschland Cup 2021: https://stats.iihf.com/deb/40/
Comments on the game/tournament success:
Captain Marco Nowak was delighted with the tournament victory: "I am very proud of the team. First of all, I have to thank everyone for trusting me to wear the C. It was an incredible tournament. Many had to cancel, but others got their chance. We played very strong hockey over three games, kept coming back and never gave up. I also have to pay a lot of respect to the goalkeepers, they played an outstanding tournament."
Tobias Rieder (4 goals in 3 games) about the experience Deutschland-Cup: "It was very good, it was a lot of fun here. Our goal was to win the tournament and we achieved that. We played a solid tournament and it was great fun."
National coach Toni Söderholm with his summary: "The boys were very, very focused. Everyone wants to present themselves, show what they can do and was curious about the new national team season. That's why we've already won a lot, just because of the mentality of the boys. We had a slightly different game plan today in terms of tactics. The boys implemented it very well. If the team wins a decisive game 4-1, they simply deserve praise. Every player who was involved did a great job."