The German women's national team lost to Hungary 2-4 after regular time in the first World Cup game in Group B at this year's World Cup in Denmark. The hits for them DEBThe strikers Luisa Welcke (2nd) and Laura Kluge (11th) were selected. The latter was also named the best player of the game.
At the start, Franziska Albl started in goal DEB-Women. With the twins Luisa and Lilly Welcke and Heidi Strompf, three of the four World Cup debutants were in today's squad of women's national coach Thomas Schädler for the match at the Iscenter Nord in Frederikshavn.
The German team got off to a really good start in an intense first third. After just 2 seconds, Luisa Welcke (116nd) took advantage of a great opportunity to single-handedly attack the Hungarian goal thanks to the preparatory work of Heidi Strompf and Tabea Botthof, giving the Germans a 1-0 lead. After these meetings, Germany was able to establish themselves well in the opponent's zone and put the Hungarians under a lot of pressure. It opened up so many good offensive opportunities for them DEB-Women. Thanks to a power play on the German side, the team was able to record another goal on the scoreboard in the 11th minute. Defender Tanja Eisenschmid brought the disc towards the goal, but only hit the side netting. It was striker Laura Kluge who then brought the puck behind Aniko Nemeth's goal line. Just a few seconds later, however, the Hungarian team also scored for the first time in this encounter through Franciska Kiss-Simon (11th). The German women's national team then had to struggle with a bit of a lack of concentration and slight stick errors towards the end of the third. However, in the 19th minute, a hidden shot from Carina Strobel created another dangerous goal situation, which the Hungarian goalkeeper parried.
After the first break, the Hungarians got into the game a little better. The team led by Hungarian head coach Pat Cortina was able to score an equalizer thanks to an early outnumbered game by their opponents. The goalscorer was once again Franciska Kiss-Simon (24th). The middle section of this game was characterized by a lot of penalty times on both sides. Despite the rather tough third, the German women's national team managed to get back into the game a little better and stabilize themselves. So, with a lot of work, they were still able to add small accents. However, goals were scored on the Hungarian side. In the 36th minute, German goalkeeper Franziska Albl had to reach behind herself again. During a majority of the DEB-Women's Kinga Jokai-Szilagyi took the chance and scored the goal to make it 2:3 from a German perspective.
In the final section of the opening match, there were small restructurings in the ranks of the German team, which quickly put the Hungarian goalkeeper under pressure again. Germany worked in a disciplined manner in the last 20 minutes and blocked several shots from the Hungarians even when they were outnumbered. Nevertheless, the opponents always found a way to get into the German zone. Another power play for the DEB-Selection did not provide the desired compensation. In the last minute of the game, the Hungarian team scored one more and final time with an empty net goal by Mira Seregely.
The game continues against Sweden on Saturday afternoon at 15:30 p.m. MAGENTASPORT is again broadcasting the game live and in full length.
Voices about the game:
Women's national coach Thomas Schädler: “In my opinion, we got into the game well at the start. The first 10 minutes went really well, but then we strayed from our line and couldn't find our way back as the game progressed. Of course we tried to make up the deficit, but unfortunately we didn't put enough pressure on the opponent's goal. This is now a game that we have lost. But there are still three more games in the preliminary round. We now have to concentrate on the game against Sweden.”
Striker Laura Kluge: “We started the game well and were able to score two goals. Unfortunately, the goal we conceded upset us. For the next game against Sweden we have to make sure we do the little things better so that we can reward ourselves with a win in the end.”