Final World Cup preliminary round match day on Tuesday in Tampere and Riga – then the final round participants will be determined. With three wins in a row, the... DEB-Selection will have the chance to reach the quarter-finals. The final round of Group A is against France tomorrow. The game starts at 11:20 a.m. German time. The game will be broadcast live on MagentaSport and Sport1.
With another success, the German team, which is currently in fourth place in Group A with nine points, can secure a place in the quarter-finals. The fifth-placed Danes (six games, eight points) also still have their final group game to play against World Cup hosts Finland, which will take place in Tampere in the evening (19:20 p.m. German time). The German team prepared accordingly for the game against France on Monday. In addition to an hour-long ice session, there were several team meetings in preparation for Tuesday's game.
Manuel Wiederer can no longer take part: the striker had to leave the game against Hungary injured and is out for the rest of the tournament with an injury. The DEB Manuel Wiederer wishes you a speedy recovery.
Voices before the game against France on Tuesday.
National coach Harold Kreis: “We have to play our game again from the first face-off. We want to act compactly, penetrate the French third at speed and be stable defensively. The French are not easy opponents, they will play for their honor and show their best side tomorrow. But we will too, I’m sure.”
Captain Moritz Müller: “We want to keep playing like we have been doing before. We can't think too far ahead now, we'll play against France tomorrow. It feels like so many voices are coming from outside and think we’re already in the quarter-finals, but we’re not there yet.”
Striker Marcel Noebels: “We now have to pick up where we left off. It would be the wrong time to take your foot off the pedal. We are on the right track, we are developing and playing better and better. We are only focused on tomorrow, the game against France is ahead of us and nothing else. Whatever happens after that is the future. What’s important is that we play a good game tomorrow and do everything we can with self-confidence to move into the next round.”