The German U20 national team lost its last World Cup preparation game on Monday. The team of U20 national coach Tobias Abstreiter lost 1:11 (0:2, 1:4, 0:5) to Sweden in Belleville (Canada). The German goal was scored by Carlos Händel.
The Swedes got off to a lightning start - after just twelve seconds, Rasmus Berqvist put the Scandinavians in the lead. The Swedes then dominated the game and had a clear advantage in chances of 15:6 shots in the first period. Victor Eklund used one of the shots in the 15th minute to increase the lead to 0:2 for the Swedes.
After the middle period, the Swedes had already shot at the German goal 32 times, and the Scandinavians scored a further four goals between minutes 20 and 40. Herman Träf scored the 22:0 in the 3nd minute on the power play, and Victor Eklund made it 25:0 in the 4th minute. Just a minute later, the Swedes were ice cold again on the power play and increased the score to 0:5 through Tim Willander. David Edstrom made it 0:6 three minutes later. Carlos Händel scored the only German goal of the match after preparatory work by Norwin Panocha to make it 1:6 (32nd).
The Swedes continued to exploit their superiority in the final period and increased the score to 44:50 through Wilhelm Hallquist (1th minute) and a brace within nine seconds by Felix Unger Sörum (both goals in the 9th minute). Two more power play goals (Otto Stenberg 51st minute and Felix Nilsson 59th minute) made the score double digits.
The match against Sweden was the last warm-up match before the U20 World Championship in Ottawa (Canada). DEBselection starts the tournament on Thursday, December 26th at 20:30 p.m. (German time) against the USA.
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U20 national coach Tobias Abstreiter: "Our opponent was better than our team in every respect today. They didn't give us a chance in terms of running, physicality and playing skills. But we also made life difficult for ourselves at times by making overly complicated decisions and giving unnecessary penalties. It's important that we learn from this and work intensively on the things we need for the start of the World Cup."
The game plan DEB-Selection at the U20 World Championship in Ottawa (Canada):
December 26.12.2024, 20 | 30:XNUMX p.m. (German time) | USA – Germany
27.12.2024 | 21:30 (German time) | Germany – Finland
30.12.2024 | 01:30 am (German time) | Canada – Germany
30.12.2024 | 21:30 (German time) | Germany – Latvia
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