The women's national team won the preparation match before the Olympic qualification next week on Saturday. The team of national coach Jeff MacLeod was successful against the team from Hungary with 3:1 (1:0, 1:0, 1:1). In front of 2.196 spectators in Kassel, Laura Kluge (2) and Ronja Hark were the goalscorers for the DEB-Selection successful.
In front of a great crowd, both teams started the match with a short testing phase. This changed during the first third, where the DEBselection was particularly dangerous in power play situations. Daria Gleißner had the best opportunity with a slap shot in the 11th minute, but she was stopped by the Hungarian goalkeeper. Finally, Laura Kluge broke the goal drought shortly before the first break and gave the German team a 1-0 lead.
The German team had to spend four of the first five minutes in the middle period with fewer players, but Lisa Hemmerle, today the starting goalie of the DEBselection on the ice, and the penalty killing formations prevented a goal being scored against. Katharina Häckelsmiller, on the other hand, had the opportunity to increase the lead in the 33rd minute, but was stopped by the Hungarian goalkeeper's stick. Two minutes later, Laura Kluge increased the lead again to 2:0 after preparatory work by Nicola Hadraschek-Eisenschmid. Charleen Poindl even had the opportunity to make it 3:0 two minutes later, but the two-goal lead was enough for the DEB-Selection in the cabin.
The Hungarians got off to a good start in the final period, scoring a goal through Berta Mozolai in the 44th minute. But Ronja Hark's empty-net goal in the final minute put the final point on a good game by the German selection in front of a great crowd in the Nordhessen Arena, making it 3-1.
Voices on the game Germany – Hungary
Women's national coach Jeff MacLeod: "We are very happy with the great backdrop here in Kassel - it was a great atmosphere for our team! We especially liked the way the team played today. Of course, we have to acknowledge that there were ups and downs in our game, but they deserved this victory with their great effort.
Striker Laura Kluge: "We played a decent game, but we also noticed that we can and must still work on a lot of small things. We take a lot of self-confidence from this game, it's always great to win the last warm-up game. Above all, it was fun to play in front of such a great crowd today, so a big thank you to the Kassel team. Fans. "
Tomorrow, Sunday, there is another training day in Kassel. On Monday, the women's national team will travel to Bremerhaven, the venue for the Olympic qualification. Then five more national players, Sandra Abstreiter, Katharina Jobst-Smith, Emily Nix and Lilli and Luisa Welcke, will join the team, making it complete for the qualification tournament that begins on Thursday. The opponents in the opening match are the team from Austria. The match begins at 19:30 p.m. All tournament matches in the Olympic qualification will be broadcast live and free of charge on MagentaSport.
Tournament tickets are available from 24 euros, day tickets from 9 euros in DEB-Ticket shop
The tournament schedule of the Olympic qualification
06.02.2025 | 16:00 | Hungary – Slovakia
06.02.2025 | 19:30 | Germany – Austria
08.02.2025 | 14:30 | Slovakia – Germany
08.02.2025 | 18:00 | Hungary – Austria
09.02.2025 | 14:30 | Austria – Slovakia
09.02.2025 | 18:00 | Germany – Hungary