The German national team also won its second friendly match against Austria. In Rosenheim, coach Harold Kreis's team won 5-0 (0-0, 2-0, 3-0). The goals for the DEBMaximilian Kastner, Nico Krämmer, Philipp Krauß, Wojciech Stachowiak, and Joshua Samanski scored for the German national team in front of 5.022 spectators at the ROFA Arena. Philipp Grubauer started in goal today, and striker Yasin Ehliz also played his first match of World Cup preparations. The next and final phase begins on Wednesday evening, when the team meets in Düsseldorf. The climax will be the match against the USA on Sunday, May 4, at 17 p.m.
The DEBThe team immediately survived an early shorthanded game and launched a dangerous counterattack through Marc Michaelis. After that, an evenly matched first period developed. In the 9th minute, Fabio Wagner fired from distance, and captain Patrick Hager almost grabbed the rebound off the boards. Then Germany had its first power play, with Wojciech Stachowiak A good opportunity. By far the best chance went to Tobias Rieder in the 15th minute, but the attacker couldn't get past Austria's keeper David Kicker on his solo run. But the visitors also had a great opportunity. A shot from Benjamin Baumgartner was saved by Philipp Grubauer just off the line (17th).
In the second half, the intensity increased and Germany became more forceful after a few minutes. Patrick Hager and Maximilian Kastner had in majority the Tour Operators with on the racket (24.). The goal was scored, albeit with fewer players. Kastner scored on a pass from Stachowiak in the 27th minute a ShorthandersThe German team continued to play forward and was successful. A shot from Alexander Ehl was still repelled, but Nico Kramer was spot on – 2:0 (32th). Only shortly before the second siren did Austria finally announce itself in the attack. First Grubauer intervene, then Brian met Lebler the bar without any effort.
The first offensive action in the final third went to Austria, but then Germany turned up the heat. Philipp Krauss and Wojciech Stachowiak were there with a double strike and increased the result to 4:0 up (43th/45th). Afterwards, the team of national coach Harald Kreis let the puck run. In the power play, Joshua Samansky on Colin's dream pass Ugbekile even the Final score 5-0 (53th minute). DEB-selection allowed nothing more except for a shot on the post and Grubauer even secured a shutout.
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Voices about the game
National coach Harold Kreis: "After the first half of the first period, we played quickly, closed down the spaces, and also played with the necessary aggression in the one-on-ones along the boards. This way, we took control of the game and didn't let it slip away. Today, the team collectively delivered a strong performance."
Striker Yasin Ehliz: "It was definitely an improvement on the first game against Austria. The first half was quite even, and the Austrians came out of the locker room well. We then increased our tempo, played faster and took control. The atmosphere here in Rosenheim was great and we are happy that Philipp and Patrick, here in their homeland, so deservedly received the Fans were celebrated.”