U20 World Cup: DEB-U20 loses against Sweden

Germany had to play shorthanded early in the game. Manuel Schams had barely taken his seat in the penalty box when Anton Frondell scored for Sweden from the right side to give them a 1-0 lead (2nd minute). Six minutes later, Pul finished off a counterattack after a pass from Maxim Schäfer to tie the game at 1-1 (8th minute). In the 14th minute, the German team had their first power play and Seidl's shot hit the post, narrowly missing the lead. Even at even strength, the DEBThe U20 team became increasingly courageous, but still had to remain attentive in defense.

After the first change of ends, the German team initially played with one man less, but conceded another goal to Sweden as the penalty expired. Viggo Björck scored from the same position as for the first goal. In the 29th minute, Jack Berglund capitalized on a clear opportunity in front of Vieillard. DEBA pass led to the Scandinavians' 3-1 goal. Another shot that hit the post prevented Germany from getting back into the game. The Swedes were more successful, with Björck and Felix Ohrqvist scoring in the 36th and 40th minutes respectively to make it 5-1 at halftime.

National coach Abstreiter changed goaltenders for the final period. Lukas Stuhrmann came in for Vieillard, but was helpless after five minutes: Frondell scored – again on the power play – to make it 6-1 (45th minute). The Swedish team continued to dominate, and the German team struggled to create chances during this stretch. With about three minutes remaining, Liam Danielsson scored the fourth power-play goal to make it 7-1. Lucas Pettersson then sealed the 8-1 victory with 0,9 seconds left on the clock.

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U20 national coach Tobias Abstreiter: "It was obviously a bitter defeat today. The guys need to understand that we have to make decisions on the ice that lead to success for us as a team. We will emphasize this again before tomorrow's game. Of course, it then also depends on the corresponding implementation on the ice."

Captain Tobias Schwarz: "We played a decent first period. Our structure was good. We couldn't build on that. We overcomplicated things and went to the penalty box far too often. We need to stop that and keep our game simple and disciplined. The Swedes capitalized on our mistakes. Now we need to look ahead and deliver a good performance against Switzerland. We need to do many things better than we did today."

Official statistics for the game: IIHF Statistics #GERSWE

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