BB.lv: We have been dropped at our knees, and now we have to rise

BB.lv: We have been dropped at our knees, and now we have to rise

It has already been reported that the Latvian males’s hockey crew capitulated to Germany within the fourth match of the World Championship in Ostrava on Wednesday with a rating of 1:8 (0:2, 1:5, 0:1), struggling their first failure on this championship.

“We broke down – fairly completely. They have been higher in every single place, quicker and received all of the fights. We made infantile errors in protection. Now we are able to see whether or not we have now character or not. We have been dropped at our knees, and now we want to have the ability to rise,” – Daugavins admitted.

He famous that recovering from a tough loss is the duty of the whole crew, not simply the captain.

“They’re quicker, higher, extra technical… It was a crew of a unique stage. It is advisable play completely different hockey in opposition to such groups. Within the first 20 minutes we needed to be very centered on not making errors and blocking all of the pictures. They scored two objectives and tasted blood like sharks. The sport was not one-sided, however these two objectives broke us psychologically,” the hockey participant defined.

Within the second interval, the German hockey participant hit Kaspars Daugavins together with his knee within the thigh, and the captain of the Latvian nationwide crew was compelled to go away the sphere for some time whereas the opponent might proceed the sport, because the referee didn’t see any violations of the foundations.

“He hit exhausting. The decide later stated that there ought to have been an expulsion,” stated Daugavins.

Sweden leads Group B with 9 factors from three video games, adopted by Latvia and Germany with seven and 6 factors from 4 matches, whereas Slovakia rounds out the highest 4 with 5 factors from three matches. The USA and France have 4 factors every from three video games, Kazakhstan has three factors, and Poland has one.

Latvia will face Sweden on Might 18, Slovakia on Might 19, and within the ultimate group sport on Might 21, the Latvians will face america, whom they beat final 12 months for the bronze medal. The final 4 video games within the subgroup shall be performed in opposition to direct opponents within the battle for a spot within the quarterfinals.

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2024-05-16 07:53:46

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