It has already been reported that Latvian hockey gamers misplaced to the US crew with a rating of three:6 (0:2, 1:1, 2:3) within the seventh match of the championship in Ostrava on Tuesday and completed the event in ninth place.
“We have been just a little passive in the beginning. Perhaps we revered the American stars an excessive amount of, however then we instructed ourselves that we may lose to them solely in salaries, however not in perspective, combating spirit and aggression, mentioned the top coach of the Latvian nationwide crew. – There have been moments when the Individuals have been pressured out of our aim zone, they have been afraid to interact in fights. We confirmed that now we have character. We would not have received 4 video games with out that.”
Because the coach admitted, he was happy with the fourth 5, which introduced dynamics to the crew’s sport. “They performed very nicely and in addition scored a aim,” Vitolins mentioned, noting that the debutants total performed excellently within the event. – Seven newcomers, 5 of whom are faculty gamers. I feel the blokes tried actually arduous and the crew had character.”
Vitolins famous the facility play as one of many dangerous moments of the event. “There have been possibilities, however this final shot was someplace inaccurate or the goalkeeper caught the puck,” defined the top coach of the Latvian nationwide crew. – We’ll work on this and, positively, we should always rating within the majority. Coaches [Вилле Пелтонен и Лаурис Дарзиньш] Each day they confirmed a video the place there was an excellent second and the place there was a nasty one. Perhaps it was an excessive amount of.”
As Vitolins famous, like final 12 months, the final sport of the subgroup was decisive for reaching the quarterfinals, solely this time the opponent was stronger. The explanation why we didn’t qualify for the knockout video games this time will be analyzed just a little later.
“The primary factor that the crew confirmed on the event is that it has character,” Vitolins mentioned.
The pinnacle coach of the nationwide crew additionally expressed gratitude to the followers who got here to Ostrava en masse and supported the crew in all seven matches. “We haven’t had this type of help for a very long time. Even in video games the place we didn’t succeed,” Vitolins praised the followers. “It additionally offers the gamers a way of accountability and makes them play higher.”
The coach mentioned that the crew’s speedy plans are to collect in early July and start preparations for the qualifying event for the Olympic Video games, which will likely be held in Riga in August.
It has already been reported that on the World Championships earlier than the match with the Individuals, Latvian hockey gamers defeated the Polish crew 5:4 in further time, France – 3:2 in further time, the Kazakhstan crew – 2:0, however acknowledged the prevalence of Germany – 1:8, following which misplaced to Sweden – 2:7 and beat Slovakia with a rating of three:2 in shootouts.
The World Championship will final within the Czech cities of Prague and Ostrava till Could 26.
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2024-05-22 05:13:43
