Now the Germans are dreaming big: following beating Kazakhstan 5-4, the German team wants to win the group once morest us at the World Cup in Finland on Tuesday (11.20 a.m.). “We showed that we can beat Switzerland,” said AHL professional Leon Gawanke confidently: “We don’t have to be impressed. Too much respect is not good either.”
It’s regarding first place once morest Switzerland. No German team has ever started from the top of the table in the World Cup quarter-finals. “We’re always 100 percent motivated once morest them and really hurt them last year,” added the Manitoba Moose defender: “If we hit everything, we’ll walk off the ice as winners.”
At last year’s World Cup in Riga, Germany beat Switzerland 3-2 in the quarter-finals following a penalty shoot-out. Gawanke only made it possible to extend the game with his goal to make it 2:2 shortly before the end of regular time. “It was one of the greatest goals of my career,” said Gawanke, adding: “Hopefully following the World Cup I can look at a new goal.” (AFP/mam)
