Czech experts criticize Slovakia: This is not the fight for the quarterfinal of the World Championship
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Stockholm. Slovak hockey players have lost an extremely important match at World Cup s Austria 2: 3 after raids.
« We did not lose the match in the raids, but in the first period, where we fell asleep and were not in the game. The Austrians were active and won fights. We have a point, but there is some disappointment there, » said coach Vladimir Országh.
They shocked the North
Narrow cadre, narrow base, but all the stronger ties. Austrian hockey players managed to surprise the stronger rivals at the ongoing World Cup and reached for points.
« The team is starting to believe more and more, » warned CT Sport moderator Robert Záruba.
Although they showed excellent performance, they lost to Sweden and Finland.
« After previous performances, I favor Austria in this meeting. They play unpleasant hockey, » added Hockey Expert Martin Hosták in the studio.
In the studio of JOJ television, however, former hockey player Rastislav Konečný thought the opposite of the Slovak opponent. « The team has its qualities. I don’t think they can play another match at such a pace. »
The Slovaks flew
Austrian hockey players also played more actively in the third match from the beginning and clearly shot the men of Vladimir Országh.
« We do not get the entry into the match. However, I am still convinced that we are a better skating team. We need to change the style and start your legs. However, it is also associated with pressure that we need points, » commented Dominik Graňák.
The Slovaks lost the first period 2: 0. Especially the second goal showed that the Austrians play in greater comfort. Striker Marco Kasper pointed the puck to the defending player and switched the goalkeeper Samuel Hlaja.
« The defending team has renamed the player with a puck. Sometimes it turns out that one teammate relies on another. Kasper managed to stick the puck in some happy way.
« The Austrians are really great and tenacious. We can’t lose the blue line pucks. There is the biggest difference between us and the opponent, » Tomáš Surový analyzed.
Czechs with greater criticism
Czech experts, however, did not put a napkin in front of the mouth and the performance of Slovak hockey players were sharper.
« The Slovaks apparently did not prepare.
The host reacted a little sharper.
« Simple work – vomiting back or not letting the opponent into renumbering – were zero. This is not the fight for the quarterfinals of the World Cup. It was especially seen in the first goal. Takáč lost the puck and did not skip back to the player at all.
« The basis is the game discipline and in that Slovaks fell. When I have to come back, I come back. When I have to throw it away, I throw it away. They couldn’t do it at all.
This also implies the number of shots. There is a huge space for improvement, ”said David Pospíšil.
Found that they can score a goal
Slovakia started offensive at the end of the first period, played a quality power play and was close to the goal.
In the second act, the image of the game changed. Vladimír Országh’s men have followed the improved performance and managed to reduce thanks to the experienced ending of Samuel Honzek.
Video: Samuel Honzek and his goal to 2: 1
« Our improved movement and involvement. The Austrians withdrew a little and were nervous. But it is also the result of our improved performance. We saw a better third than the first one, » Surový said.
« The Slovaks were more active and suddenly know how to get into chances and not complicate the situation in the defense zone, » Záruba said.
« Suddenly they found out that they could score and be dangerous. Since then they were more aggressive, held on the puck, rotated in a third, and Austria did not know where to jump. The performance was somewhere else, » Koukal continued.
Ignorance of the rules
Vladimír Országh’s men were able to equalize in the last third thanks to the goal of Sukel. Despite the fact that they could feel more energy on their part, they could not pull the match to their side.
The winner was decided by independent raids in which the Austrians were more successful. In the last match there was a controversial situation where the Austrian goalkeeper tripped Michal Krištof, who did not push the puck behind his back.
The Slovak implementation team asked for repetition of the raid, but without success.
“This is what the 24/4 rule says, saying that when the goalkeeper fouls the opponent, a repeated raid is awarded. If he does it for the second time, he gets a ten -minute personal penalty and the raid is repeated.
When this happens thirdly, the goalkeeper gets a penalty to the end of the match and the opponent will recognize the goal, ”Záruba said.
« The referees cannot rely on the video. But they could look at the cube, but apparently they didn’t. It was a foul for me. At first came the goalkeeper’s intervention and then the end.
« It is a mistake given the fact that there are four referees, » Koukal added.
The actor Michal Krištof himself appeared in front of the CT Sport camera disillusioned. « The referees didn’t tell me anything. I am not an assistant or a captain. It’s their thing. I have to score a goal, » he said angrily.
« The referees saw it at first and only then was a foul. I asked them about the rule. But they were convinced of their truth and did not go to see it, » coach Vladimir Országh responded to TV JOJ.
