Hockey World Championship 2025: The Swedes were boiling at home, the Swiss have a fifth attempt (summary of the day)

Stockholm, Bratislava. The expectations were great. Nothing other than gold was not even admitted. For sure, the police have also booked a place of celebrations – a royal garden in Stockholm.

But there will be no gold party. Swedish hockey players lost in the semi -final of the World Cup with the US clearly 2: 6 And they will play bronze at the home championship.

The opponents of the Americans in the finals will be Swiss, who overwhelmed the Danes in the semifnál 7: 0.

« It’s very bitter, » said William Nylander after the match. Twenty -nine -year -old striker Toronto Maple Leafs became the last reinforcement of the North, he arrived in Stockholm before the quarterfinals against the Czech Republic.

After his arrival, the Swedes had 22 NHL players in the cadre. However, this was not enough against the Americans.

The overseas team led after 40 minutes 4: 0 and the goalkeeper Jacob Markström defeated several American tutors. Spectators in the Avicia Arena the home team boiled when leaving for the dressing rooms.

« We carry the national jersey with pride and do what we know, so it is sad when they say you at home. But we didn’t play well. People pay a lot of money for tickets and expect to win.

At the beginning of the third period, many seats remained in the blank arena and fans who left did not see two fast goals of William Nylander and Elias Lindholm. US coaches have chosen a time out.

Video: Swedish semifinals – USA (2: 6)

« It was our only outage. We got a little out of control, but we responded correctly, » said Sport Captain Clayton Keller in the interview for Joj.

The Americans dropped the Swedes back to the match for only five minutes. They played confidently and a great overview.

Expert coach: Why didn’t you have training?

The Swedish media discussed in detail the stuffy atmosphere in the Viaplay television studio, where the coach of North Sam Hallam came after the duel.

When moderator Niklas Jihde recalled that after the 2018 title, the Swedes did not even get to the finals, Hallama disgraced it.

« I know, there has been a lot of talked about it all year round. We do this championship what we know, but we can’t influence what happened in the past. We wanted to win, we failed and it’s very frustrating. We are extremely disappointed, it’s a failure.

Former goalkeeper and today, television expert Erik Granqvist blamed the coach that, unlike Americans, the Swedes had only voluntary training before the semifinals.

Hallam argue that it is too simplistic to roll the semifinal loss.

However, a sharper exchange of views continued. The moderator recalled that last year the Swedish hockey federation presented a project called Strategy 2030, in which she presented visions and plans for the coming years.

According to them, by 2030, Sweden in hockey should be the best in the world at all levels and hockey will be a sport that will appeal to the most people in the country. « How real is it? » he asked Jihde.

« Be a little honest. You know that this project is on several different pillars and I am not behind this vision, so address this question to the right people and don’t throw it on our eyes every time the Swedish team loses the match. It’s tiring. I think the question was stupid, » the coach said.