Today our game was a catastrophic / day

Latvia conceded 1: 6 (0: 1, 1: 2, 0: 3).

Eduards Tralmaks scored in the Latvian national team.

« Today our game was catastrophic, » Lavins admits. « The Austrians played us after a full program. »

« I don’t know if we went out on the pitch, thinking that there would be an easy walk, but this was the worst game of our tournament, and all due respect to the Austrians for such a performance, » the attacker praised the opponents.

We knew there would be a tough game. We also talked about it in the dressing rooms. I have no explanation why we went to the game, « says Lavins.

« When you evaluate the tournament, I can’t say anything good after such a game, but the three previous games with Sweden, although the result was big, with Finland, though we lost, and Slovakia was very good, » Lavins says of the tournament.

In Group A, the leader with 18 points in six games is Sweden, 16 and 13 points have been scored by Canada and Finland respectively. With ten points in seven games, Austria entered the quarterfinals in the final group, for the first time since 1994. Latvia finished the championship with nine points, with Seven points in six games for Slovakia, but in seven games, four points are for Slovenia and one point for France.

In Group B, Switzerland defeated Kazakhstan with a 4: 1 win in Herning, who has to leave the elite division.

The rest of Tuesday’s Group A match at Avicii Arena in Stockholm at 5:20 pm, Finland will play with Slovakia and Sweden with Canada at 21.20. In Group B in Herning on Tuesday, the Czech Republic with the United States and Germany with Denmark will still play. The World Championship matches are broadcast live on LTV7 and on the Latvian Public Media website « lsm.lv ».

In Group B, Switzerland has 19 points in seven games, Czech Republic and the US have 17 and 14 points in six battles, but Germany and Denmark are nine points. Norway has four points in seven battles, while Hungary and Kazakhstan are three points, leaving the elite group.

16 teams are divided into two groups, eight teams each, with a round tournament. The top four teams in each group will continue their battle for medals in the quarterfinals, but the weakest teams in both groups will leave the strongest division, and will be replaced by Britain and Italy next year.

The World Championship in Herning, Denmark and the Swedish capital, Stockholm, will end next weekend. Group B games and two quarter -final matches will take place in Herning, while Stockholm will also host two quarter -final duties, semi -final games and medals.

Last year, the Czechs triumphed in the World Championships in their field, beating Switzerland in a decisive match with a 2-0 win, while Sweden won the bronze medals with a 4: 2 win over the Canadian national team. The Latvian national team ranked ninth, although he won four wins in the sub -group.