2023-05-25 18:25:54
And in the end, it’s Germany who wins… This maxim known to football fans in the 70s to 90s is also valid in hockey for the Swiss team in the 21st century. As in the 3 previous playoff duels in a major tournament, the troop of Patrick Fischer has indeed cracked mentally against the “Mannschaft”, victorious 3-1 in the quarter-finals of the World Cup in Riga. No Helvetii deserves mention, in a game that saw them collectively sink.
1RE ETOILE: MAXIMILIAN KASTNER
The Munich striker deserves 1st prize for his opener. Kastner scored the 1-0 in the 7th minute, with a seemingly harmless shot. On this purpose, the responsibility of Robert Mayer is clearly engaged. Like all of his comrades on the ice, the doorman of GE-Servette had trembling legs and hands at the start of the game. This does not forgive on a global level…
2E ETOILE: JOHN PETERKA
It’s not just Switzerland that has good players in the NHL, after all… The German striker from Buffalo has indeed demonstrated all his talent by scoring 2-1, his 10th point in this World Cup. His shot placed just between the pad and the biscuit, at close range, left no chance to Swiss goalkeeper Mayer, a neophyte at this stage of the competition.
3E ETOILE: NICO STURM
The San Jose striker – well, another German NHL player – extinguished the Swiss by scoring 3-1 after a superb block. And this in numerical inferiority at 2 against one (!). 100% guilty on the 1-0, Mayer could not do anything on that one either. In front of him, Romain Loeffel unfortunately failed to cut off the pass.
From Riga, Michaël Taillard
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