yesterday 06:43
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Slovak hockey players lost the battle for first place in the basic B-group at the Winter Universiade in Lake Placid and lost to Kazakhstan 0:4. However, they are in the second place in the table, they will finish their performance in the group on Wednesday at 19:00 against the Republic of Korea.
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The men of Slovakia did not score a single goal against the favored team of Kazakhstan, which has several players with KHL experience in the team. They sent the first shot only in the 13th minute, when they were already losing by two goals. Matúš Zemko and Andrej Kiss did not finish the match due to injuries. For the latter, the tournament is probably over. The Slovaks are in second place in Group B, three points ahead of the USA, but they have played one more match than the home team.
“In the first period, we were taken by surprise, we lost fights and did not have access to players. There was a lack of better movement and the opponent used the first two power plays. We lost 0:1 in this match in a balanced state, so it is clear what was decided. However, the Kazakh team is simply completely different.From the goalkeeper to the incredibly skilled forward Muratov, they have quality and looked very well-coordinated.
At least we are happy that we played much better from the second period on. Shame about the crossbar Bakal, a quick goal in the second period would definitely help us. We have to quickly forget this loss and our task is to win in the final group game against the Koreans. During the match between Kazakhstan and the USA, we will of course believe in the desire of the Kazakhs to advance from the first place. They definitely have casinos for Americans,” coach Slovákov Rastislav Paľov told hockeyslovakia.sk.
Winter Universiade:
Kazakhstan – Slovakia 4:0 (3:0, 1:0, 0:0)
Goals: 8. Muchametov (Muratov, Nikitin), 10. Alexandrov (Koroljov, Bojko), 20. Muratov (Muchametov), 29. Bojko (Muratov, Nikitin)
SR lineup: Vyletelka – Bakala, Ragan, Hílek, Marcinko, Jacko, Šeliga, Zlocha, Socha – Urbanek, Magdolen, Stacho – Kuba, R. Petráš, Šándor – Kiss, Giertl, Zemko – Slivka, A. Novota, Balát
Table B-Groups:
1. Kazakhstan 4 4 0 0 0 33:3 12
2. SLOVAKIA 4 3 0 0 1 23:6 9
3. USA 3 2 0 0 1 28:5 6
4. Hungary 3 1 0 0 2 8:17 3
5. Korean rep. 3 0 0 0 3 5:20 0
6. V. Britain 3 0 0 0 3 1:47 0
