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Slovak hockey goalkeeper Július Hudáček ended his national team career after the World Championships in Riga. After returning from the championship, he expressed disappointment at joining the national team and that he did not get a chance to catch in the quarterfinals against the USA (1: 6).
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“Yes, I’m done on the national team,” he told Slovak journalists after his arrival from the World Cup. “I’m not going to walk around the hot mess. I was very disappointed. I need to have a little respect and esteem. The implementation team knew it was my last World Cup. I dare say I deserved to catch in the quarterfinals. I don’t want to call it a reward. , but all these years I’ve fought hard, I got a bit of a shot, I went to the world championships, I wanted to play under coach Ramsay, I really like the system we play under it, it’s modern hockey, but now it doesn’t make sense continue. If there is no sense of confidence, it is useless … “
After the injury of Branislav Konrád, Július Hudáček took a chance. He started in five duels at the World Championships, picking up three victories, while keeping a clear account against Denmark (2: 0). He admitted that he felt a very bitter taste after the coaches told him that he would not catch against the Americans. The opportunity was given to Adam Húska, who scored six goals.
“It was my last championship anyway. I still wanted to fight for the Olympics, but it doesn’t make sense anymore. I’ll keep my fingers crossed for the boys, I’ll be happy to watch them on TV,” confirmed the 32-year-old goalkeeper, who presented himself at the seventh world championship.
At four World Championships he also captured: “It was a beautiful experience, I liked to go to the national team. But I have to have respect and dignity. I went to the national team for 13 years and I think I deserved the quarterfinal match for the performances. Adam caught well against the Americans, he didn’t stand a chance with goals It didn’t matter if I was him or him in the goal. They tore us apart in the first period, and I felt sorry for him for a while. But Adam catches a lot of such matches until my coaches knew that they were my last World Cup. . “
In Hudáček’s evaluation of the Slovak performance at MS 2021, positives predominate. “The quarterfinals were done, which was the goal. So there’s some satisfaction here. We don’t have a team to move on at the moment.” evaluated the game of the Slovak team.
He added to his individual performance: “There were good and worse matches. Sure, getting eight goals from the Swiss is a lot, but only one had a real chance to catch a goal. Otherwise it was not a very catchable thing. We did not do unnecessary fouls. On the contrary, we gave one of the most valuable performances against the Danes. . “
According to him, the World Cup had two sides from the Slovak point of view: “On the one hand there were very good matches, on the other hand they were weaker. The quarter-finals were among the harder ones. I saw it from the substitute that the Americans probably have the best team in the tournament and I would be surprised if they didn’t win it.”
The World Championships in Riga also showed that Slovak hockey has a future: “The young guys who got the chance are playing very well. We need to keep doing it. They saw that when they played against the best, they still have a lot to learn. It should be a motivation for them. I believe that in the future they will achieve greater achievements. “
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