Russian hockey players rejoice at the victory over the Czech national team at the start of the World Championships in Riga.
Vít Šimánek, ČTK
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Surprisingly, Pešán and his assistants Straka and Špaček did not attack Lenc, M. Špaček, M. Stránský, who decided to save for Saturday’s duel with Switzerland. Špaček intervened in the game from the aforementioned three as the thirteenth forward, Lenc and Stránský remained out of the game, as well as the defender Klok on the list of the tournament.
Already in the third minute, Galimov stretched between defenders David Musil and Hronek, who stopped him at the last minute only for the price of a foul. Although Sborná did not use the first power play, just a second after its end, Burdasov swept the gallows. The Czechs thus won one championship right at the beginning of the World Cup; be unwanted; when they were the first to collect at the championship. Nothing changed that was preceded by an unscrupulous offside of the Russians …
However, the Czech team managed to knock and leveled five minutes later. With a good job in the middle zone, Špaček started renumbering two to one, which Flek took on at the World Championships debut, and goalkeeper Samonov fell behind the line. The Russians could soon take the lost lead back, the goalkeeper Hrubce was saved by a stick after a shot by Zuba.
Hockey World Championship 2021
The World Hockey Championship is in progress from May 21 to June 6 in Latvia. All group matches and play off hosts Riga. The Czech national team plays in group A. Zlato from 2019 defends the selection of Finland, the Czechs will try to improve the fourth place.
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Even after the first change of sides, the Russians remained a better team, and Hrubec twice had to go out against Baraban and Burdasov. In the 36th minute, the Czechs played a power play for the first time in the match, but on the contrary, they collected it themselves. Vrána sent a puck for skates to Kovář in the middle zone and Švec-Rogovoj scored the second goal in the escape.
But the Czechs quickly found the answer again, this time it didn’t take two and a half minutes. Kubalík found a crowed Crow with a great passport, who succeeded in the raid on Samonov, ending with a rash. It is a great pity that at the beginning of the third period the puck jumped over the hockey stick to Smejkal, who was completely alone in front of Samonov.
Czech hockey players celebrate a balancing goal against Russia.
Vít Šimánek, ČTK
Instead, the Russians took the lead for the third time in the match; Barabanov relentlessly punished Radil’s mistake in passing at his own goal. The Czechs then added to the activity and squeezed their juice in its defensive zone. Less than four minutes before the end of the basic playing time, Timkin fouled and the Czechs had a good chance to equalize for the third time in their second power play. Which really succeeded in the 58th minute – Kubalík fired inaccurately, but the puck happily bounced into the goal from Zuba’s skate into the goal.
When it seemed that the match was going into extra time, a huge mistake came during the Czech substitution. After the unsuspecting non-fat throw of Moravčík, the Russians undertook a quick counter and Grigorenko decided in a time of 59:41 to decide a triumph of the team 4: 3.
| Riga Ice Hockey World Championships – Group A (Olympic Sports Center): |
| Czech Republic – Russia 3: 4 (1:1, 1:1, 1:2) |
| Goals and recordings: 10. Flek (M. Špaček), 38. J. Vrána (D. Kubalík, Hájek), 58. D. Kubalík (Hronek, Jan Kovář) – 5. Burdasov (Grigorenko, I. Morozov), 36. Švec-Rogovoj (Kamenev), 46. Barabanov (Voronkov), 60. Grigorenko (Provorov). Judges: Björk, Nord – Lundgren (all Sweden), Kroyer (Denmark). Exclusion: 3: 2. Utilization: 1: 0. In weakness: 0: 1. No spectators. |
| CR: Hrubec – Hronek, D. Musil, Vitásek, Šulák, Hájek, Moravčík, D. Sklenička – J. Vrána, Jan Kovář, D. Kubalík – Zadina, T. Zohorna, Chytil – Radil, R. Hanzl, Sekáč – Flek, A Musil, Smejkal – M. Spacek. Coaches: Filip Pešán, Martin Straka and Jaroslav Špaček. |
| Rusko: Samonov – Zub, Zadorov, Gavrikov, Provorov, Ožiganov, Rafikov, Dronov – Okulov, Šalunov, Barabanov – Grigorenko, Karnauchov, Slepyšev – Burdasov, I. Morozov, E. Galimov – Timkin, Kameněv, Švecov Trenéři: Valerij Bragin, Albert Leščov, Konstantin Šafranov a Alexandr Titov. |
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