“We are not looking at what is happening behind us. We are just looking ahead,” said Roberts Bukarts. “It’s all in our hands. Two things are most important at the World Cup: avoiding injuries and constantly improving as a whole team. I believe we are doing well in both respects and we will show it next time against the UK. Today they are for us. extremely important two points, “added the author of the winning goal.
The opening act did not offer a goal. In the 4th minute, the Austrians played a power play after Veinbergs’ elimination, but immediately after 13 seconds it was interrupted by Schneider’s foul.
In the middle of the match, Djerins went to puck, but the Latvians had a chance to weaken at the end. Balcers’ shot from the left circle, but Starkbaum fired.
Nissner started the shootout in the second half 70 seconds after the break, who exchanged the puck with Thomas Raffl and headed to the opposite pole of Šilovs’s goal from the left circle.
The Latvians responded in the 26th minute, when Jaks charged Balcers to the right and the striker San Jose beat Starkbaum over the trap.
The Austrians then defended themselves in Lebler’s sentence, but in the middle of the second period they already collected in Maeir’s expulsion. The defender of Čukste, the fresh reinforcements of the master Třinec, ran in front of the Austrian goalkeeper Rihards Bukarts.
In just 27 seconds, Zile and Abols went to the penalty box, and the Austrians used a power play of five against three in 67 seconds. Heinrich drove into the better shooting position from the blue line and hit exactly the upper right corner of the goal.
At Unterweger’s expulsion, Abols could return the leadership to Latvia, but Starkbaum intervened. In the 36th minute, Balcers succeeded, who exchanged the puck with Rihards Bukarts in the renumbering and scored the second goal in the match.
In the beginning of the third part, Smirnovs did not take a chance on insurance and in the 47th minute it was settled. Thomas Raffl drew Zündel’s shot from the blue line.
He could turn the situation around after a quick counterattack with a blow from the position behind the left circle of the Wukowits, but Šilov’s puck set off and dealt with Heinrich’s stop.
After Unterweger’s shot, the puck remained in the goal area behind Šilovs in overtime, but the Austrians did not push him into the goal. Keninš hit the ball in the 63rd minute.
Ganahl and Huber did not secure a win for Austria either. Jelisejevs and Roberts Bukarts prevailed in the raids, only Heinrich succeeded as an opponent.
“We played a really good match, especially in the third. It was unbelievable. We put everything into it, we settled, we returned to the match and we had a chance to decide. In extra time we were close, there were chances on both sides. “At the end of the match, it’s also a bit of luck. Unfortunately for us, it ended in a defeat that is difficult to absorb,” said forward Manuel Ganahl.
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