“An incredible match,” reports the Slovak server sport.sk after the defeat of the national team, which clearly overshot the Swedes in a ratio of 48:27. But the famous goalkeeper Jesper Wallstedt caught all the opponent’s shooting attempts, albeit several times with significant goal construction.
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“Jesper Wallstedt was phenomenal,” said Tre Kronor coach Tomas Monten before the hero’s performance.
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The winning goal was scored by Theodor Niederbach in the first period with a quick shot in the power play, and Albert Sjöberg increased the lead of the Swedes in the second period after an individual action.
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The Slovaks stepped up their offensive efforts in the third period, when they were also offered a five-minute power play after Leo Lööf’s intervention on Šimon Nemec’s head.
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However, the Slovaks shelled Wallstedt’s goal in vain, trying everything possible, including a game without a goalkeeper. After the elimination of Elias Stenman, they even played with six players in the field against three Swedes, but they did not gain anything from the huge advantage.
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Daniel Ljungman finally ended their efforts with a goal in the empty net.
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“I’m proud of the boy. What they showed on the ice and that they managed to push rivals like Sweden with top stars into demolition. It was mainly a duel against the opponent’s goalkeeper. I have never seen such a shot out of a goalkeeper in my career and I probably won’t see it again. We missed a goal in power play. I believe that it will break for us at the right moment, “Slovak coach Ivan Feneš quotes the server sport.sk.
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Jesper Wallstedt stopped all 48 shots he faced en route to a 3-0 Sweden SHUTOUT win over Slovakia! He was by far their best player. He now improves to 2-0 in the World Junior Tournament. Overall, he has stopped 75/78 SOG in the tourney. #mnwild pic.twitter.com/vQssQiSecC
— Wild Prospects & Young Players (@mnwprospects) December 28, 2021
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His team is waiting for another strong team – Russia on Wednesday from 22:30. “We have already proved that we can play against a top team like Sweden. The performance was excellent for us, but we need to play an even better match against Russia, “the coach realizes.
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“It simply came to our notice then. We had almost 50 bullets. We worked out a lot of chances, but the Swedish goalkeeper was unbelievable. We have to change the chances, then we will win matches, “said one of the biggest Slovak stars, Juraj Slafkovský.
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Sborná, the next Slovak opponent, lost to the Swedes 3: 6 at the beginning of the championship, but in the second match the Russians defeated the Swiss 4: 2.
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