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OSTRAVA Tre Kronor has not misplaced in 87 years in opposition to France in an official worldwide match.
Almost definitely there will not be one other loss tonight.
– If we do our issues proper, we’ll win the match, says assistant nationwide crew captain Nicklas Rahm.
Tre Kronor has began the WC in a superb approach.
5 straight wins and another tonight, in opposition to France, imply that the sequence victory in Group B is salvaged.
And one factor speaks volumes for Tre Kronor.
The statistics.
And the historical past.
Not a loss in opposition to France in 87 years or 14 straight victories on the Olympics and World Cup in opposition to the French.
Sweden completed ninth within the WC
The final loss got here in 1937 on the WC in London when the crew with Holger Engberg, Åke “Sparven” Ericson was not sufficient. Neither in opposition to France nor Poland for that matter. Tre Kronor took the lead 1–0 in opposition to France, with the match then handing over favor of the opposition 2–1.
The WC ended with a ninth place for Sweden, a shared one with Romania.
Over time, Sweden has developed into a serious energy in world hockey, which it was not within the Thirties. France has made the journey within the different route and sometimes performs within the detrimental qualifiers of the A bunch to remain within the high division.
What are you aware about France?
– They play a good hockey, forecheck some and so they do not arrange in a “lure”, says Nicklas Rahm in regards to the match.
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“Not very effectively versed”
He had no concept that it has been 87 years since Sweden misplaced in opposition to France and chooses to say in a low voice that it’ll in all probability go effectively and that no 87-year-old streak will change, if Sweden does its half.
– If we do our issues proper, we’ll win the match, he says.
Tre Kronor area a full crew and no accidents or diseases intrude.
Jesper Frödén was one of many few gamers who educated earlier than tonight’s match, he admitted that his information of the opposition was not high notch:
– I haven’t got an excellent grasp of France. I do know they’ve some guys, Bellemare in Seattle is an effective participant. No, it will likely be a problem, so it will likely be enjoyable with the match tonight, he says..
The puck is launched at 16:20 within the Ostrava area. Win Tre Kronor, the sequence victory is saved should you can presumably get Austria or Finland within the quarter-finals on Thursday.
