Insanely! Impossible! Incredibly! If you told anyone this, they wouldn’t believe you. Oh well, wave your hand and stop wondering. Because this incident reeks of phantasmagoria. It wasn’t just the bettors who were going crazy who had a bet of two. Poor cardio people… The equalizing goal of Daniel Voženílek from Třinec to make it 1:1 in a time of 59:59.8 will go down in history. Also because teammate David Cienciala decided in the subsequent extra time that the extra league semi-final continues on Saturday with the seventh duel! The Spartans fell 1:2, the Steelers tied the series at 3:3.
What happened in the finish of the 60th minute?
There are about five seconds left until the end of the third period, the home team is already playing in six with goalkeeper Kacetl on the substitution, they are practically under water and drowning. But… David Cienciala still believes, so he enters the attacking third on the right side, the puck passes under the skates of Aron Irving to the other side, where Andrej Nestrašil takes it, Cienciala, who is punishingly alone, is already behind the goal at that moment, he receives a pass from Nestrašil and gently invites Daniel Voženielk to the last theoretical threat. It’s not even a chance, it’s nothing… Just an attempt with a tiny hope of success. And yet it will happen to him! Jakub Kovář has a small blow near the right stick and the puck goes through a small hole over the line. Two tenths to go!
The Spartan camp goes into utter shock, while the Threesome suddenly find themselves in paradise. A completely unexpected and bizarre moment occurs. “That’s what makes hockey beautiful,” the classic would say. But if the Spartans saw him at that moment, he would probably have to rush out of the hall with a quick step.
All the Spartans already felt they were in the dream final, but they underestimated the final situation. On the other hand, who would have thought that it would work out for Třinec right now.
Questionnaire
Who will make it to the seventh game?
The guests went to the cabins stomped, but they had to raise their heads in a hurry. They had about a quarter of an hour to do it. But they couldn’t do it anymore.
At the same time, the Spartans were rolling practically the entire match. Mainly strategically. After two lost games, they took the well-known Třinec classic to help. Thickened central zone, by eroding the home team’s transition into attack. Sparta’s implementation staff drew up a manual that the Slezanians were fed up with for a long time and against which they could not find a counterweapon. And what happened to Jakub Kovář, the goalkeeper of the Reds pacified.
The visitors scored an important goal at the end of the 41st minute, after a mistake by Petr Šenkeřík, Pavel Kousal scored on Ondřej Najman on a shot that was nicely placed under the crossbar.
The home team struggled offensively, not getting a single power play, while the guests got at least one. This was because the referees chose a meter they did not deviate from, given the tense circumstances they whistled well. That is, to the certain disapproval of Daniel Voženílek. “I’ve been saying this the whole playoff – there are no fouls against us, everyone plays cleanly against us, there’s nothing we can do about it,” he said to the O2 TV camera after the second period.
The Slezana did an incredible job in the 70th minute. David Cienciala’s flowing Adamek’s shots arranged a tremendous turn in the match, the game also includes a historic uprising from 0:3 to 4:3.
The series continues on Saturday in Prague from 1 p.m. An early start was required by the Superliga final in floorball, held the next day.
Goals
Homemade: 59:59. Voženilek, 69:21. Cienciala
Assemblies
Homemade: Kacetl (Mazanec) – Marinčin, Smith, Kundrátek, Nedomlel, Mar. Adámek, Šenkeřík, Polášek – Hrehorčák, Čacho, Nestrašil – L. Hudáček, Cienciala, Daňo – M. Růžička (A), Helewka, Voženílek – Dravecký (A), Vrána (C), M. Roman.
Guests: J. Kovář (Kořenář) – Mozík, Kempný (A), Mikliš, Krejčík, Irving, Němeček, Moravčík – Forman (A), Sobotka (C), Buchtele – Clapík, Horák, D. Vitouch – Harper, Lajunen, Konečný – P. Kousal, O. Najman, Hrabík.
Referee
A. Jeřábek, L. Kvétoň – Špůr, Zíka
Stadium
Werk arena, Třinec
Visit
5,400 (sold out) spectators
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