The Czech team did not succeed with individual skills, but with the ability to play as a team. They follow the modern trend of 5-a-side hockey, playing a lot together and close to each other on the ice. It’s not like others rely on a few starlets to make it all happen.
The team doesn’t decide how good each hockey player is individually, but that they are strong together and that they perform exemplary tactical instructions. He applied to Canada, thus overtaking the Swedes and taking a key point from them, and there were clear victories over the Germans and Austrians. But now everything is being canceled, D-day arrives, or rather Monday 2 January and the quarter-finals against the unpredictable Swiss.
So far, the philosophy of responsible hockey established by coach Rulík has worked, in which it is mainly about the team. The players believed her and realized that when they have desire, strength and self-confidence, everything falls into place. The coach himself talks about how important it is to work with young people at this age, so that they realize what can happen if they stop working hard and maybe relax a bit. And this will be essential before the first duel of the elimination round, to prepare the players’ heads for the Swiss and prepare them so that they will play Monday’s game as disciplined and disciplined as all four of the previous ones.
The experience of an unsuccessful general match with this particular opponent at the championship venue just before Christmas would also help with this. Since then, thanks to his results and tournament play, the Czech 20-year-old has gained enough self-confidence to try to give everything back to Switzerland, including interest. Approach them with respect but with determination.
Karel Gott sang in a touching song that it would be a shame to be afraid of the dark, so I’ll just allow myself a slight paraphrase that this year it would be a shame to be afraid of the fight for a medal. They bring us two more winning passes, while the one against Switzerland is unconditional.
Martin Kezr
A graduate of the law faculty of Charles University, whose fate became sports journalism. Martin Kézr has been working in the editorial staff of Práva, of which he is the head, since 1990, and he also shares his experience at the events of the Journalistic Incubator. He’s the head of the hockey section of the Sportswriter’s Club.
