The findings of the Nati performances: A door purchase alone does not make spring

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The defeats. The national team also failed to achieve their first victory of the season in Zurich. It suffered six defeats from six games in the two tournaments against strong opponents from Sweden, the Czech Republic and Finland. And yet the performance on home ice is much better than that in November in Finland. Patrick Fischer’s team plays with esprit, emphasizes more in terms of play and can keep up better in terms of intensity.

The responsiveness. On Saturday, Nati coach Patrick Fischer was dissatisfied that they could not respond to the deficit in the middle part of the defeat against the Czech Republic (2:3 nV). He spoke of a “tragedy third”. The next day his team did nothing wrong in this regard against Finland (3:4 nV). Tristan Scherwey responded out of nowhere to the 0-1 with a brawl that earned him and his opponent Ruben Rafkin an early draw. The answer to the 0:2 and 2:3 came immediately in the form of a goal by Christoph Bertschy and Calvin Thürkauf respectively.

The mortgages. In all three matches, Fischer’s team has to hunt for a deficit. It makes scoring goals too easy for the opponent. Against the Finns, the puck losses of Fabrice Herzog and Tanner Richard and Joren van Pottelberghe, a goalkeeper who cannot hide the fact that he has not played in Biel for a month, put the Swiss behind after a lively start.

The missing killer instinct. Switzerland managed to make up a two-goal deficit against the Czech Republic and Finland. But then she fails to use the momentum to win. She took two chances to win in extra time with her own mistakes: against the Czech Republic, Ken Jäger fell and against Finland, a misunderstanding between Jäger and Herzog resulted in a substitution penalty.

Thürkauf only in a large area. NL top scorer Calvin Thürkauf (26) is the only striker who constantly radiates danger, develops a drive for goal and is cool-headed when finishing. The Lugano captain scored one goal against Sweden (2:4) and scored twice against Finland. “He is hot,” says Fischer, enthusiastic about the progress of the enormous Zuger, who was injured in the second match of the last World Cup. But one goal scorer doesn’t make the spring. While Thürkauf is in the form of his life, other attacking tenors such as Denis Malgin, Sven Andrighetto, who is still struggling with a wrist injury, or Enzo Corvi, who was set back by a back injury, are not yet in the condition of their best days.

The debutant. Fischer only nominated one player without an international match for the home tournament: Zug wing Attilio Biasca (20) plays without complexes and shows that the future should belong to him.

Source : Blick