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group A
The problem of the Austrians: the team, which is coached by the two Swiss players Roger Bader (head coach) and Arno Del Curto (assistant), simply does not score enough goals. The Rot-Weiss-Roten scored two (Bernd Wolf of Lugano is responsible for the 1:1) against the Germans, bringing their tournament total to six.
The game is lost 2:4. At least one Austrian looks bad for every goal they conced. The whole defense watches in the 34th minute as Wojciech Stachowiak receives the checker in the corner, drives to the blue line, then bends unchallenged in front of the goal to beat David Kickert between the braces.
Germany, the team of Harold Kreis (former Del Curto assistant at HCD), is new to group five and hopes for a place in the quarter-finals. The Austrians, who are in danger of being relegated, must remedy the malfunction against Hungary by Monday at the latest.
Mikko Rantanen is the new assistant king at the 2023 World Cup. The Finnish superstar now has seven assists after a 7-1 win over Hungary in Tampere, replacing Denmark’s Markus Lauridsen (6) at the top.
The 26-year-old prepares three goals against the promoted team in an exemplary manner. With Mikko Lehtonen (ZSC Lions, 1-0) and Teemu Hartikainen (Genève-Servette, 4-1), two Finns who earn their money in Switzerland also benefit from Rantanen’s assists.
Rantanen has yet to score a single goal in the 2023 World Cup. That comes as a surprise considering he scored 55 goals in qualifying for Colorado in the 2022-23 season (the third best in the league) and scored seven goals in seven playoff games.
Group B
Damper for Slovakia. After yesterday’s defeat against Switzerland (2:4), they surprisingly lost 3:4 in a penalty shoot-out against Kazakhstan in Riga on Friday evening. The Kazakhs played themselves like crazy in the second period by scoring three goals in four minutes and 19 seconds. In the penalty shootout, all four shooters hit the outsider – impressive.
Slovenia narrowly missed out on their first win in the afternoon. The promoted team has to admit defeat to the World Cup hosts Latvia 2:3. Slovenia is now four points behind Norway and Kazakhstan in the relegation zone. It is quite possible that it will go down again soon. (yup)
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Source : Blick
I’m Emma Jack, a news website author at 24 News Reporters. I have been in the industry for over five years and it has been an incredible journey so far. I specialize in sports reporting and am highly knowledgeable about the latest trends and developments in this field.
