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At the end of April there was a national alarm. Switzerland lost 5-1 to Latvia in preparation for the World Cup in Riga. Patrick Fischer then spoke frankly in the SRF interview: “I have never seen us physically dominated in this way in the past two, three years. That should not happen!” But the national coach also thought: “It is a good slap in the face at the right time.” Indeed – as we now know.
At least twelve players of the current World Cup team were on the ice against Latvia. And in the goal a certain Leonardo Genoni. At the time, we couldn’t count on getting a decent number of reinforcements from the NHL. Tim Berni, who was now superfluous at the World Cup, was there from North America. Janis Moser had announced his arrival, but was still missing.
From the NHL playoffs to the national team
Meanwhile, Nino Niederreiter and Kevin Fiala had just been eliminated from the playoffs and at the time it was completely unclear how they were doing. And Denis Malgin, Nico Hischier and Jonas Siegenthaler were still full of hope for a long journey with their teams in the NHL. It didn’t look like Switzerland would be able to reach for the stars at the World Cup.
But then everything suddenly worked for the Nati. With victories against Finland and the Czech Republic, she recharged her morale during the Euro Hockey Tour. In addition to seven playoff finalists, Moser also moved in there – and Niederreiter and Malgin joined them just in time for the World Cup to start. After the successful start of the tournament, Fiala, Hischier and Siegenthaler were also added. The team, which became better and stronger through the victories, also improved in quality. And in the meantime let us dream of the great (gold) coup.
Eight wins in a row
Now the circle closes for the Nati. 23 days after the debacle, it is back against Latvia in Riga. After that performance you had to shiver for this last group match against the World Cup hosts. But Switzerland now has eight victories in a row! Two on the Euro Hockey Tour and six on the World Cup.
They have already been confirmed as group winners and Tuesday night’s match against Latvia is just a test run before Thursday’s quarter-finals. What a wonderfully crazy journey this national team has taken us on!
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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.
