On the way to the quarter-finals, the German football-national team brings vital points. The Team of coach Marco storm conquers Italy and hope in these world Championships at home.
Duty victory of the DEB team
This third victory in the sixth world Cup game is more than overdue! Against the table Italy the DEB-Team with 4:1 wins and gets after the unfortunate defeat against Denmark.
“The relief is large, we have delivered a great game and we deserved this victory,” said goal-scorer Christian Ehrhoff. “This is good for our self-confidence before the decisive game. For such tasks, you play hockey.”
Powerful, courageous, and superior to, the German football-national team – not least perhaps because of the NHL Stars Leon Draisaitl. The 21-Year-old Cologne, and only in the Morning from Canada flew in, strengthens the in the NHL Playoffs for the German ice hockey national team.
Ehrhoff: “it’s Incredible what the Boy has to die!”
Draisaitl was also the first goal prepared. The Cologne Christian Ehrhoff (4.), the Mannheim Matthias Plachta (19.) as well as the Munich Yannic Seidenberg (23.) and Dominik Kahun (26.) the goals were for the selection of the German ice hockey Federation. For the winless table last Italy Michele Marchetti (5 met.).
Hope Draisaitl was landed in the Morning in Frankfurt after a nine hour flight with jet lag, as he admitted. “No excuses, I’m here to help the Team. I’ll try,” said the striker. Previously he had announced that he was going to come in this case for the world Cup in his home town. “I grew up in Cologne,” said he, “for me, this is something very, very Special.”
With Draisaitl in the quarter-finals
And the young star pushed the game immediately put his stamp on it. His brilliant Pass Ehrhoff took the early lead. He won all the faceoffs in the first third and helped the unsettled German team on the legs.
Particularly large problems goalkeeper Danny from the birch trees. The Munich, had already looked at the 2:3 after extra time against Denmark on the eve of good, let a harmless shot from Marchetti the Puck to compensate for the legs to slip. Plachtas Überzahltor shortly before the third end calmed the nerves.
Now the final wait
According to the results of Yannic Seidenberg and Kahun, the nervousness was gone. Also from the birch trees it was calmer and safer. Draisaitl showed his incredible reading of the game and continued his assault colleagues, Brooks Macek, and Plachta. Not only that: He also tried it with a Solo, failed, however, to goalkeeper Andreas Bernard. The buzz around his Person, he attempts to hide, said Draisaitl. “I still play for Germany and not for myself”.
On Tuesday, the decision is final to make it to the Knockout rounds. In the last preliminary round game of this home world Cup, the German ice hockey national team must then in the final against Latvia ran. With NHL-Star Philipp Grubauer in goal.
ml/kle (sid, dpa)