If Austria’s ice hockey national team continues in this key at the World Cup in Stockholm, it will have nothing to do with relegation. Even if there are no countable successes after the first two group games, the Equipe from Roger Bader has previously presented itself against supposed giant excellent.
Anyone who believed that the host Sweden would roll over the red-white-red team in the Avicii-Arena after the 5-0 opening success over Slovakia. In the end there was a painful 2: 4- (0: 0, 1: 1, 1: 3) defeat.
Two goals conceded within twelve seconds
A sensation or the first full success of the two-time Olympic champion and eleven-time world champion since the 1947 World Cup in Prague was in the air: 140 seconds before the final siren, Austria led after a world-class controller and superpass from Ramon Schnetzer by NHL-AUS Marco Kasper 2: 1 (53.).
But then the Swedes put everything on one card, they replaced their goalkeeper with a sixth field player 2:54 minutes before the end and were rewarded: a double strike by Jonas Brodin (58th) and Zibanejad (58th) within twelve seconds gave all hopes. The 2: 4 by Alexander Wennberg in the empty network was only a bit (59.). Too bad about this opportunity.
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Image: Jonathan Nackstrand (APA/AFP/Jonathan Nackstrand)
Source: Nachrichten
