At 5.30 p.m. (ORF Sport+) in Znojmo, the six-time champion Czech Republic will be waiting for the start, who will appear on Friday (5.30 p.m., ORF Sport+) in the Linz-AG-Eisarena for the “return match”.
Here several protagonists enjoy something like real home field advantage. We are talking about the Black Wings cracks Gerd Kragl, Ramon Schnetzer, Niklas Bretschneider, Steel Wings goalie Leon Sommer and the natives of Linz Lukas Haudum and Erik Kirchschläger. There are also goalie coach Jürgen Penker and Philipp Lukas, the new strong man in Linz. The Black Wings sports director will accompany him as an assistant all the way to the World Cup, after which the collaboration with Bader will end. The Swiss doesn’t want to have a club coach on staff to nip possible background noise of a preference in the bud. “But I am convinced that Philipp Lukas would assess the situation objectively.”
Source: Nachrichten
