Germany’s ice hockey team will play against France for the quarter-finals at the World Cup on Tuesday. Even if the opponent is no longer at stake, NHL attackers warn storm.
Stanley Cup winner Nico Sturm demands from his teammates in the last German World Cup preliminary round match against France a performance like in a knockout game.
He also warned against underestimating the outsider on Tuesday (11:20 a.m. / Sport1 and MagentaSport). “It’s going to be very uncomfortable again. We want to go into the quarter-finals with a good feeling,” said the NHL striker of the San Jose Sharks after Germany’s 7-2 win against Hungary.
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Should Germany’s main rival Denmark not surprisingly win their two remaining games against the title favorites Sweden and Finland and score at least five points, a German win against France would be tantamount to entering the quarter-finals. For the French, however, Tuesday is about nothing.
The most successful German World Cup goalscorer so far with five goals demanded that the game be approached as a knockout game. “The little sloppiness we still have will be enough in the quarter-finals,” warned the 28-year-old at MagentaSport. “Let’s see, hopefully on Tuesday we’ll play like we want to play in a quarter-final.”
The San Jose Sharks striker has no problem with the unusual time of 12:20 p.m. (local time) in Tampere, Finland. “Basically, I’m a fan of early games, because I often find it mentally exhausting when you think about the game all day. So on Tuesday we get up early, have breakfast, come into the hall and hopefully achieve that Quarterfinals,” said Sturm at Sport1.
Germany would have to play a possible quarter-final against Switzerland on Thursday in Riga, Latvia.
Source: Stern
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