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World Hockey Championship U20 | We simply don’t have the first five teams, the experienced coach Vůjtek is convinced

If we were at school, the former coach of the national team, Vladimír Vůjtek Sr., would write the Czech national team from the World Twenties Championships in Edmonton in the student book three, maybe two minus. This is how he evaluated the juniors after performing at the world championship, where the national team was eliminated in the quarterfinals after defeating 0: 3 with Canada. “We play fairly in defense, we can do that, maybe we can even skate a bit in skating, but the guidance of the wheel, thinking, we lag behind a bit here,” the coach thinks.

Jason Franson, ČTK / AP

Mr. Vůjtek, how would you evaluate the Czech quarterfinals of the tournament?

The Czech players showed a solid performance against Canada, I expected us to lag behind more. In previous matches, we weren’t good enough for strong teams, so I won’t take Russia, where we did well, but the game was still not perfect. We dropped out in the quarterfinals, progress is counting. Nevertheless, the match was a good level on our part, it is a good result.

What did the Czech team lack to happen a miracle and Canada lose?

We are still a little behind in our individual activities and it is difficult for us to assert ourselves in the offensive third. We play honestly in defense, we can do that, maybe we can even cope a bit in skating, but the guidance of the disc, thinking, we lag behind a bit here.

The Czechs did not see a miracle at the World Cup. Canada won and is in the semifinals

Does the quarterfinals correspond to the current state of Czech hockey?

It certainly corresponds to the current situation, it is such that we are still not enough for the first five teams, which are the semifinalists and Sweden.

Another MS program
Tuesday, January 5:
00:00 semifinal: Canada – Russia,
03:30 semifinal: USA – Finland,
23:30 for 3rd place.
Wednesday, January 6:
03:30 fin.

I am extremely proud of the boys, of my whole second family, the captain said goodbye to the MS

Coach Karel Mlejnek said that he has a beautiful feeling from the team, what did he mean by that?

Maybe he wants to encourage our hockey because it’s not so bad, but we just don’t have the top five teams. Today, of course, Germany is approaching us.

Coach Vladimír Vůjtek during the training of the hockey team in Znojmo.

Vlastimil Vacek, Right

In the basic group, the Czech team caught two debacles (1: 7 with Sweden and 0: 7 with the USA), but again they defeated Russia 2: 0, Austria 7: 0, is the psyche to blame?

The fact is that when you lose 0: 3, young players find it difficult to cope with this situation and the fighting spirit and self-confidence are lost. In the match with America, we played good hockey halfway through, but when we got the goal, we completely fell apart and America clearly won. We lasted half. We played well with the Swedes in the first period, but then we dropped out, the opponents were able to play for sixty minutes.

I am extremely proud of the boys, of my whole second family, the captain said goodbye to the MS

And the match with Russia?

It was a little different there, the Russians scored two sticks in the first period, if one goal fell there, the match would get a different picture. We know the Russians mentioned, it’s the same for men that when they are favorites and don’t lead, they lose track, get nervous, start panicking and are able to lose the match, even if they are higher on the hockey side.

How do you see the future of Czech hockey?

That’s hard, we’re not good enough at hockey skills. This has been the case for a long time. Last year we had perfect individuals, but overall we did not succeed in the tournament, this year it was similar.

As a mark, would you give the Czech team for the whole tournament?

About three, when we weren’t enough for the first teams, maybe two minus.

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