The miraculous turn against the Swedes left them in the game, but they still have nothing certain. Therefore, the Czech hockey players intend to take another step towards the quarterfinals at the World Championships in Riga. The fifth opponent of coach Filip Pešán’s charges is the weakest team on paper, the whole of Great Britain, with which the Czechs compete for the first time in modern history. Roman Will is in the Czechs’ goal for the first time since the opening minute at the World Championships. The match will be played from 11:15 CEST, live broadcast by ČT sport. You can watch the match in an online report on Sport.cz.
The Czech national team member Lukáš Klok is rejoicing from the goal into the Great Britain net in the World Hockey Championship match.
Vít Šimánek, ČTK
Roman Will is entering the World Championships for the first time since the opening bull, Petr Kváča, registered on the roster, will cover his back on Friday. Simon Hrubec was given time off for today. Otherwise, the line-up is the same as on Thursday against the Swedes. A small modification is that Libor Hájek will be deployed as the seventh back, Matěj Blümel is the thirteenth striker. Moravčík and forwarders A. Musil, Radil and T. Zohorn remain out of the game.
On Thursday, the Czech players managed an important match with Sweden, which turned four goals in the third period from 0: 2, and after the second win they have the fight to advance to the quarterfinals in their hands. If they beat the British, Danes and Slovaks for three points, they will not be missing in the fight for medals.
Hockey World Championship 2021
The British, who escaped in the top division of the World Cup in 2019 after winning the overtime in the last match over France, have already gained four points in Riga a little unexpectedly. First a point for losing in overtime with Denmark and then winning for three points over Belarus. Among the elite, in the basic playing time, they won for the first time since 1962.
| The line-up of the Czech Republic against Great Britain |
| Will (Kváča) – Hronek, D. Musil, Klok, Sklenička, Šustr, Šulák, Hájek – Zadina, Jan Kovář, D. Kubalík – J. Vrána, Chytil, Sekáč – Lenc, M. Špaček, M. Stránský – Flek, R. Hanzl, Smejkal – Blümel |
On Friday, they lost to Sweden 1: 4, while the Czech team had a day off.
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