The Czech floorball players defeated Norway 7: 3 at the World Cup and advanced to the quarterfinals

Although the Norwegians had a better balance with eight wins and six draws from the previous 21 mutual matches, they lost to the Czech Republic four times in a row before the start of today’s duel. The last time they rejoiced was on December 7, 2012, after winning 5: 4 after separate raids in a duel for 5th to 8th place at the championship in Zurich.

“The match was very physically demanding. In addition, Dominik Beneš was injured. We will see how serious his injury will be. We played really well in some passages of the match, but in some moments we lacked discipline. the most important goal, “said Kettunen.

“We will take a break from floorball, regenerate, do some less physically demanding activities. We will relax and we will be ready to jump in full force on Wednesday,” Kettunen added.

Of the Czech rejuvenated team, only Captain Tom Ondrušek remembered the last defeat with Norway, and the Czechs did not admit any surprises in Helsinki. The Norwegians held a goalless state until 8:58, when Marek Beneš beat Markus Jelsnes with a shot over the defending Andreas Grönli.

“The key was to move in the offensive zone. They play a 2-1-2 system. When we get the ball behind the goal, the movement opens up a lot of space for shooting, we did well and we were finally effective in the end. The Norwegians needed to base it a little more on it, because they do not have such qualities of floorball.

Coach Kettunen then let him rest on the bench in the final period. “We’re discussing this with Coach Kettunen. I had a knee problem, I didn’t play for a long time, I didn’t train, so we have to somehow set the load to make sense. , because I’m not completely out of the game due to absence, some reasonable center has to be set, “added Marek Beneš.

In just 89 seconds, Jakub Gruber finished the combination of Filip Forman and Mikuláš Krbec, and in his third duel at the World Championships, he rejoiced in the first goal. The Norwegians were able to lower in the 19th minute, when Lukáš Bauer’s left pole helped Lukáš Bauer after a backhand run by Ole Mossin Olesen.

In the 24th minute, the lonely David Šimek matured into a backhand on Jelsnes, and in 89 seconds Ondřej Vítovec beat Ondrušek, who with 55 goals in 96 matches equalized in the third place in the historical table of the Czech national team scorers to the third Tomáš Sladký. Only Radim Cepek (71 goals) and Matěj Jendrišák (63) are better.

Adam Delong increased the visitors’ lead by putting a volley away after a pass from the right. At 30:11, Patrick Hjemgard took Bauer’s net account after a pass by 41-year-old Ketil Kronberg, who is starting at the 11th World Championships and equaled the record of Finnish legend Mika Kohonen.

In the 34th minute, the Czech team lost the defender Dominik Beneš, who had to withdraw from the game with an injured ankle. “We have twenty players in the staff and if his injury was more serious and he could not continue the tournament, we would definitely call one of the substitutes. The burden is very hard for the players in the World Championship program. But we believe that his injury is not so serious. “We’ll see what the examination says,” Kettunen added.

His selection struck again 64 seconds before the end of the second period, when Filip Langer turned Josef Rýpar’s pass with Hjemgard’s suspension. In the third period, the Czechs did not take advantage of the numerical advantage of Marius Pedersen and then allowed the Norwegians a series of chances, but Bauer resisted.

In the end, the Norwegians corrected the situation. In the 57th minute, Langer’s dismissal was helped by Markus Lindgjerdet’s shot, but Ole Martin Jansson scored in the ongoing action. At 58:25 in power play, Olesen reduced to 3: 6, but as the Norwegians continued to play in the empty net, he secured the result 81 seconds before the end with his second goal in the Gruber match.

Floorball World Championships in Helsinki:

Group A:

Denmark – Sweden 1:15 (1: 4, 0: 3, 0: 8)

Branky: 20. Eldholm – 2. a 10. K. Nilsson, 35. a 37. Sjögren, 44. a 58. Galante Carlström, 44. a 50. Bredberg, 45. a 51. Sankell, 3. Backby, 11. Haglund, 40. Ahrén, 42. Aldeeb, 58. Persson.

Final table:

Group B:

Czech Republic – Norway 7: 3 (2: 0, 4: 1, 1: 2)

Goals and recordings: 9. Marek Beneš (Vítovec), 11. Gruber (M. Krbec), 24. D. Šimek (Kisugite), 25. Ondrušek (Vítovec), 29. Delong (D. Beneš), 39. Langer ( Rýpar), 59. Gruber – 31. Hjemgard (Kronberg), 57. Jansson, 58. Olesen (Gidske). Judges: Ismail, Rosayro (both Sing.). Exclusion: 1: 2. Utilization: 1: 1. Attendance: 216.

Czech Republic: Bauer – Němeček, Vítovec, D. Beneš, Besta, Gruber, Kisugite, Punčochář – Rýpar, Langer, Marek Beneš – Ondrušek, Šindler, Delong – M. Krbec, F. Forman, D. Šimek – Havlas, Hemerka. Coach: Petri Kettunen.

Switzerland – Germany 9: 2 (2: 1, 2: 0, 5: 1)

Branky: 48. a 51. Ch. Meier, 1. Braillard, 20. Maurer, 26. Michel, 31. Schiess, 41. Mendelin, 55. Riedi, 56. Zaugg – 13. Von Pritzbuer, 57. Weisskirchen.

Final table:

Group C:

USA – Poland 0:18 (0: 7, 0: 7, 0: 4).

Final table:

Group D:

Estonia – Singapore 13: 2 (4: 0, 3: 1, 6: 1), Canada – Philippines 13: 8 (6: 3, 4: 3, 3: 2).

Final table: