Eishockey
The Austrian national team also lost the fourth of nine World Cup friendly matches. One day after the 2:5 in Ljubljana, they even lost 0:6 (0:0 0:4 0:2) against Slovenia in Villach on Friday. Next week, team boss Roger Bader’s selection, which is not yet top-ranked, has two duels with the Czech Republic on the agenda in Budweis and Linz.
12.04.2024 20.51
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There was nothing to be gained against the B-nation Slovenia, who almost had their best team. Three shorthanded goals in the middle third contributed significantly to the bitter defeat. “That just wasn’t enough. We have to do a lot better next week. We can still improve in all areas. We have to step things up a notch everywhere,” said Kilian Zündel. In the new edition against the Slovenians they started better than on Thursday, but then unfortunately slacked off and played a tense final third.
“I have to process that first. I didn’t expect that, although I already knew that Slovenia was here with a strong team. We are still missing 15 to 18 players,” said team boss Roger Bader. His team was, above all, physically inferior. “We were physically dominated by Slovenia.” With the Czechs, a world-class team is now approaching Austria. “The enemy will be even stronger.”
Test match
Freitag:
Austria – Slovenia 0:6
(0:0 0:4 0.2)
Villach
Tore: Podlipnik (21st), Kuralt (32nd, 34th, 37th), Drozg (44th), Ograjensek (52nd)
Ice Hockey World Cup test matches
4.4. (Riga) Lettland
Austria
3:2 n. P. 5.4. (Riga) Latvia
Austria
3:2 n. P. 11.4. (Ljubljana) Slowenien
Austria
5:2 12.4. (Villach)
Austria
Slovenia 0:6 18.4. (Budweis) Czech Republic
Austria
5:10 p.m. * 20.4. (Linz)
Austria
Czech Republic 6:00 p.m. * 25.4. (Garmisch) Germany
Austria
7:00 p.m. * 27.4. (cell/lake)
Austria
Germany 4.15 p.m. * 5.5. (Vienna)
Austria
Canada 7:00 p.m. *
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