VIDEO The first words of Slovaks after the demolition of Switzerland: We have shown how an excellent team plays! – Sports

KREFELD – Slovak hockey players won the opening match of the German Cup in Krefeld over Switzerland high 7: 1. The hero of the duel was Dávid Gríger, who scored a hat-trick, Samuel Takáč scored a goal and assistance at the premiere in the A-team.

Votes after the match:

Ján Pardavý, assistant coach of the Slovak Republic: “In the context of what happened, it is a very good result, but it does not need to be overestimated, we scored two goals in an empty goal. Overall it was a very difficult match. We had a good start, but from some half of the first period we were under pressure and power even in the 5 to 5 game we couldn’t cope with the Swiss forcing, they were everywhere and we lost a lot of light pucks in our zone. We were definitely better in the third period, we had good movement and we were strong at work with the hockey stick, we got a lot of pucks. , skating well prepared. “

Dávid Gríger, forward SR, in match 2 + 1: “It’s great, I believe it will give us so much energy and confidence in the next matches that await us. It was hectic before the match and we didn’t know if we would play at all for an hour and a quarter before. But we are all professionals and we have joined. Great that we managed it even for the boys who couldn’t start, we played on three formations, it was challenging, the Swiss skated the whole match very well, after the first third it was better, we were in pace and we tried “It’s easy to play and not give them a chance after our mistakes. Great, we’re looking forward to it.”

Filip Mešár, forward Slovakia and match player: “I really enjoyed it. I also played power play in the first offensive formation and I had great players around me who supported me the whole match. We fought the whole team and went to win. I’m proud of everyone, we showed that “

Michal Krištof, forward SR, in match 1 + 3: “What happened this afternoon turned out great. Not every day we win over the Swiss by six goals. We have to understand why we won. We played responsibly, together as a team and when we play like this, we have nothing to fear and we can to win with everyone. In the first period it was difficult to get used to the game of three formations, it was important that we didn’t have long shifts. It was already nice in the second and third periods. “

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