We suffered a win, but three points are at home: Coach Ramsay evaluated the opening match of Slovakia – Športky.sk

In the picture above, head coach Craig Ramsay, bottom left Juraj Slafkovský, Jakub Minárik and Róbert Lantoši Source: TASR / Martin Baumann HELSINKI – Although he did not score, he again showed that he has a great hockey future ahead of him. Juraj Slafkovský was one of the best players on the ice in the first match of the Slovaks at the World Championships in Helsinki and this was also reflected in the confidence of the coaches. He spent 20 minutes and 56 seconds on the ice in Friday’s duel with France, the most of the team. Thanks to him, the Slovaks managed to enter the tournament after a 4: 2 triumph. Craig Ramsay’s charges, however, were upset about the victory, their opponent played a good match. The coach of the Slovaks did not spare praise for their address: “They attacked us highly, fought us, played brilliantly. However, we did not do a good job in forcing them. We have to work on this.” Photo gallery (17) Source: TASR / Martin Baumann The Slovaks led 2: 0, the French equalized in the second period to 2: 2. However, the other two goals fell only into the French net. “At the end of the day we have three points and we are happy. It’s just the beginning, tomorrow we have an even bigger battle. It’s hockey, once there is one, once the other. I am glad that Takáč scored a 3: 2 goal in the second period and that we were able to win, “said Slafkovský. He added to the mistakes that led to the goals scored: “Mistakes happen, otherwise the goals would not be scored. They also made mistakes. What those mistakes came from, I don’t know, it happens.” It was an attack with Slafkovsky, Pavel Regend and Milos Roman, who scored two goals for Slovakia. “I’m playing well with Palo, I moved his goal relay. But we must not forget Miloš Roman, who is fighting, it is a pleasure to play with such a center,” said the Slovak wing. Patrik Rybár’s old concrete The talented striker did not forget about goalkeeper Patrik Rybár, who had several important interventions: “Paťo has been famous since the Olympics. He took old concrete, which is probably why he did it.” Coach Ramsay was most pleased that his charges found the way to victory: “You can be a good team if you win, even if you don’t succeed. So you don’t always win because you’re better, but because you find a way to win. You have to Takáča’s goal fell after the situation we want to play, we have to score more such goals, there won’t be a single easy match and we have to be ready for every minute, we can’t take breaks and make it easier We need to hold the puck more so we don’t chase it so much. ” Photo gallery for article Number of photos: 17 Author: © Zoznam Source: TASR