Germany under pressure after defeat

Germany showed strong willpower against the home country of national coach Toni Söderholm, but there is now a threat of a preliminary round final in the final duel with hosts Latvia for a place in the knockout round.

After a two-day break, Söderholm's team played a quick and exciting game with the world champion until the end, in which Berlin's goalkeeper Mathias Niederberger had no chance early on. When top defender Moritz Seider incurred the first penalty of the game, the Finns only needed eight seconds to convert their majority into a lead. The 2019 champion had the better start and was the more dangerous team. “The pace is already four classes faster than normal,” said World Cup debutant Andreas Eder on Sport1 during the first break.

The Finns had more of the game, the outsiders hardly had any shots on goal. The Söderholm team fought with self-sacrifice - but veteran Holzer's equalizer came as a surprise: when his defender colleague Holzer shot, captain Moritz Müller irritated the Finnish goalkeeper Jussi Olkinuora. “Thanks to Mo, the disc went in,” admitted Holzer and demanded: “We have to make sure that we play calmly and with patience. We have to be quick on our feet and quick on our feet.”

The draw before the final third gave the German cracks every opportunity. Unlike at the beginning, they survived the second outnumbered game in the final period without conceding a goal, but were then defeated in a quick counterattack. Before the 1:2, the Germans had not used their own two minutes in the majority. Russia and USA are planning for the quarterfinals The USA ice hockey team prepared for the game against Germany at the World Cup in Latvia with a narrow victory. The US team won 2-1 (1-0, 1-0, 0-1) against Norway in Riga on Saturday and, thanks to their fourth win in a row, have now collected twelve points towards their desired place in the knockout rounds. The Americans' victory was a significant step towards the quarterfinals. © APA/afp / GINTS IVUSKANS

In the preliminary group A, the Czech Republic secured an unchallenged mandatory victory against outsiders Great Britain. With the 6:1 (1:0, 3:1, 2:0) the Czechs got three points, which were urgently needed in the race for participation in the quarter-finals. The Russian selection underlined its ambitions with a 4:1 (0:0, 1:0, 3:1) against Switzerland and was able to move to the top of the table with the same number of points as Slovakia.

The Italian team was also in action on Saturday. Against Kazakhstan The Azzurri suffered a devastating 3:11 defeat. Saturday's games Italy – Kazakhstan 3:11 0:1 Roman Starchenko (2.12), 1:1 Angelo Miceli (24.37), 1:2 Yegor Petukhov (12.31), 1:3 Yevgeni Rymarev (14.59), 1:4 Nikita Mikhailis (41.31), 2:4 Peter Hochkofler (42.43), 2:5 Curtis Valk (56.12), 2:6 Artyom Likthotnikov (57.01), 2:7 Artyom Likthotnikov (59.46), 3:7 Alex Petan (50.59), 3:8 Kirill Panyukov (54.38), 3:9 Roman Starchenko (16.07), 3:10 Viktor Svedberg (57.44), 3:11 Yegor Shapalov (19.52)

Czech Republic – Great Britain 6:1 1:0 Klok (08.01), 2:0 Hronek (20.33), 3:0 Sulak (24.29), 4:0 Chytil (32.07), 4:1 Myers (39.37), 5:1 Lenc (51.33), 6: 1 Sulak (57.58)

Switzerland – Russia 1:4 0:1 Burdasov (35.01), 1:1 Hischier (48.12), 1:2 Karnaukhov (50.26), 1:3 Tolchinski (52.38), 1:4 Tolchinski (59.58)

Norway – USA 1:2 0:1 Garland (10.30), 0:2 Thompson (27.12), 1:2 Olimb (54.27)

Slovakia – Denmark 2-0 1:0 Cehlarik (47.13), 2:0 Janosik (52.25)

Germany – Finland 1:2 0:1 Lundell (06.17), 1:1 Holzer (27.58), 1:2 Ruotsalainen (51.26)

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Germany under pressure after defeat

After a successful start to this World Cup, Germany increasingly has to worry about the quarter-finals. With the narrow 1:2 defeat on Saturday evening in Riga against defending champions Finland, the selection comes under greater pressure. Russia and the USA are on course for the quarterfinals.

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