The national team of Ukraine for the first time during their participation in the World Cup did not lose to the Netherlands
There is the second day of the World Hockey Championship among the men's teams of group B in Irkutsk. In the first match on March 2 at the stadium "Trud" met the teams of the Netherlands and Ukraine.
The game started with the attacks of the Netherlands national team. She tried to immediately decide the fate of the match in her favor without starting intelligence. And this activity brought the "orange" success. First, the Dutch earned a 12-meter shot, but den Brak's shot from the " point " was opposed by the Ukrainian goalkeeper Andriy Tsyplakov. But after three minutes, the goalkeeper could not help the team. He parried away a long shot opponent, but was unable to secure the ball, and Tveitan BU finished off a game shell in a grid.
After that, the game calmed down, the speed dropped, especially since it began to snow heavily, which significantly complicated the combination actions. In such a game, the character comes to the fore, and it turned out that the Ukrainian team is all right with this. The team created a number of good chances at the opponents ' goal, but conceded an optional and rather curious goal. After a shot from the left flank, the ball hit the stick of one of the defenders and ricocheted into the goal.
The national team of Ukraine added , made some very good attacks and by the break lifted the mood of itself and the fans, scoring a great goal. Mikhail Alexandrov, who was entering the strike position, saw that his teammate was in an even better position, waited for the necessary pause, rolled the ball to the left – on the move to Dmitry Tsymbal, who sent the ball into the goal in touch.
In the second half, the Ukrainians continued to own the territory. And it turned out that the infallible defense of the opponents stopped coping with the pressure of the opponents. This led to a double elimination for the orange. At the gate of Tomislav, it became really hot, but the ball did not go into the goal in any way. Although there were moments for this. So, in the 40th minute, after a smart shot, Mikhail Skaletsky did not have enough centimeters to send the ball into an empty net. The situation was saved by the goalkeeper of the Netherlands team, who reacted to a powerful shot by Andrei Markovichenko. But in the 48th minute, everything naturally ended with the second goal of athletes from Ukraine. Markovichenko finished the prolonged attack with a precise blow-2: 2!
After that, the snow became a solid wall, and the Ukrainians completely pressed the "orange" to their gates. That 's just "dozhat" rivals did not succeed, although there were enough opportunities for this. In the last seconds, when the opponents ' goalie was already lying on the ice , Ukraine 's attackers struck three shots in a row, but the ball did not hit the goal.
According to the rules, a penalty shootout is awarded when a group stage match is drawn . The winner gets an advantage in case of possible equality of points. The hero of the reporting series was Andrey Tsyplakov, who took two hits from the "point". The Ukrainian national team won a penalty shootout with a score of 4: 2 and for the first time during participation in the world Championships did not lose to the Netherlands.
Thomas Engstrom, head coach of the Netherlands national team:
– In the first half, we played as planned. But after the break, we faced a lot of pressure from our opponents, we stopped feeling comfortable and, frankly, we were not ready for this. As a result, they began to make simple mistakes, receive removals, and allow the opponent to score.
Magnus Palm, head coach of the Ukrainian national team:
– It's very nice to play at the Trud stadium, especially since I know that this is the capital of bendy. Despite the snow, we managed to demonstrate very good hockey. I am very happy with my team's performance, especially in the second half.
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