A German dream destination can turn into a Swedish nightmare.
Tre Kronor now risks facing Canada already in the quarter-finals.
– Bring it! , says Carl Klingberg.
Matthias Blacha got to his knees and put the score 3-3 for Germany against Switzerland. The match went to a penalty shootout, where the Germans lost.
The points that Plachta ranked with his dream goal meant that Switzerland and Germany would be the two best countries in Group One.
makes it three crownswho finished first and second in her group, could be placed with the already great country of Canada in the quarter-finals.
But the Swedish players are not afraid of that.
– It doesn’t matter if we get Canada in the quarter-finals, semi-finals or finals. It doesn’t matter who we meet, says William Nylander.
– In this case, it will be like the hockey game you are used to. It’s a tough team for sure. Many skilled players. Rasmus Dahlin says all the teams in the qualifiers are good and you have to win against everyone no matter what nation you belong to.
“We will win regardless”
Karl Kleinberg is also on the same path.
He wears it and says and continues:
Honestly, if you want to win the gold medal in the World Cup, sooner or later you have to beat the best opponents. We cannot influence anything. It will be what it will be. We meet whoever we meet and we win regardless.
Tonight, Tre Kronor’s quarter-final opponents will be decided. If it wasn’t for Canada, Sweden would have to face Denmark.
– Both teams are equally good. Denmark beat Canada. Just meeting anyone, says William Nylander, would be just as difficult anyway.
Tre Kronor to face Canada in the quarter-finals is required that Finland beat the Czech Republic tonight and Canada also scores more points than Denmark against Slovakia.