Hi,
I'm really sad about out goal to achieve a medal, we had good players but we failed, one unlucky match and we can't change it anymore. And I want to tell you more about our season.
Friendlies: We player for the chemistry, results has not been interesting for us, that's it. We didn't want to show our posibilities to other teams, there was not a raeson for that.
1st match against Romania (2:1) - we won - anyway I don't we played well there. I thought it could have been more easier for us, that was the reason for high importance and we saved few points in energy
2nd match against Croatia (4:5so), we lost points there. Anyway that was not the match where we loose our goal for winning the one of medals. Another energy was saved, we were stonger but not happy day for our goalkeeper, leading by 2 goals was not enough.
3rd match with Poland (4:1) was the match where we played for the next round. Poland (I think the second strongest team in the group) unsuccessfully not promoted so I do not regret the energy. First match with really good result, we chosen good tactics, it's just pity that there were no so many goals in the beginning of the match, I could have saved more energy.
4th match - Hungary (1:5): Really disappointment, we have counted with 3 points and lost by 4 goals. 13 shoots, 5 goals. First period and there was nothing to play for. Bad day for our goalkeeper and we cannot influence that. That's the reason of our 4th place and playing Slovakia in the Qs. We don't need to say that there are weaker teams than Slovakia.
5th match Belarus (3:0) was the match where we wanted to promote and the match of hope for Belarus. And that was really easy for us, Belarus played very low and there's just a question "why...". On the other hand it's really bad we won by 3 goals only and could have saved mroe energy, unsuccessfully there was a draw 0:0 after 20 minuted. Second perion finished with score 1:0 and shots 17:4. We could have saved more energy and have better energy for the Qs but ...
6th match Czech 3:0. We said to beat the Czech republic if we meet them and we were successful. It was really interesting match for us and there was a chance to be 2nd in the group. It was predictable that Czechs will play lower importance and not to use their stronger players. And it was a surprise for us to win 3:0
And Slovakia, one of top strongest teams in the championships. Slovakia was stronger that our team, they have experienced team leader, great players with very high OR. We didn't expect good result but ... there was a chance like against Czechs so we try to change formations completely and pray for win. Unfortunatelly because of not good performance of our goalkeepers and PP/PK lines. Qs - this is not a good result for us and we hope you'll reaach the gold next year.
Standa & NoviK
P.S.: Sorry for all my mistakes, hope you understand so long text