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3rd July 2023 - Martin Soukup

Ideal opening game for Slovakia U18, beat Switzerland 10-1

Despite the final result, the Swiss were the first to score. Fadri Straub opened the scoresheet in the third minute. It took Slovakia only 31 seconds to equalize, and from then on, it was a Slovak ball hockey show. They netted three more before the first intermission and added another four in the second period to take a seven-goal lead going into the final period. At the final horn, the scoreboard showed the result 10-1 with Rastislav Zámborský picking up two tallies and Patrick Vaverčák racking up four assists.

Svijanska Arena 2

1-10
(1:4, 0:4, 0:2)

Switzerland U18 - Slovakia U18

Penalties
2:4
PPG
0:1
SHG
0:0
Shots on goal
8:21

Goals and assists

3. Straub (Berchtold) – 3. Božoň (Vaverčák), 12. Matušinský (Derlich), 15. Vaverčák, 15. Zajac (Vaverčák), 16. Matušinský (Derlich), 17. Polák (Vaverčák, Sisík), 18. Zámborský (Zajac), 26. Zámborský, 36. Semančík (Vaverčák), 44. Polák (Knapík)

Official game sheet

Switzerland U18

Della Rossa – Berchtold, Huber, Kohli, Lüscher, Wyss, Bernhard, Uhr, Plattner – Jaussi, Straub, Vanoli – Andermatt, Klaus, Hegglin – Spahni, Lüthi, Canosa – Leutert, Riesen, Stein

Slovakia U18

Janouš – Feranec, Božoň, Botka, Semančík, Tisovčík, Brejčák, Čenčarík, Rokos – Polák, Vaverčák, Sisík – Zajac, Zámborský, Čech – Derlich, Matušinský, Novajovský – Knapík, Franek, Jankovič

COACHES´ REACTIONS

Bastian Steiger (SUI): ¨We need to learn a lot from the game. We were off to a good start, but then we stopped doing the things right. We have to play like this whole game, not just first five minutes.¨

Ľubomír Líška (SVK): ¨It wasn´t easy in the beginning. We had chances but then the Swiss scored and that slowed us down. But we were the better team all game long, so I am glad we were able to prove that.¨