“Láďa (Šmíd) and Rosa (Rosandič), who found me in front of the goal, have a lot of credit for my goal. I just ran the puck and fell into the goal with luck, “the 21-year-old attacker described the goal, thanks to which the White Tigers took a 1-0 lead in the series.
You played the first period well, but in the second they quickly lost the lead and suddenly lost. What happened?
We entered the match great. We led 2: 0, but the second third didn’t quite work out. She was not good on our part, we lost her 1: 3.
From left Adam Klapka from Liberec, Radek Kučeřík from Brno and Dávid Gríger from Liberec.Photo: Vít ČernýČTK
We let them renumber. I don’t know if they picked up the movement or we thought a little bit after the match. It has been confirmed that hockey is played for sixty minutes and we are glad that we turned it around. We have shown that we have strength. We are glad that we won the first match and continue tomorrow.
How big a role did experienced players like Šmíd and Jelínek play in a difficult situation after losing the lead?
They will always call you and tell us to keep calm and continue, because the match lasts sixty minutes. We didn’t lie down and turned around and showed the strength of our team. I hope it goes on like this.
In addition, Šmíd also credited the third and winning goals.
That’s just great! As he returned to the cabin, our game has risen ever since. He is the leader as it should be.
What do you need to improve in Saturday’s match in particular?
We can’t let them renumber so many because they’ve been able to use them. Plus we have to be disciplined and not excluded.
