Nightmarish and a fiasco – Sweden was dismayed by the defeat of the World Cup opening match against Germany

Tonight, the Swedish women’s lions will face Germany, who surprised them in their World Cup opener.

The World Cup tournament of the Swedish women’s national ice hockey team started on Thursday evening Finnish time with a surprise loss against Germany. The western neighbor started the match strongly, but Germany eventually rolled to a 6–2 victory in the tournament in Brampton, Canada.

Only 16 years old became Sweden’s bright spot Hilda Svensson, who scored both of his team’s goals. Svensson’s first hit came only ten seconds into the game.

– I am quite satisfied with my performance, this was my first match at the World Championships for adults. The opponent tried a little harder than us and they wanted to get the puck in. We should have gotten more in front of their goal and won loose pucks for ourselves, Svensson told SVT after the opening match.

At the start of the second period, Germany scored two goals within a minute. Svensson reduced the situation to 3–2, but Germany eventually ran away to a clear victory.

– Oh, how good Svensson is. She is by Ebba Hedqvist with the youngest of the team and yet he shows others the way, SVT’s commentator Chris Härestam praised.

In Sweden, the defeat of the opening match has been received with dismay. Expressen (you switch to another service) and Hockey Sverige (you switch to another service) website reported that the team had a nightmare start to the tournament. SVT (you switch to another service) described the loss as a fiasco.

– It is clear that we are not satisfied with this, but at the same time in such a situation it is important to get up and show what the team is made of, Sweden’s head coach Ulf Lundberg comment.

– All in all, we lose too many duels, and that is not acceptable.

The key players in Germany’s victory included Franziska Feldmeier and Celina Heiderwho both scored two goals.

There is already speculation about a possible quarter-final in Sweden, which plays with Finland in Group B. With a loss, the team will likely face Canada or the United States.

All teams from the A group make it to the quarterfinals, the best three from the B group advance to the next round.

The Women’s Lions’ games continue today, Friday evening at 10 p.m., when the team faces Germany. follows the World Hockey Championships in this article.