Russia will play Sweden for the semi-finals of the world championship on hockey
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On Thursday, the Russian national team in the quarterfinals of the World Hockey Championship will play with Sweden the national team. The meeting will be held in Ostrava. Broadcast started – at 20.15 Moscow time.
In the group stage the Russian team won the group in third place, behind Team USA and Finland. Team Oleg Znarka won four wins in regulation time – over Norway ( 6: 2), Slovenia ( 5: 3), Denmark ( 5 2) and Belarus ( 7: 0), one win in overtime – over Slovakia ( 3: 2), the Finns lost in the shootout ( 2: 3) and lost to the Americans in regulation time ( 2: 4).
Team Sweden won Group A second place, behind Canada. Scandinavians, as well as the Russians scored four wins in regulation time – over Austria ( 6: 1), Latvia ( 8: 1), Germany ( 4: 3) and France ( 4: 2). In addition, they defeated in overtime Switzerland ( 2: 1), prevailed in a shootout over the Czech Republic ( 6: 5) and gave way to Canada ( 4: 6).
On the morning quarterfinal match, it became known that the Russian team will fill the last vacancy in the application to the World Cup captain “Washington” Alexander Ovechkin. In an interview with «
Last night, Moscow time, “Washington” on the road gave way, “Rangers” in the seventh game of the Stanley Cup quarterfinals – 1: 2 – and was eliminated from the tournament draw. Ovechkin has time to arrive in the Czech Republic only to Saturday’s semi-finals.
«Today we play the Swedes, then dozayavlyaem Ovechkin. Under normal circumstances it should fly to the Czech Republic last night, “- said Safronov.
Earlier, there was an option the invitation for the Russian team of one of the defenders because of injury after Yevgeny Biryukov and Evgeny Medvedev in the national team there are only six players defense. Considered candidates defender of Nizhny Novgorod “Torpedo” Mikhail Grigoriev and defensive players, “Montreal” Alexei Emelin and Andrei Markov.
The head of the breeding service team Russia Alexei Zhamnov believes that Ovechkin will add confidence the national team.
“Nothing terrible has happened. Everyone understands the degree of responsibility at a crucial stage of the world championship, is ready. We decided to call Ovechkin. I think that’s fine. Alexander – the leader of the team, he will add confidence team. To the defensive line, which is, as the boys got used to each other, we can handle without Medvedev, “- said Zhamnov.
between Russia and Sweden met at the world championships and Olympic Games 20 times. The assets of the Russians 10 wins in regulation time, one win in overtime, one draw and eight defeats in the regular time.
In this latest defeat by the Swedes at the world championships and Olympic Games Russian national team has suffered in the group tournament FM 2004 Czech ( 2: 3). Since then, the Scandinavians have conceded eight times and once reduced the match in a draw.
A year ago at the 2014 World Cup in Minsk, the teams met in the semi-final stage. Then the Russians won with a score of 3: 1. In the last seconds of the match there was a conflict between the head coach of Russia Oleg Znarkom and assistant coach of the Swedish team Rickard Grenborgom. Znarok showed his opponent called “a gesture of death,” spending his thumb across his throat. Both specialist received odnomatchevuyu disqualification,
«We are waiting for the match with a very strong team. From the upcoming match I expect only a good game between two strong teams, nothing more. I am sure that a repeat of last year’s situation is impossible, Znarok not afford such gestures “- quoted Grenborga«
In other matches of 1/4 finals of the World Cup national teams of the United States and Switzerland, ( Kick-off at 16.15 Moscow time), Canada, Belarus ( 17.15), Finland and the Czech Republic ( 21.15).
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