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Slovaks beat Czechs in match-up of big rivals

29. 6. 2018 | Šimon Albrecht
The big game started on Friday morning between former federal rivals Slovakia and the Czech Republic. The Slovaks were favoured and they confirmed it. It was nice game with huge chances both ways. Slovakia took big 3-0 lead in the second period, but the Czechs then woke up and scored two goals. At the end of the second period the Czechs came close to tying the game when Lhota hit the post. In the last period Slovaks satrted again and they scored another two goals and that was deciding. Slovaks were running whole match and they were very unpleasure. They deserved their win against Czech republic. At the end Czechs tryied to play without goalie behind, but they didnt score and the final score is 5-2.
 

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Coach of the Czech republic: It´s really too bad we lost the game. We had big chances at the beginning of the third period and a few power plays. After that, we gave up a bad goal and that made it hard to get back into it. Despite everything, we played well - I am proud of our team. We had to change goalies, but it wasn´t such a big problem. We have good goalies, both of them.

Coach of Slovakia: We really appreciate the win against the Czechs. They were tougher to play against that we expected. When they scored to make it 3-2, they were really dangerous and it seemed they would tie the game. We were too passive at the end of the second period. We have to improve in that area before the next game against Canada.