- The game was over after the first period – Aftenposten

Russia – Norway 6-2

OSTRAVA: tomålsscorer Patrick Thoresen could not really see the positive in that Norway drew with Russia in the last two periods. It was the Russians for sovereign in the first period.

– The Russians dropped enough little down when they realized that the fight was actually settled, says Thoresen.

It was Patrick Thoresen standing for both the Norwegian goals.

– There were two fine passes I got, he tells about the goals that made some of the Norwegian proponents in CEZ Arena began to believe that there should be a more even fight beyond.

Transport Stage two periods

But when Norway was up 2-4 in the second period, scoring two goals Russians end of the 2nd period. They went into the final period with four målsledelse. Several goals were not in the game.

Captain Ole-Kristian Tollefsen believes that Norway was no chance for the four goals conceded in the first period.

– The game was in many ways over after this. The rest of became a transport leg, he said.

It should be clear that early Norway as expected was defenseless against the reigning world champions. Beforehand they had Norwegian players talked a lot about how to avoid unnecessary penalties and be stingy backwards at the start of the game.

fateful expulsion

Instead of to stick to the plan given Norway one penalty against already after one and half minutes. It exploited the Russians to take the lead. And after just four minutes they had added at 2-0.

– They just surging through and get four goals in the first period. When they are so much better than us, so it was a tough day, thought Jonas Holøs after the game.

Holøs says that the Russians played as expected. They came out in a horrific pace that led to the Norwegian players repeatedly was parked.

– We had hoped to keep a clean sheet as long as possible. When they score almost directly from the home, it is very difficult to catch up with a team like Russia, says Holøs.

He believes there is much that can be improved for the next match. It comes already Saturday night. Norway plays against USA. A US team that impressed with 5-1 against Finland on Friday afternoon.

Published: 01.May. 2015 10:29 p.m.