On February 2, the Russian bandy team became the 12-time world champion, beating the Swedish team in overtime with a score of 6:5. The match did not go in the easiest way for the Russian team.
During the entire game, Russia never managed to take the lead.
The first goal was conceded already in the second minute, but ten minutes later, thanks to a penalty, Evgeniy Dergaev equalized the score. The meeting went smoothly, the teams did not want to take risks, understanding all the responsibility that rested on their shoulders.
At the end of the second half, the Swedish team scored two more goals, taking advantage of the fact that Russian player was sent off, making the score 3:1. The Russians' game completely fell apart, it seemed that the fate of the match was predetermined. But the second half changed everything.
It was as if a different Russian team entered this half of the meeting - more motivated, tougher, more result-oriented.
And this attitude bore fruit - after several attacks, Almaz Mirgazov scored the second goal of the Russian team (2:3).
However, after exhaling a little, the domestic team relaxed and after only three minutes they conceded the fourth goal (2:4). Fortunately, in the 71st minute of the match, Dergaev scored a double, and Russia again approached Sweden, trying to equalize the score.
The Scandinavians, in turn, tried until the last to snatch victory in regulation time. At the end of the meeting, they organized an amazingly beautiful goal (5:3), but Russia responded almost immediately - and again Mirgazov scored with an accurate shot (4:5).
A few seconds before the end, the match turned into a thriller - Yuri Vikulin equalized the score, sending the game into overtime and giving the team hope of victory.
In the second half of overtime, in the 102nd minute, Mirgazov made the Russian team a 12-time world champion. In the match with Sweden, the national team defended its champion title - last year Russian team also won gold at the world championship.
This was a victory based on character, as stated by the Deputy Prime Minister of Russia.
“The emotions are simply overwhelming, it turned out to be a truly exciting match. I would like to especially thank the organizers, as this is truly an example of how a tournament of this level should be organized.
Bandy is a wonderful sport, but the most important thing is our victory, which was difficult. The guys rallied and pulled out a victory in extra time with character,” Golodets quotes.
Sergei Myaus, a member of the executive committee of the Russian Bandy Federation, said that the national team showed complete superiority over Sweden in overtime. And indeed, at this time the Russian team did not allow the opponents to create dangerous moments near their goal.
“Winning the World Cup final is a victory. The guys endured, caught up and showed superiority in extra time.
The most important thing is that when the score was 1:3, they did not panic.
Congratulations to all Russians, bandy fans and coaching staff", said Meows.
The head coach of the Russian national team summed up the final match, separately noting that the most important thing was to take advantage of the mistakes of the Swedish team.
“During the break, with the score 1:3, we adjusted our tactical plan and reorganized a little. When playing defensively, we saw that the Swedes had few options left for attacking actions, we focused on this and wisely took advantage of the opponent’s mistakes,” Yuryev noted.
The coach also answered the question of whether he plans to continue leading the team. In his speech, he touched on a rather personal topic - the death of his mother.
“I don’t know yet whether I will remain at the helm of the national team, and at the moment I wouldn’t like to talk about it, but life will tell.
I would like to dedicate the victory to our fans, family and friends. It’s difficult to say in reality, because about six years ago at this time my mother passed away, so I always remember her these days,” the specialist added.
A member of the executive committee of the Russian Bandy Federation, a deputy who was in the stands in Vänersborg, Sweden, where the match took place, also spoke about his feelings after the victory.
“There are no emotions left.
There was nothing left, because we really burned them without a trace.
Half an hour will pass and there will be devastation, because all the energy has gone into the ice. Thanks to the guys for the victory, they deserved it,” said Valuev.
Former head coach Russian national team Vladimir spoke about the state of the Swedish national team. In his opinion, the Scandinavians, who seemed to dominate most of the match, approached the final unprepared.
“The Swedes are such opponents that the matches are always difficult. Well done guys, character is the main factor in the game with the Swedes.
The Swedes can only blame themselves, organizing the tournament in their country in such a way that you finish almost at night and then go to the final - no strength is enough. Today the game was not as watchable, but it was structured correctly.
The Swedes imagine themselves to be the gods of our sport,
but for the umpteenth time we stepped on the same rake,” Yanko concluded.
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The World Bandy Championship has ended in Sweden. The teams of Russia and Sweden met in the final match of the championship. The Swedes were in the lead for almost the entire match, but the ending was left to the Russian team, which first sent the match into overtime and then scored the winning goal in the 102nd minute.
The final started with quick goal the Swedes, who scored surprisingly easily. Per Hellmürs cut off the entire defense of the Russian team from the main events with an excellent pass, Kristoffer Edlund went one-on-one “cleanly”, beat the goalkeeper and sent the ball into the empty net.
The start of the match for the Russian team, to put it mildly, did not go well. After the quick goal, the Swedes organized three excellent chances in a row, in which they could well have increased the score. In one of the episodes, Roman Chernykh played excellently, taking a shot from Kristoffer Edlund, and in two more cases our defenders jointly blocked the path to the goal.
In the opening of the match, the Swedes quite easily passed through the middle of the field, sharpening the game at the opponents' goal, and our hockey players had great difficulty in seizing the initiative. But by the 15th minute, the Russian team leveled the game and earned a penalty, which was flawlessly converted by Evgeniy Dergaev.
By the middle of the half, the pace of the game had noticeably dropped, the game leveled off, to some extent calmed down, and the opponents' attacks were extinguished by the opponents' powerful defense. However, such a course of the meeting was understandable - no one was going to take risks in this match, where the fate of the world championship gold medals was being decided.
The game was now absolutely equal, and it seemed that all the main events would be postponed to the second half. All the more surprising were the events of the last five minutes of the first half. The Russian team somehow missed the moment when the Swedes improved again, and this activity of the Scandinavians led to two goals. First, Johan Esplund, without encountering any interference, went into the Russian team’s penalty area, and if his first shot was saved by the goalkeeper, then he sent the ball into the goal again. And then a sweeping attack followed, during which Per Helmurs from the right flank sent the ball to the left, and Erik Pettersson made a great shot at the flying ball, sending it right under the crossbar.
If at the beginning of the match the Swedes acted as number one, then after the break the Scandinavians did not move forward much, they acted with confidence and controlled the ball, slowed down the tempo, and most importantly, they tried to prevent the opponent from playing, building a tough, intense defense. That is, the Swedes quite expectedly acted according to the rules, and I must say, for the time being, they acted quite successfully. Team game Our team, to put it mildly, was not doing well, so we had to rely on the individual actions of the hockey players and standards.
However, with every minute the onslaught of the Russian team became more and more persistent, forcing the opponents to press against their own goal. And this persistence led to the much-needed goal - in the 63rd minute, Almaz Mirgazov sent the ball into the Swedish net. The score became 3:2, but it was not possible to build on the success: almost the first serious attack of the Swedes in the second half ended in a goal. Most of the scoring was done by Daniel Berlin, who beat two opponents and laid the ball out like a silver platter to Kristoffer Fagerström.
However, the Swedes were not allowed to rest on their laurels. In the 70th minute, the Russian team earned another corner, and finally converted it!
But there was no way to catch up with the Swedes. Erik Säfström's brilliant pass followed, followed by Kristoffer Edlund's equally brilliant shot into the far corner, and the score became 5:3. And almost immediately the Swedes were quite able to decide the fate of the match in their favor, creating two excellent chances. In the first case, Roman Chernykh came to the rescue, in the second - our defenders, who saved the goal after a corner. And here everyone remembered golden rule, which talks about what happens when you don’t score yourself. Almaz Mirgazov himself started and completed the attack himself, sending the ball into the near corner.
The last minutes of regular time were spent in continuous attacks by the Russian team, and a minute before final whistle our team managed to equalize the score! Once again, corners, which had never worked out in previous matches, came to our aid. Yuri Vikulin completed the corner to the first striker with a precise shot - 5:5.
The World Bandy Championship has ended in Sweden. The teams of Russia and Sweden met in the final match of the championship. The Swedes were in the lead for almost the entire match, but the ending was left to the Russian team, which first sent the match into overtime and then scored the winning goal in the 102nd minute.
The final began with a quick goal from the Swedes, who scored surprisingly easily. Per Hellmürs cut off the entire defense of the Russian team from the main events with an excellent pass, Kristoffer Edlund went one-on-one “cleanly”, beat the goalkeeper and sent the ball into the empty net.
The start of the match for the Russian team, to put it mildly, did not go well. After the quick goal, the Swedes organized three excellent chances in a row, in which they could well have increased the score. In one of the episodes, Roman Chernykh played excellently, taking a shot from Kristoffer Edlund, and in two more cases our defenders jointly blocked the path to the goal.
The joy of victory. The Russian team is the world champion!
In the opening of the match, the Swedes quite easily passed through the middle of the field, sharpening the game at the opponents' goal, and our hockey players had great difficulty in seizing the initiative. But by the 15th minute, the Russian team leveled the game and earned a penalty, which was flawlessly converted by Evgeniy Dergaev.
By the middle of the half, the pace of the game had noticeably dropped, the game leveled off, to some extent calmed down, and the opponents' attacks were extinguished by the opponents' powerful defense. However, such a course of the meeting was understandable - no one was going to take risks in this match, where the fate of the world championship gold medals was being decided.
The game was now absolutely equal, and it seemed that all the main events would be postponed to the second half. All the more surprising were the events of the last five minutes of the first half. The Russian team somehow missed the moment when the Swedes improved again, and this activity of the Scandinavians led to two goals. First, Johan Esplund, without encountering any interference, went into the Russian team’s penalty area, and if his first shot was saved by the goalkeeper, then he sent the ball into the goal again. And then a sweeping attack followed, during which Per Helmurs from the right flank sent the ball to the left, and Erik Pettersson made a great shot at the flying ball, sending it right under the crossbar.
If at the beginning of the match the Swedes acted as number one, then after the break the Scandinavians did not move forward much, they acted with confidence and controlled the ball, slowed down the tempo, and most importantly, they tried to prevent the opponent from playing, building a tough, intense defense. That is, the Swedes quite expectedly acted according to the rules, and I must say, for the time being, they acted quite successfully. The team play of our team, to put it mildly, was not going well, so we had to rely on the individual actions of the hockey players and standards.
However, with every minute the onslaught of the Russian team became more and more persistent, forcing the opponents to press against their own goal. And this persistence led to the much-needed goal - in the 63rd minute, Almaz Mirgazov sent the ball into the Swedish net. The score became 3:2, but it was not possible to build on the success: almost the first serious attack of the Swedes in the second half ended in a goal. Most of the scoring was done by Daniel Berlin, who beat two opponents and laid the ball out like a silver platter to Kristoffer Fagerström.
However, the Swedes were not allowed to rest on their laurels. In the 70th minute, the Russian team earned another corner, and finally converted it!
Irkutsk takes up the baton. Olga Golodets, Vladimir Matienko (left), director of the Baikal-Energy club Vasily Donskikh (right), Ruslan Bolotov (second row from right) with the flag of the International Bandy Federation
But there was no way to catch up with the Swedes. Erik Säfström's brilliant pass followed, followed by Kristoffer Edlund's equally brilliant shot into the far corner, and the score became 5:3. And almost immediately the Swedes were quite able to decide the fate of the match in their favor, creating two excellent chances. In the first case, Roman Chernykh came to the rescue, in the second - our defenders, who saved the goal after a corner. And here everyone remembered the golden rule, which says what happens when you don’t score yourself. Almaz Mirgazov himself started and completed the attack himself, sending the ball into the near corner.
The last minutes of regular time were spent in continuous attacks by the Russian team, and a minute before the final whistle our team managed to equalize the score! Once again, corners, which had never worked out in previous matches, came to our aid. Yuri Vikulin completed the corner to the first striker with a precise shot - 5:5.
MOSCOW, February 2 - RIA Novosti. Players of the Russian national bandy team won gold medals at the World Championships in Vänersborg, Sweden, defending the title of the strongest team on the planet.
In the final match, the Russians beat the hosts of the tournament with a score of 6:5 in extra time; forward Almaz Mirgazov scored the winning goal in the 102nd minute. The bronze medalist of the championship was the Finnish team, which won the match for third place against the Kazakhstan team - 8:2. The Russian national team became a 12-time world champion; the elite group tournament was held from January 26 to February 2.
“The guys have once again proven to everyone that they deserve to be world champions,” stressed the President of the Russian Bandy Federation Boris Skrynnik. “The team won primarily due to their great desire and desire to win, perseverance and ability to endure. And in extra time I There was an internal, subconscious level of confidence that we would be able to put the squeeze on the Swedes.”
"Before extra time, we told the guys how to play correctly in defense and how to develop their attacks. The result was influenced by our character, the guys showed their best best qualities, - noted the head coach of the Russian national team Mikhail Yuryev. - The chances were equal for both us and the Swedes. We didn't get into the game very well in the first 15 minutes, but the end of the match was ours. The Swedes won the beginning, we won the end, and extra time is a lottery."
Under the leadership of the 52-year-old specialist, the national team won the world championships for the fourth time.
Dramatic ending
Already in the second minute of the final match, Swedish national team player Kristoffer Edlund opened the scoring. The balance was restored 11 minutes later, Evgeniy Dergaev scored a 12-meter free kick. At the end of the first half, Johan Esplund again put the hosts ahead, and Erik Pettersson increased the Swedes' lead before the break. In the second half, Mirgazov reduced the gap, but four minutes later Kristoffer Fagerström restored the status quo - 4:2.
The Russian team again reduced the lead to a minimum: Dergaev scored the goal after a corner kick. The Swedes responded with a goal from Edlund. Three minutes later, Mirgazov scored a double, and in the penultimate minute of regular time, Yuri Vikulin, after a corner kick, equalized the score - 5:5.
Mirgazov - master of golden balls
The first extra ten minutes did not reveal the winner, and in the second minute of the second extra time, Mirgazov, after a combination with Maxim Ishkeldin, scored the winning goal. The forward of the Russian national team brought his team the second world championship gold in a row - at the 2018 tournament, Mirgazov also scored a golden goal against the Swedes.
“Almaz is generally handsome,” 10-time world champion Sergei Lomanov Jr., who retired from the 2018 World Championships, told the agency. national team. - I know how he prepared for the World Cup, and it’s his tradition to score decisive goals. And last year he scored winning goal in the finals, and now."
“All the guys were great, they won thanks to character and skill, they played for each other. And when the match went into extra time, I had no doubt that our guys would win. I’m very happy for the new generation of players who are playing for the Russian national team and the fact that they have achieved such great success on their own,” the long-time team captain emphasized.
