Slovaks finish U23 group stage with win over rival Czechs

Goals and assists

16. Čejka (Jágr), 19. Macháček (Bečka, Lhota), 21. Jelen (Jágr, Kubíček) – 4. Siakeľ (Marek), 12. Siakeľ (Marek, Šulík), 27. Šatka (Lopušan, Siakeľ), 40. Vojčík (Gugh).

Referees

Lanny Noel, Michal Laczko

Official game sheet

Czechia U23

Halouzka – Bečka, Školoudík, Dlouhý, M. Matoušek, Vaniš, Korbel, J. Matoušek, Kubíček, Hálek – Bláha, Miksan, Stromko, Macek, Jágr, Šíma, Patera, Kábrt, Jelen, Lhota, Čejka, Macháček.

Slovakia U23

Borovský (21. Mališ) – Stümpel, Belák, Chmelko, Šechný, Šulík, Dubeň, Lopušan, Mikula – Marek, Wachal, Putala, Korbíni, Jankůj, Benko, Siakeľ, Balát, Zummer, Šatka, Amrich, Gugh, Badalov, Vojčík.

Coaches´ Quotes

Jiří Mašík (CZE): "Of course, the loss is unfortunate. It started in the first period; we did not start well at all. It's very difficult to motivate ourselves for such a game when we knew that we were guaranteed a place in the final. On the other hand, we wanted to beat Slovakia, that's always a prestigious match, but it was in the boys' heads, and that was reflected in the first period. They jumped ahead of us in terms of results and play, we made a small change in the second period. It gave us some jump, we turned the game around, but it still wasn't the same. We wanted to tie it up, but we couldn't even get the power plays and we were a bit tired. The important thing was that no one got injured."

Milan Rampáček (SVK): "I think the fans saw a great game. We were leading, then the Czechs turned things around and had it under control, but the strength of the team showed and we turned it around again. There was great dedication in the weak moments. The team has character, I'm proud of everyone from the equipment manager to the last player. I hope it works out tomorrow and we end the tournament the way we imagined."