Switzerland will take on Canada in the Olympic semi-finals on Monday morning. It’s important to get a good feeling.
Anyone who bets on a Swiss win in Monday’s semi-final between Canada and Switzerland (5:10 am live on SRF) will receive 34 times the betting offer for each franc staked. Winning bets on Canada are not possible. This alone shows how fast the balance of power is distributed.
We have to stay compact, maintain a 0-0 lead as much as possible and wait for our chances.
The duel between Canada and Switzerland had already started at the start of the group stage. At the time, coach Colin Muller’s team was literally obsessed with “Maple Leaves”. The end result was 1:12, the shooting ratio was 15:70 (!).
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There is nothing to lose against Canada in the semifinal
Phoebe Stanz and her companions.
key stone
Although a clear starting position was already in place before the game, Switzerland conceded some goals. “We weren’t strong enough on the front of our case,” Mueller said. The coach said lessons had been learned from the defeat and efforts were being made to put up more resistance against the Canadians.
the hardest possible task
Even a significant increase in performance by Switzerland would hardly be enough to win against the dominant Canada. Doing so would be one of the biggest sensations in the history of women’s ice hockey. North Americans have won gold medals in 4 of the 6 Olympic tournaments ever held and 11 of the 20 World Championships. Only once in the 2019 World Cup, they missed the final after beating Finland 2-4 in the semi-finals.
For the Swiss to have even a small chance of a coup, everything has to be perfect. Mueller knows that Canadians will spend most of their time in the offensive zone. Accordingly, Andrea Brandly needs a similar force display in the target. “Our goal should be to keep 0-0 for as long as possible and wait for our chance,” says Muller. At least confidence is high after a dramatic 4:2 victory against the Russians in the quarterfinals.
Final rehearsal for the Bronze Games
If everything goes as expected on Monday morning, Switzerland will fight for the bronze medal in Sochi on Wednesday afternoon, as it did in 2014. The opponent in the match for third place will most likely be Finland. The Scandinavians challenge a second superiority in women’s ice hockey with the United States in the second semi-final.
But enough with that. Things don’t always go as expected. Just Case: The Gold Game will take place on Thursday at 5:10 am.
