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USA wins over Switzerland again to reach 5th place game

9. 6. 2017 | Petr Dejnožka
The Americans recovered from yesterday’s defeat against Greece in the quarter-finals to beat Switzerland. They blew a two-goal lead, but eventually earned their second win against the Swiss in this tournament. Three goals in the second period helped them win 6-3 and earn the right to play for 5th place against Portugal. Switzerland will fight for 7th place against India.
 

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Cory Herschk (coach of the USA): Sometimes things don’t go the way you want, sometimes when you battle and battle, things don’t work out in your favor. It builds character how you respond. Today our guys wanted to respond. We came here to hear our national anthem play and even we are not competing for gold like we indended to, I’m proud of our guys for rallying like they did and for hearing that anthem played. You play for the guy next to you in your locker room, you play to show that you deserve better than the loss. That’s what we keep working for, make people back home proud of us.

Tibor Kapanek (coach of Switzerland): I have mixed feelings right now. It’s clear that video review is really needed in sport, but desicions made by them today are little bit comic. Even so I have to say thank you to my players, they fought for whole game, but our competitor took his opportunities, scored in power plays and it decided.