GDT: May 12 • Latvia vs. France

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Same for Asutria + Latvia.
France should lead the game by 2 goals at least right now :laugh:
Not a single solid goal scoring chance for France. This is pretty much the same scenario as in the France-Germany game, a lot of possession and low quality shots for France.
 
So many excuses. Belarus is missing at least 10 top players and looks forward to the game vs. Crosby & Co. next Thursday. That's you problem you don't have any depth in Latvia.
Can you list the players you're missing?

As for Belarusian depth, your team almost entirely consists of Russian and Canadian hockey players. I would also check the world rankings if I were you.
 
Not a single solid goal scoring chance for France. This is pretty much the same scenario as in the France-Germany game, a lot of possession and low quality shots for France.

Come on ur goalie was your best player during the first 20.
 
France has zero refusals, Bellemare was injured and no one asked Bozon. Coyle was added to the US team because they will make the playoffs, I doubt they would have added him otherwise. Besides, the Austrian coach values chemistry and said that he'd make no player additions even if Grabner or Vanek suddenly became available. Nödl and Lange weren't invited so those are hardly refusals either. The latter is irrelevant anyway considering that Starkbaum is by far the number 1.

Latvia is missing many players like Bartulis and Kulda, are they all injured?
Yes, they're all injured. 2 or 3 players could've gone to the World Champs, but decided to rest and get some long-term injuries in order, although they had no problems finishing the regular season in their club teams. Some of them (most notably - Karsums) always seem to have some mystery injuries whenever the WC comes and these couple of players were the ones I was specifically talking about.

With our depth a top pairing D-man and a top 6 forward are a major loss.
 
Not a single solid goal scoring chance for France. This is pretty much the same scenario as in the France-Germany game, a lot of possession and low quality shots for France.
You don't especially need "high mother****ing' sniper" quality shot to score.
Roussel missed an open net, another 2 Vs 1 saved on a beauty move by Masalskis.
Others shot weren't really dangerous I agree except that post.

Btw Latvia is invisible
 
You don't especially need "high mother****ing' sniper" quality shot to score.
Roussel missed an open net, another 2 Vs 1 saved on a beauty move by Masalskis.
Others shot weren't really dangerous I agree except that post.
Roussel didn't miss an open net, he was checked by Dzerins and couldn't get a shot on the net.
 
There were a couple of botched 2-on-1s for France, but that's about it. It's not like you're hitting posts left, right and center.

Who said that ? Yeah no one.
But if the trend of the first period stays the same for the nxt two periods i like our chances.
 
Who said that ? Yeah no one.
But if the trend of the first period stays the same for the nxt two periods i like our chances.
If the trend stays the same, you're going to be 3 goals down in mid-2nd period or so.
 
There were a couple of botched 2-on-1s for France, but that's about it. It's not like you're hitting posts left, right and center.

But we didn't have a single 2-on-1 at all. We're a shadow today. France looks MUCH better. Much more active, faster, dedicated. We lack quality, skill and much more.

We must win despite this all. Let's hope the luck is on our side.
 
Roussel didn't miss an open net, he was checked by Dzerins and couldn't get a shot on the net.

Come on dude, that's obvious Latvia should go down
Everyone tells the same :laugh:

Joke ;)
For the moment Latvians play their game and have the "perfect" strategy.
But they will have to battle hard to keep their advantage...
 
But we didn't have a single 2-on-1 at all. We're a shadow today. France looks MUCH better. Much more active, faster, dedicated. We lack quality, skill and much more.

We must win despite this all. Let's hope the luck is on our side.

By a latvian fan.
Thank you for the objective point of view :)
 
Same for Asutria + Latvia.
France should lead the game by 2 goals at least right now :laugh:

But I do agree with you on Roussel.

France has the same problem that Switzerland has. They need larger goals because they do not seem able to aim at it.
The difference is that Switzerland had a pretty solid defense (and a really good PK), that made the difference.
France still has been playing better than Germany and Latvia in my opinion.
Austria is still the weaker team, but I appreciate a lot the strenght and effort they put to survive. Winning two matches and still go down is anyway bad luck, that counts for every team
 
So many excuses. Belarus is missing at least 10 top players and looks forward to the game vs. Crosby & Co. next Thursday. That's you problem you don't have any depth in Latvia.

Says a fan of a team which imports its depth...
 
God has a problem with France this year :laugh:

All that bad luck through all the games :yo:
 
Wow.. when an agonizing goalie manage to catch a fast shot while falling down in pain you kinda realize which side the luck decided to support
 
We seem to have trouble entering their zone all the time. Quite frankly, it's been happening for years now. Except when Girgensons plays.
 

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