|
Game 58, 15:30, men, 3A GERMANY 9 2B MONTENEGRO 8 in extra time (FT: 8-8) |
|
Sunday, 26 July 2009 15:30 |
Referees: Gabor KISZELLY (HUN), Filippo GOMEZ (ITA)
Quarters: 3-3, 1-2, 2-2, 2-1, 1-0, 0-0
Extra man: GER 1/11; MNE 4/12
Teams:
GERMANY: Alexander TCHIGIR, Florian NAROSKA, Fabian SCHROEDTER, Marko SAVIC (3), Marko STAMM (1), Marc POLITZE (1), Heiko NOSSEK, Julian REAL, Tobias PREUSS, Moritz OELER (1), Andreas SCHLOTTERBECK (2), Soeren MACKEBEN (1), Roger KONG. Head Coach: Hagen STAMM.
MONTENEGRO: Zdravko RADIC, Drasko BRGULJAN, Vjekoslav PASKOVIC (1), Nikola VUKCEVIC (1), Aleksandar RADOVIC, Milan TICIC, Mladan JANOVIC (2), Nikola JANOVIC (1), Aleksandar IVOVIC (1), Boris ZLOKOVIC (2), Vladimir GOJKOVIC, Predrag JOKIC, Milos SCEPANOVIC. Head Coach: Petar POROBIC.
Germany caused the biggest upset of the tournament with a 9-8 victory in extra time after the game was locked at 8-8 after four periods. Germany's win came despite losing to Canada two days earlier and a 7-7 draw with Hungary before that. Montenegro had 3-1, 5-3, 6-4 and 7-5 leads before OELER gave Germany the first tied score since 3-3 at the end of the first quarter.
MACKEBEN sent Germany ahead on a searing counter-attack with three minutes remaining, much to the dismay of the huge flag-waving Montenegrin crowd.
Mladjan JANOVIC slipped in a low shot on extra at 2:20 to lock the game at 8-8. SAVIC had the ball ripped from his grip with 30 seconds remaining when the goal was at his mercy. Montenegro could not score and Germany's shot after a timeout four seconds from time failed to make the line, sending the game to extra time. SAVIC made amends with a goal on extra with 17 seconds left on the clock of the first three-minute period of extra time for 9-8.
TCHIGIR saved Montenegro's first extra-man attack of the second period of extra; Germany missed on a lob attempt; TCHIGIR stole the ball off the centre forward; POLITZE mis-passed to a Montenegrin; TCHIGIR deflected a shot over the back line; NAROSKA was excluded at 0:31; GOJKOVIC popped the ball into the post but it was intercepted by Germany, who played out time and the European champion was exiled to the 9-12 play-offs. Germany had earned a top-eight clash with the United States of America. 
|
|
|
