Fribourg had the opportunity to break away, but Fribourg missed this chance. Beaten 3-1 by Davos, the Dragons paid dearly for a missed start and a struggling power play.
Summarizing Fribourg’s defeat as simply a poorly start to the match with two goals conceded in the first four minutes would be too simplistic. Naturally, the Dragons began this second act in the worst possible way, but they had their chances to come back. Especially on the power play. Because Roger Rönnberg’s players went after these penalties. They just couldn’t capitalize on them. Once again.
“I don’t think we played a bad game, but when you have to skate after the score throughout the match, it’s not easy,” explained Nathan Marchon. At 5 on 5, we showed a good face, but we were a bit too undisciplined in the first and third periods, which broke the rhythm.
Emotions in the stands There was this nostalgic tifo with Slava Bykov holding hands with a young Julien Sprunger. The two legends united in one image. The camera then found Andrei Bykov in the stands, adding even more emotions to the already under pressure Fribourg ranks, in front of a crowd eagerly awaiting a title.
The arrival of the champion’s trophy was greeted by a cheer that did not faze Willi Vögltlin, who was very precise in his steps on the ice to avoid taking a tumble in the middle of the rink.
And perhaps all this pageantry disturbed the Dragons. We remember the giant tifo in honor of Julien Sprunger retracing his career. The Fribourg players were paralyzed by the fear of making mistakes and depriving their captain of a final dance worthy of his talent. But there’s no time to dwell on the past; the focus is already on Wednesday and the third act. “We have to forget already,” Marchon emphasized. We weren’t expecting an easy series. We need the right mindset against Davos. We were better in the last forty minutes. We pushed, but it didn’t pay off. We didn’t put ourselves in the best position.
Davos getting tired faster? Number 97 then said an interesting phrase: “There is no doubt that we will grow throughout the series.” Learn and not make the same mistakes. Fribourg has the weapons to disrupt this Davos team still without Michael Fora and Enzo Corvi. “If we play our game with four lines, we can contain them,” Marchon continued. They play with six defensemen and we saw that towards the end, they started to struggle.
Roger Rönnberg must also hope for a breakthrough in the power play. Fribourg’s power play has been dismal since the start of the series. “The power play is one of the details to fix,” Marchon concluded. We create a bit more even if it’s not enough. We can be inspired by Davos, they just put the puck on the goal for deflections. Response coming on Wednesday.
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