“The Russians were nervous and upset as usual.” Swedish media relish victory over Russia
At the same time, they admire Matvey Michkov, calling him a “prodigy” and “super talent”.
Swedish journalists enjoy victory over Russia in the opening match of the 2022 World Youth Championship in Canada. Some of them paid tribute to the Russian team for the struggle, while others were sure that everything could have ended much more calmly for the Swedes. But they all admired Matvey Michkov’s young talent, and fans on Twitter called him “the new Alexander Ovechkin”.
“Sweaty victory over Russia”
The columnist for the Swedish recognition of Aftonbladet, Josip Ladanlas, did not expect such a tough fight in the confrontation with the Russian national team. And he admired the swift and technical play of the Swedish team, and especially the implementation of the campaign.
– It was a sweaty victory over Russia, it was more difficult than expected. But at the end of the day, it is important to achieve results in a confrontation with one of the contenders for medals at the World Championships. Everything was decided by Theodor Niederbach’s goal at a time when the Russians were close to leveling the score. The youth ice hockey world championships are about high speeds, techniques and a lot of emotions. The start of the Swedish national team in the tournament showed that we have it all. In the game with the Swedish hockey players are very impressive at times, and most of them worked fantastic.
“The Russians behaved as usual – they were nervous and earned stupid deletions.”
Another Aftonbladet journalist, Hans Abrahamsson, spoke out quite harshly about the Russian team. The observer points out the weaknesses of the team, that the Russians often get nervous when they lose and lose control of the match. Although the journalist was still able to highly appreciate Michkov.
– Losing Russians behaved as usual – they were nervous, upset, inconsistent in their actions and earned a bunch of stupid deletions. The goalkeeper Askarov, who was replaced before the third period, also looked unstable. But you can’t say the Russians were that bad. It’s just that the powerful Swedes made them play like that. Russian prodigy Michkov brought intrigue to the match by scoring two goals in a row. The Swedes even got nervous at some point, but everything ended well.
“Super talent Michkov turned everything into an intriguing spectacle”
Noted Michkov and the journalist of SVT Sport Adam Borg, who called Matvey “super talent”. It was the actions of the young Russian, according to Borg, that introduced intrigue in the confrontation with Sweden.
– It was the start of a dream for Sweden. The match with Russia turned out to be a real thriller, the Russians are a very serious rival, but Sweden was stronger. With the score 4: 1, it seems that everything will end in an easy form for our team, but Russian super talent Matvey Michkov turned everything into an intriguing spectacle.
“Russians were considered favorites of the World Cup”
Expressen columnist Adam Johansson stayed on with the Russian national team in the match against the Swedes, because he considered the Russians one of the main favorites of the tournament along with the Canadian national team. At the same time, Johansson spoke about the controversial goal of Matvey Michkov, noting that it was counted according to the rules.
– Russia seemed to be the most difficult and strong rival in our group. Along with Canada, it was the Russians who were considered the favorites of the entire World Cup, predicting their path to the final. But in reality it was better that Sweden played better and more organized. With the score 4: 1 Michkov got down to business. By the way, one of his scored goals, which could seem controversial, was completely clean. Video viewing proved it. At some point, the Russians pressed the opponent to the goal, but the Swedish defense coped with the colossal pressure.
“Russians created problems”
Hockeynews.se correspondent Henrik Sjoberg quoted the 18-year-old Sweden national team player Simon Edvinsson as saying why the first matches in such tournaments are always nervous.
– It was very nervous. This happens during the first match in a tournament. We got together and really wanted to compete at this world championship. The whole team worked great. We had to get used to the small court, the Russians were creating problems, but the goalkeeper and defenders were good today.
Twitter admires Michkov
And finally, here are the statements of ordinary fans on Twitter after the match between Russia and Sweden at the World Youth Championship. Matvey was even named the new Ovechkin and was predicted to be the first number in the NHL draft. Well, I want to believe that the whole team will catch up with our talent at this tournament, and the defeat from the Swedes will remain the only one at MFM-2022.
Michkov is the New Ovechkin (Joe Burger).
https://twitter.com/jovechkin69/status/1475250843934941186
Michkov – The Game Changer (daily_phoenix_clips).
https://twitter.com/mystery77738739/status/1475251539295965190
“Michkov showed everyone why he would be the No. 1 Draft” (Broadway Boys Hockey podcast).
https://twitter.com/broadwayboyspod/status/1475251025200177162
“Do you want to stop Michkov? Better think twice ”(Sports1).
https://twitter.com/sports1news_1/status/1474599363221639175
World Youth Championship 2022 (U20). Canada
Group B
Russia – Sweden – 3: 6 (0: 1, 1: 2, 2: 3)
Goals: Svechkov, 36:28. Michkov, 44:45, 45:26. – Olausson, 5:24 (big). Edvinsson, 27:39 (men.). André, 34:16 (big). Holtz, 43:26 (big). Niederbach, 51:37. Jungman, 59:10.