On December 16 and 17, Shenzhen Vanke Sunshine and Tornado played two friendly matches at the Medici Stadium, with Shenzhen Vanke Sunshine losing 0-1 first and then winning 2-1. Both teams conducted targeted drills for the upcoming Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics during the competition and achieved the desired results.
On December 2, the 2021-2022 Russian Women's Ice Hockey League WHL regular season ended the first 22 rounds of the league, followed by a more than two-month hiatus. As of now, the tornado has 49 points to rank third in the league, and Shenzhen Vanke Sunshine has 44 points to rank fourth in the league. Although the two teams differed by only one place, in the direct competition between the two teams, Shenzhen Vanke Sunshine lost 2-3, 1-2 and 0-3 in the warm-up matches before the start of the season and in two league games.
At present, it is less than 50 days before the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, and the national teams shortlisted for the Winter Olympics have begun to prepare for targeted competitions, so both teams attach great importance to these two warm-up matches, with the Chinese national women's ice hockey training team as the team of Shenzhen Vanke Sunshine to send the main force, and many Russian national team members in the tornado array are also in the lineup.
In the opening game on December 16, Tornado No. 9 Levidmila scored the only goal of the game. In the second game on December 17, Shenzhen Vanke Sunshine took the lead, the first set of 9 minutes and 26 seconds, Liu Zhixin assisted, Zhang Xifang scored, 1-0; in the second set of 35 minutes, Zhang Xifang and Fei Anna assisted, Kang Mulan scored, the score advantage expanded to two goals; but the tornado in the third set of 50 minutes and 01 seconds to pull back a goal, and finally Shenzhen Vanke Sunshine won 2-1 against the tornado.
So far, the two sides have competed 5 times in the league and warm-up matches this season, and Shenzhen Vanke Sunshine has won for the first time. In response, head coach Brian Idalski said after the game: "It was a friendly match, so some different ways of playing were tested, I think it worked well, there are a lot of good players in the Tornado Formation, we can win of course it is good, but winning is by no means the main goal; make the team's system more proficient, experiment with different play styles, such as 6 to 5, have the opportunity to face different game situations, such as 3 on 3 in extra time and free kick battles, although it is not necessary from the regular time score, Overall it was a great day. ”
It is worth mentioning that in order to provide more exercise opportunities for the players, after the end of the regular time of the two games, there were 5 minutes of overtime and free kick battles respectively, so that the players could feel the real game atmosphere more. Neither side scored in extra time in the first match; in the second game of extra time, Shenzhen Vanke Sunshine Zhang Xifang and Huang Hui'er assisted, lin Jiaxin scored; then Shenzhen Vanke Sunshine practiced 5 to 3, only to be hit by a tornado to win back a point. In two free-kick shoots, the tornadoes laughed to the end.
Zhang Mengying, captain of Shenzhen Vanke Sunshine Field, summed up: In the two games, different game strategies were implemented, the division of labor of each group was different, the tactics were different, and everyone's scrambling and execution on the field were well done; because there were not many opportunities to play before the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, so everyone cherished every game; the first game has been lagging behind, but everyone has not given up; in the second game, everyone has learned how to calm down in adversity to play, not impatient, steady and steady, At the same time, the situations that can be encountered in real competitions are rehearsed in actual combat.
The two games are extremely fast-paced, fiercely confrontational and extremely valuable in actual combat. Brian Idalski said: "When you have the opportunity to put on the jersey to prove yourself, against a team like the tornado, some of their players are probably the best defenders in the world and very good defenders of the Russian national team, it is a good experience for our team, it is a very challenging game for us, it is a pleasure for them to play with us, they are happy with the game, they can get everyone on the field to evaluate and practice our tactics." ”