In the group stage of men's ice hockey group A of the Beijing Winter Olympics that ended on the evening of February 10, Beijing time, the Chinese men's ice hockey team that debuted at the Winter Olympics lost 0-8 to the United States. As the No. 6 seed of the Beijing Winter Olympics and the world's fourth-ranked top team, the U.S. men's ice hockey team, although it did not send the main players to compete, is still far above the World No. 32 Chinese men's ice hockey team.
In the first quarter of the game, the Chinese men's ice team showed unusual tenacity, only trailing 0-1. Not only did it resist the attack of the powerful American team on the defensive end, but it even organized several good attacks to threaten the opponent's goal. But at the beginning of the second quarter, the huge gap in strength between the two sides began to appear, and the Chinese men's ice conceded 3 goals in a row, falling behind 0-4.
In the third quarter, the American men's ice team took advantage of the Chinese team's lack of competition experience, change of mentality and physical decline to score four more goals. In the end, it was won 8-0. Although the Chinese men's ice winter Olympics debut lost, the Chinese ice hockey boys dared to confront strong opponents in the game, and the spirit of not giving up after the big score was still recognized by Chinese netizens.
Many netizens praised: "Everyone on the Chinese men's ice hockey team is working hard!" Very tenacious! Very hot bloody! Although the big score is behind, there is no decadence! Amazing! Keep up the good work! "No matter what you achieve, standing on the field of the Winter Olympics is success!" It was really great! ”
In addition, China's state media "People's Daily" also praised and said bluntly that for the Chinese men's ice hockey team, it does not matter whether it wins or loses in the Olympic Games, it is enough to stand on the momentum!
Before the start of the Winter Olympics, the new president of the International Ice Hockey Federation, Luc Tardiv, had publicly questioned the strength of the Chinese men's ice hockey team and hoped to dissuade the Chinese team in good faith and replace it with Norway, which ranked 11th in the world, so as to avoid being humiliated by the opponent's score of more than 15-0, which was extremely unfavorable to the development of both Chinese ice hockey and world hockey. In the face of the international ice federation's goodwill persuasion, the Chinese men's ice hockey team did not accept it. The winter Olympic debut loss score is controlled in single digits, which is already a huge success for the Chinese team.
For the Chinese men's ice hockey team, no one expects them to win gold and silver, being able to participate is already an achievement that will go down in history, and we hope that the young men can continue to fight for every goal, dare to fight, and play at their due level when facing strong opponents such as Canada and Germany in the future.