Beijing, February 12 (Reporter Zhao Jiantong, Zhao Xu, Liu Jinhui) On the 12th, the Chinese men's ice hockey team at the Beijing Winter Olympics stubbornly pulled back two goals in the case of conceding three goals first, and kept the suspense of the game until the last second, and finally the Chinese team regrettably lost to germany 2:3.
Chinese goalkeeper Jeremy Smith defends the men's hockey group stage at the Beijing Winter Olympics on Feb. 12. Photo by Ang Lee, Xinhua News Agency
Smith said: "From this game we got into shape, had confidence and played decent games. I'm really proud of all the players, everyone comes together as a team to play. I think if you watch the game, you'll be very proud. I hope China is proud of us. ”
"Most of the players in the team who grew up in China have not played ice hockey, this is the real first generation of Chinese ice hockey people, we are all the first people who wrote the first page in the history of Chinese ice hockey, this is a huge honor, it is a very proud thing." He said.
On February 12, Chinese players and German players competed in the men's ice hockey group stage of the Beijing Winter Olympics. Photo by Ang Lee, Xinhua News Agency
Smith loved the crowd cheering on the team. He said the whole team did a really good job today, moving in the right direction and the spectators felt it too, they were celebrating wildly when the team scored, it was a great feeling!
Smith also referred to head coach Zanata Ivano's inspiring speech in the dressing room: "The head coach told us to believe that we belong here, that we can stand here not because of luck, we belong here! We worked hard for a long time to get here, and we deserved to be on the same ice as these teams! ”
Source: Xinhua News Agency