On the evening of the 27th Beijing time, the men's ice hockey team World Championships Division A match continued in Zagreb. The Chinese team, which aims to win the championship and promotion group, "back-to-back" faced the strongest opponent in the group, the number one seed, the Netherlands, and won the key battle of the championship 5-1.
In the first round of the match, the Chinese team defeated the weakest Israeli team in the group 14-1 and achieved a "good start". On the evening of the 27th, the team ushered in a hard battle. The world's 29th-ranked veteran team, the Netherlands, finished last in the last Division B World Championships and fell to Second Division for the second time in its history. The team is known for its tall stature and fierce playing style, and has never lost to the Chinese team before, and is the biggest opponent of the Chinese men's ice team in this championship.
After the game began, neither side scored for a long time. In contrast, the Chinese team is more imposing, repeatedly creating dangers in front of the opposing goal, and the number of effective shots in the first quarter is far ahead of 15 to 4. At 17 minutes and 43 seconds, China defender Kelios sent a long pass at the back, and forward Jian'an received the ball and formed a single knife in front of the goal, breaking the deadlock with a strong shot. After the goal, the Chinese team was more imposing, and at the end of the game with 10 seconds left, striker Shen Jialei scored into the net, and the Chinese team ended the first quarter with a 2-0 lead.
The second quarter began with a noticeable increase in speed on both sides, with both teams hitting the goalpost. At 5:02 in the quarter, captain Ye Jinguang, who had just celebrated his 37th birthday, scored another point for the Chinese team. With less than four minutes to go before the quarter ended, the Dutch team took advantage of the first chance of the game to play more and less to pull back a city. In the second quarter, the two sides were tied, and the number of effective shots of the Chinese team was still close to four times that of the opponent.
In the last quarter, the two sides once attacked and defended each other, and when the battle situation was anxious, the goal of the forward general Wang Taylor helped the Chinese team to expand the lead again. In the 57th minute, Fu Shuai received a pass from his brother Fu General and broke the goal to seal the victory for the team. The Chinese team beat their opponents 5-1 and temporarily topped the standings with two consecutive wins, and Jian'an won the best player of the game.
In the early morning of Beijing time on the 30th, the Chinese team that rested for a day will face the host Croatia, another favorite in the group and ranked 31st in the world.
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