During the third day of Women´s WFCQ in Celano, Italy, Netherlands got their first points when they won against Austria. Switzerland continued strong and took the lead in the group and also ensured their place in the final round.
Austria played against Netherlands in the second match of the day in Celano. At first Netherlands´ hands seemed to be a bit shaky, since their passes didn´t go from blade to blade. Then they found their rhythm and some beautiful passing patterns were seen. Netherlands had a 3-0 lead when 15 minutes had been played. Austria was able to decrease the score to 1-3 already during the first period and in the second period they scored a power play goal. Netherlands also got their chance on a power play but scored only a few seconds after the power play was over. The rest of the second period was controlled by Netherlands as they increased their lead to 6-2. Austria came to the third period with a new gear. Many scoring chances were seen, but unfortunately for the Austrians, most of the time the ball missed the net completely. Austria was able to score one more goal, but that was no help as during the last 6 minutes Netherlands scored three more goals making the end result 9-3 for them.
Best players:
AUT: #12 Melanie Bernert
NED: #22 Faybienne Kollau
Match summary here.
Many spectators had gathered to watch as Germany faced Switzerland. The first period offered excitement and missed scoring opportunities. Switzerland controlled the game most of the time, but missed the net. If Germany´s field players didn´t block the shots, their goalkeeper Christa Brunn was there to block the rest. Unfortunately for Germany, even she couldn´t stop Switzerland´s beautiful power play passes as Switzerland took a 1-0 lead. No more goals were seen in the first period. In the next twenty minutes the match was mostly played at Germany´s end. Switzerland kept making beautiful passes and Germany tried their best to block them and relied on counter attacks. During the second half of the second period, Switzerland became efficient and increased their lead to 5-0. The third period was no different. In the end Switzerland won the match 9-0 and qualified for the final round.
Best players:
SUI: #8 Brigitte Mischler
GER: #12 Johanne Busse
Match summary here.
