LBN 3:2 BRM | Lebanon - Bermuda (World Cup (men))

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Portugal – India	4:3 (end)	\|	Lebanon – Bermuda	3:2 (end)	\|	USA – Switzerland	6:3 (end)
Cayman Islands – Armenia	3:6 (end)	\|	Canada – Greece	5:0 (end)	\|	Hong Kong – Great Britain	3:0 (end)
France – Haiti	4:1 (end)	\|	Slovakia – Czech Republic	1:0 (3:2 after SO)

final

Lebanon

3:2 (0:1, 0:0, 3:1)

Bermuda

Friday 09.06.2017, 10:00 • World Cup (men) • For 17. - 18. place

		Players from team Lebanon are really happy, because they won both games against team Bermuda and took the 17th place at the Ball Hockey World Championship in Pardubice. It is a good result for them, because they have played their first championship in history. Have a nice rest of the day. (11:33:14)
		Game over.
	44:47	Team Bermuda is playing without a goalie and with six players on the pitch.
	44:37	Referee stops play because of high-sticking.
	44:18	Home team is still in offensive zone, but in few moments team Bermuda is gonna play at full strength.
	43:45	Lebanon's player are taking a lot of shots, but no of them is going on the net. But they have to hurry right now.
	43:15	Last two minutes of the third period.
	42:55	Team Lebanon is playing at full strength and Michael Habib took the shot from the blue line. If it would go on the net, the goalie Leclerc would not have chance to stop the ball.
	42:26	Penalty for Bermuda (Jackson Hands – 2 min., Cross-Checking).
	41:55	White-Wothington take hard shot from the blue line but nobody tipped on the goal crease. And it was a pitty for team Bermuda.
	41:20	Good save by Skaff with his glove!
	40:42	This power play is good opportunity for team Bermuda to score and tie the game at three. But Meritt missed the net with his shot.
	40:30	Penalty for Lebanon (J. Boulos – 2 min., Holding an Opponent).
	40:30	Icing by team Bermuda.
	39:33	Goal for Team Bermuda! Goal of hope for team Bermuda! Nice action and on the right side of the goal crease was ready to score RONNIE DZURUS. Assisted by Chad Cundliffe and Pierre-Simon Bilodeau.
	39:07	Referee calls offside in the neutral zone and it is gonna be another draw.
	38:45	Icing by team Bermuda. The visitors have to hurry if they wanna tie this game. Time is against them right now.
	38:05	Haber was ready on the right circle to take the shot, but whe he did it he missed the net and goaltender Leclerc had not make any save.
	37:46	Icing made by team Bermuda.
	37:23	It was Elie Sabeh. But in the end he managed to go on the bench by his own, good message.
	37:16	Some of players is laying on the rink and is probably injured.
	37:16	The play is stoped in the neutral zone.
	35:08	Goal for Team Lebanon! What a moments for team Lebanon! Three goals during few seconds and they lead 3:1! And it was mistake made by goaltender Yan Leclerc who was not able to stop this shot from the long distance. Nice goal again, scored by player ALEXANDRE HADDAD. Assisted by Bassil Boulos and Jad Boulos.
	34:22	Goal for Team Lebanon! And here is another one, team Lebanon leads the game for the first time today and it is just ten minutes to remaining. It was NASSER FADL again. Assistedy by Ricardo Abdulahad and Joe-Elie Skaff.
	33:49	Goal for Team Lebanon! But now the game is tied for one and Lebanon's players are so happy. Goaltender Leclerc had to be surprised because he didn't se anything. The goal was scored by NASSER FADL who surprised all on the pitch. Assisted by Ricardo Abdulahad.
	33:40	Lebanon goal to the offensive zone because of offside.
	33:08	Another one power play for team Lebanon but this team is not good in taking the shots today. All of them wide the net.
	32:33	Penalty for Bermuda (Coleman – 2 min., Interference).
	31:40	Another shot by team same player, also missed the net. But now goalie Lecler was more lucky than before.
	31:10	The shot by defender Wajih Abboud. It hit the board behind the net, then goalie Leclerc stopped the play again.
	30:45	Defender Michael Habib was able to to take the shot on the blue line. But then missed the net and play is stopped.
	30:10	Team Lebanon is still playing power play. The have gone to the offensive zone.
	30:01	Start of 3rd period.
		The third period is ready to begin. Is team Lebanon gonna tie this game at one?
		We haven't seen a goal in the second period, so it is still one goal game and we will se what's is gonna happen in the third.
	30:00	2nd period finished.
	29:49	Penalty for Bermuda (Tremblay – 2 min., Interference).
	29:25	Just few seconds to the end of the second period and it is still one goal game.
	28:58	Good shot by Tom Miller when he was staying on the blue line. Hit the goal, but Skaff was ready with his left pad.
	28:26	The play is stooped. Before that, the Bermuda's defender Coleman took the nicely, missed the net again.
	28:03	Last two minutes of the second period. Lebanon's players were running along the right board, but no one took good shot.
	27:25	We still haven't seen the goal during this period and it is possible it won't happen. No of teams has chance to score right now.
	26:50	Team Lebanon made a mistake in offensive zone and was lucky that two Bermuda's players was not able to take the ball and run two on one.
	26:10	Goalie Skaff played with the ball behind the net, made a good pass to his roommate.
	25:43	Bermuda's players are in offensive zone again. But the have a complications in combination. Dustin Luck failed with his shot on the left side of the zone.
	25:22	Icing by team Bermuda.
	25:15	Both teams are playing at full strength.
	24:52	Good chance for Robert Bailey. He was alone on the righ circle, in the the end the ball went away from his stick.
	24:12	The play during four on four is attractive enough. But we don't se lot of shots on the goal. One took defender Youne from the blue line, but missed the net.
	23:44	The play is stopped in the neutral zone because of offside.
	23:25	What a save by Leclerc! Lebanon's players were running two on one and the goalie of visitors stopped the ball on the goal crease, next to the right post.
	22:50	Penalty for Bermuda (Jackson Hands – 2 min., Roughing). Penalty for Lebanon (Abdulahad – 2 min., Roughing).
	22:50	The play is stopped, new draw infront of Lebanon's net.
	22:37	Bermuda is stil in offensive zone, trying to take some good chance. But all shots are going to the goaltender Skaff or over the net of Lebanon.
	21:50	Lebanon is under the presure and has to solve problems behind their own net. Goalie Skaff had two good saves by his left pad.
	20:59	This game is so close. Craig Rowat took shot from the long distance and hoped it will go to the net. But it didn't.
	20:18	We are playing a long time without whistle and it is good message for an attractive ball hockey on the pitch.
	19:43	Saber from team Lebanon had good chance to stole the ball from two players in blue jersey. He almost did it, missed the ball in the end infront of the net.
	19:19	Team Lebanon is playing at full strength.
	19:00	Last seconds of this first power play by team Bermuda. The ball has ended under the roof of the hall after Estey took shot from the far.
	18:36	But Nehmé did it right now and home team can change some players.
	18:11	Lebanon is not able to throw the ball out of their defensive zone.
	17:50	And another shot taken by the same player. Skaff was little bit lucky but managed to stop the ball.
	17:26	Team Bermuda has started well in this power play. Defender White-Wothington took the slap shot from the blue line.
	17:08	Penalty for Lebanon (Habib – 2 min., Tripping).
	17:08	The ball is out of the rink.
	16:48	Yan Leclerc run out of the cage and help his playmates to start the offensive action. But then visitors lost the ball in the neutral zone.
	16:22	New draw infront of the Lebanon's goalie.
	16:07	Team Lebanon is active at the beginning of the second period. Goalie Leclerc mady easy save by his right pad and save the lead of his team.
	15:30	Noel Feghali was ready to take the shot from the blue line. He did it but it was going just on the left circle.
	15:01	Start of 2nd period.
		The second period is coming.
		We have seen only goal in this game and team Bermuda leads 1:0. We can look forward to another period.
	15:00	1st period finished.
	14:32	Referee calls hand pass and it is gonna be another one draw in the neutral zone.
	14:12	Last minute of the first period is here and team Lebanon is attacking behind the net of his rival.
	13:38	Good save by Skaff. There were not many players around the net, but it was good idea to stop the play.
	12:40	Goal for Team Bermuda! Here is first goal of the game despite there were not many chances during last minutes on the rink. Bermuda opens the score of this game when JEREMY ESTEY was ready to hit the ball on the goal crease, nice goal. Assisted by Christopher Merritt.
	11:25	We are almost at the end of the firs period but no goals are on the board. Farmer had a nice chance, but he also missed the net.
	11:07	Glove save by Yan Leclerc.
	10:45	Boutros found the ball on the blue line and shot it towards the net. Goalie probably did not see this shot and was a little bit luck stopping it.
	10:09	Sayed and Boutros were passing the ball in the neutral zone, then had a good opportunity on the right circle. But Leclerc was ready again with his glove.
	09:28	Time is going fast in the first period. Icing for team Lebanon and draw infront of goalie Yan Leclerc who hasn't had a lot of work in the first period.
	08:50	New draw infront of Joe-Elie Skaff.
	08:25	Another shot taken by Lebanon. Now it was Haber who tried surprise goalkeeper Leclerc. Maybe Mohamad tipped on the goal crease too.
	07:39	Noel Feghali and his good defensive work on the blue line. There were two players from Bermuda's team, no of them was able to stole him the ball.
	06:57	The play is stopped by Lebanon's goaltender Skaff. It is a short time for the rest for both teams. Another draw we will see on the right circle.
	06:33	Both sides are changing, Luck took shot from the far and hoped is gonna go to the net. It didn't happen.
	05:48	Estey was able to throw the ball out of the defensive zone and denied problems for his team. We have not seen a shot on a goal for a long time.
	05:08	The game is going without whistle for a long time right now.
	04:24	Katzsch was alone behind the Lebanon's goal. But no one of his playmate was around him to take the pass from him. What a pitty for Bermuda.
	03:40	Both teams are changing because the have been for a long time on the pitch. Then team Lebanon tried to score from the right circle.
	03:05	We are watching an attractive game at the beginning. Both sides have lot of chances to score.
	02:29	Good wrist shot from the blue line taken by Mark Haber. Leclerc pobably did not see anything. Despite that managed to throw the ball out.
	01:35	Team Bermuda hit the post, it was Shannon Gosse who did it.
	01:13	Now the play is stopped. The ball was jumping on the goal crease and Leclerc wasn't sure where it is. So he stopped it.
	00:40	Nice shot took by Alxandre Haddad! Leclerc had to make a save by his right pad.
	00:10	First draw for team Bermuda. Their players were trying to make first attack, but then lost the ball in the neutral zone.
	00:01	Game started.
		Everything is ready to start.
		Starting lineups: Lebanon: Skaff (Habib P.) – Awad, Abbooud, Boulos J., Nehmé, Nasrallah, Feghali, Younes – Haber, Sabeh, Habib M., El-Haddad, Boutros, Boulos B., Sayed, Haber, Salhany, Eid, Abdulahad, Mohamad, Fadl, Haddad, Ziadé Bermuda: Leclerc (Steele) – Rowat, Coleman, Wothington, Miller, Smith, Gosse – Katzsch, Estey, Meritt, Luck, Hands, Cundliffe, Dzurus, Rufiange, Beaudion, Brodsky, Tremblay, Bailey, Farmer, Bilodeau, Calko..
		Welcome you from Pardubice! It is the last game for both teams at the Ball Hockey World Championship. Team Bermuda will play against Team Lebanon.
		BERMUDA Team Bermuda has not been bad during the regual group matches. But they gained five points and it was enough just for the 3rd position in the table. The second Great Britain had one more point (it means six) and did not have to play with last Libanon. This tournament has not been good enough in Pardubice but now they need to win the last the game if they do not wanna be the las of the group B1. But we will see.
		LEBANON Team Lebanon has not played a bad games during a regular group matches. But this new Ball Hockey World Championship team has waited for a long time for the first win. And it happened in the previous game again Bermuda. Libanon scored six goals, won 6:1 and it was clearly the best game of this team at this championship. If Lebanon beats team Bermuda again, the will not take the worst place at the Championship.
		Welcome. Game starts at 10:00.

Commentary by

Martin Schwarz

@MartinSmuci

Goals & lineups Match log

Goals and assists: 34. Fadl (Abdulahad), 35. Fadl (Abdulahad, Skaff), 36. Haddad (B. Boulous, J. Boulos) – 13. Estey (Merritt), 40. Dzurus (Cundliffe, Bilodeau)

Lebanon: Skaff (Habib P.) – Awad, Abbooud, Boulos J., Nehmé, Nasrallah, Feghali, Younes – Haber, Sabeh, Habib M., El-Haddad, Boutros, Boulos B., Sayed, Haber, Salhany, Eid, Abdulahad, Mohamad, Fadl, Haddad, Ziadé

Bermuda: Leclerc (Steele) – Rowat, Coleman, Wothington, Miller, Smith, Gosse – Katzsch, Estey, Meritt, Luck, Hands, Cundliffe, Dzurus, Rufiange, Beaudion, Brodsky, Tremblay, Bailey, Farmer, Bilodeau, Calko.

Referees: Kralovic, Valachovic

1st period
	12:40	BRM	0:1	Estey (Merritt)
1st intermission
2nd period
	17:08	LBN	2	Habib, Tripping
	22:50	BRM	2	Hands, Roughing
	22:50	LBN	2	Abdulahad, Roughing
	29:49	BRM	2	Tremblay, Interference
2nd intermission
3rd period
	32:33	BRM	2	Coleman, Interference
	33:49	LBN	1:1	Fadl (Abdulahad)
	34:22	LBN	2:1	Fadl (Abdulahad, Skaff)
	35:08	LBN	3:1	Haddad (B. Boulous, J. Boulos)
	39:33	BRM	3:2	Dzurus (Cundliffe, Bilodeau)
	40:30	LBN	2	J. Boulos, Holding an Opponent
	42:26	BRM	2	Hands, Cross-Checking
Final