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final
Slovakia2
3:5 (1:0, 2:1, 0:4)
France2
Monday 12.05.2014, 15:45 • Chizhovka Arena, Minsk • World Championship
     
    The final buzzer has sounded, and in a simply unbelievable match the Slovaks have been defeated by ice hockey minnows France 5-3! No one expected that, but you can't say that the French didn't deserve it. Baptiste Amar got the French on the board sandwiching a Ladislav Nagy double for Slovakia, and it was Amar who got France back into it in the third period after Miroslav Satan got Slovakia's third in the second. Antoine Roussel made it a tied game before Damien Fleury put France ahead, and Roussel with his second iced it with only seconds to go. Thanks for following the game with us, and join me again soon for Russia against the USA at the 2014 IIHF World Championships! (18:09:26)
     
    60:00
    Game over.
     
    59:50
    It's now the final few seconds with France writing another fantastic chapter in their history!
     
    59:32
    Goal for Team France! ANTOINE ROUSSEL picks up the puck, charges towards the empty net and from close range smacks it in with ease! It's going to be another French upset, it's 5-3!
     
    59:20
    It's another French icing as they desperately try to keep the puck away from danger
     
    59:06
    Cristobal Huet dives on the loose puck after it came thundering in from the point
     
    58:47
    France commit icing. And Jan Laco has promptly being pulled for the extra skater with time running down!
     
    57:23
    France take their timeout, they need cool heads as they close in on yet another historic victory
     
    57:13
    Miroslav Satan's fierce pass across the crease just goes untouched! You can be sure that the Slovaks will simply lay siege to their opponents' goal now
     
    56:18
    Goal for Team France! This is simply unbelievable! The giant killers are at it again! Jan Laco fails to hold on to the puck as it travels into him at some pace, it pops out to DAMIEN FLEURY and he tucks it into the right hand corner! It's already 4-3! Assists- Teddy Da Costa and Anthony Guttig
     
    55:03
    The French are showing remarkable courage here and they're back to full strength
     
    54:09
    Valach! Juraj Valach has two seriously powerful slappers blocked before they can get to the net!
     
    53:28
    A goalmouth scramble erupts on the French crease and Cristobal Huet does well to somehow freeze the puck!
     
    53:03
    And the Slovaks have taken a timeout, they know that this is too good of an opportunity to miss
     
    53:03
    Incredibly just after having scored on a five on three themselves, the French have now given away one! For high sticking Antonin Manavian has been penalised
     
    52:51
    The Slovaks are completely bewildered but they do have a powerplay here to grab the initiative back! Pierre Edouard Bellemare for interference has been sent to the penalty box
     
    50:56
    Goal for Team France! What a game, the French have come back from the dead to level in the space of a few seconds! ANTIONE ROUSSEL expertly tips in an Nicolas Besch slapshot from the point to leave Jan Laco helpess! Powerplay goal and it's 3-3! Assists- Nicolas Besch
     
    50:30
    Goal for Team France! This time they do make it count! BAPTISTE AMAR from the high slot takes aim and clinically wrists into the left hand corner! Powerplay goal and it's 3-2! Assists- Anthony Guttig
     
    50:03
    Guttig! Just how did he miss! Anthony Guttig standing directly on the doorstep is picked out but not for the first time today a complete air shot is taken!
     
    49:22
    Marek Daloga has been punished for holding and France have their second five on three of the day!
    Commentary by

    Shaun Nicolaides

    Goals & lineups Match log
    Goals and assists: 16. Nagy (Sloboda), 24. Nagy (Satan), 37. Satan (Miklik, Hrivik) – 27. Amar (Desrosiers, Costa), 51. Amar (Guttig), 51. Roussel (Besch), 57. Fleury (Costa, Guttig), 60. Roussel

    Slovakia2: Laco (Janus)- Daloga, Sloboda, Hrivik, Nagy, Satan- Marincin, Brejcak, Viedensky, Tatar, Panik- Valach, Svarny, Miklik, Reway, Marcinko- Ceresnak, Stastny, Mikus, Tybor, Skokan
    France2: Huet (Hardy)- Manavian, Amar, Treille, Meunier, Desrosiers- Auvitu, Besch, S Da Costa, Bellemare, Roussel- Chakiachivili, Janil, Fleury, Guttig, T Da Costa- Dieude Fauvel, Berthon, Henderson, Ritz, Raux
    Referees: Kaval, Patafie, Rantala, Dedioulia, Fluri