game over.
http://www.hockey.de/VVI-web/vvi-events/Ticker.asp?lang=1...I was hoping that we could follow our Belgian National Hockey team by beating the russians. And if i look at the ratings, we should have won it.
But i guess that the Russians wanted revanche for it, and they have ended the poule games. For Belgium to stand a chance, we would have to beat the Netherlands ( which isn't an easy task) AND we would have to beat the Czechs on their own court ( Mission Impossible). The russians would have to lose against Romania, and Romania would have to lose against the Netherlands. In that scenario, we could advise, provided that we got the better goal average with obvliously isn't going to happen... to many if's in that scenario.
So it all ends here. All we can do now is try and secure our 3rd spot to prevent a slide on the NT rankings list. It was a dissapointing loss, but we knew that it wasn't going to be an easy task. We didn't lose our chances for qualification against Russia... The match that we never should have lost was the match against Romania...
It all went pretty good untill Fleeton got into faul trouble. From their on, the game went downhill. Dissapointing preformance from Mees also, but he can't be blamed for it. He was one of the very few players from our squad that wasn't in proficient shape. We gave it our all. Their was no way we could have played in a better/different way. You might be able to argue that we should have played with more enthousiasme against Romania to win that game, but that still wouldn't have guaranteed a victory.
it's dissapointing to see things end like this, after the previous 2 seasons...
it will be a short NT season this time around, where i'll be able to try out some new things after the qualifier. Things that i wasn't able to try out earlier due to the long seasons.
i guess it's learn from your mistakes and don't make em again next season...
i'll still try and win a maximum of games, to get belgium to atleast the 3rd spot in this qualifier.
Revo