At the group stage of the Olympic Games in Beijing, the Czech national team will try to win back Switzerland.
Czech
The Czech national team started very poorly in the group stage. Philip Pesan's team managed to lose the day before yesterday to the Danish national team. The Czech national team played the first period unsuccessfully and by the break was burning with a score of 0:2, which in general is not so scary. At the very beginning of the second period, Roman Chervenka played one goal and then it seemed that the Czech Republic was gradually finding its game, but this puck was also the last for the favorite of the match. Sebastian Dam no longer allowed the Czechs to distinguish themselves and as a result, he was able to make 39 saves during the match. Considering that in the group B of the Czech national team after the match with Switzerland, only Russia will remain to play, Philip Pesan's team has no right to lose points here.
Switzerland
The Swiss national team, in turn, can boast of a good match against Russia at the start of the group stage. Patrick Fischer's team lost only with a score of 0:1. At the same time, Switzerland made more shots on goal, which can already be considered an achievement, although the implementation of the moments certainly left much to be desired. In general, Switzerland showed good hockey for itself and demonstrated to the Czech Republic and Denmark that it is ready to fight for the first places in Group B.
Of course, the Czech and Swiss national teams have played against each other more than once. Over the past five matches, the Czech Republic has won four times, but the defeat fell just on the last match, which was in 2021 at the World Cup. At the end of May, in the group stage, Switzerland won a landslide victory with a score of 5:2.
Forecast
Strange things have been going on with the Czech national team for a long time, but if the team does not want to complicate their life completely following the results of the group stage, it must outplay Switzerland. We believe that the Czech Republic will still have a little more chance of winning here, and therefore we suggest you take a chance and bet on the team of Philip Pesan.
