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U23 of the KEV is a blatant outsider in Tilburg
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A difficult task awaits coach Elmar Schmitz and his team.
Photo: Lammertz, Thomas (lamm)
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Krefeld On Tuesday, the team in the Netherlands will visit the best team in the league. There is a lot of work ahead of Krefeld’s goalkeeper Klein. No spectators are allowed in the stadiums there either.
(JH) The U23 of KEV 81 competes with the Tilburg Trappers on Tuesday at 8 p.m. The Dutch are currently in second place in the ice hockey league and are very strong at home. However, they have already had to do without their strong-voiced fans for a good four weeks, because spectators at sporting events have been banned in the Netherlands since December 1 due to the corona pandemic.
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Tilburg has the strongest defense in the league. Their goalkeepers only had to reach behind them 49 times in 25 games. Her number one is 34-year-old Ruud Leeuwesteijn, who has appeared in goal in 20 games this season. The team is very balanced in defense and attack. The top scorer is Canadian Brett Bulmer, who scored 16 goals in 24 games and was involved in 32 other goals.
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It is therefore clear that the KEV is going on the ice as a blatant outsider. At the first comparison in Tilburg, the Krefeld team drew a respectable 5-1 defeat from the affair. In the Rheinlandhalle, however, the KEV got under the wheels with 1:10. “For me, Tilburg is the best team in the league because they have a well-rehearsed team and are well-balanced in all parts of the team. It’s a very difficult task for us. But we want to keep the course of the game tight, as we did recently in Leipzig and Halle, ”said coach Schmitz. Patrick Klein, who paused against Essen on his own winch, should be in the gate on Tuesday.
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