Russia finishes in 7th place

28th August, GANT EHC in Mönchengladbach, Men: France – Russia 2:5 (2:2)

28.08.2011 - The spectators in the Warsteiner HockeyPark enjoyed a free-wheeling game full of goalmouth action in which Russia defeated France 5:2 (2:2). There was no great pressure on either team, as both had been relegated on Friday. The Eastern Europeans started more strongly and finished their first two attacks with attractive field goals (2:0).

The favoured French team didn’t seem unduly bothered about that, and before the break struck back with a converted penalty corner (2:1) and a jab (2:2). At the beginning of the second half, Russia was again the more alert team and went back into the lead thanks to a corner scoop from Nikolai Yankun (3:2) and a skilful combination resulting in a field goal from Pavel Golubev (4:2). Captain Platonov put the game away shortly afterwards with his second goal (5:2).

France then did their best to improve the situation with a valiant effort, but only managed to achieve two penalty corners, which both came to naught. This well- deserved victory for the Eastern Europeans meant that they finished the tournament in seventh place.

Goals:

0:1 Pavel Golubev (4)

0:2 Aleksandr Platonov (7)

1:2 Lucas Sevestre (PC, 10)

2:2 Jean-Baptiste Pauchet (16)

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2:3 Nikolai Yankun (PC, 37)

2:4 Pavel Golubev (42)

2:5 Aleksandr Platonov (45)

Penalty corners:

FRA 6 (1 goal) / 4 RUS (1 goal)

Umpires:

Geoff Conn / Nathan Stagno