The semifinal against the Russian team was a tough, protracted story that only ended after a penalty kick.
When Tre Kronor lined up on the ice almost 24 hours later, it seemed that the players had many heavy minutes from yesterday in their legs.
- You have to be honest somewhere and say that we are not doing well.
We tried to reload, but we can not.
We have a bid for a pair, but it did not want to today, says Lucas Wallmark to Discovery +.
Sweden had big problems getting to the game and were especially cold offensively.
And after a goalless first period, it was Slovakia who broke the deadlock early in the second.
17-year-old talent goal scorer
The Slovak talent Juraj Slafkovsky pulled off a narrow shot outside one of the technical circles, the puck was controlled on a Swedish club and put Lasse Johansson in the goal.
With that, the 17-year-old went up in the sole shooting league lead, with his six goals in the tournament.
In powerplay, Slovakia was then able to extend to 2-0.
Pavol Regenda served Samuel Takac from behind the goal and Takac found a gap between the post and Lasse Johansson.
Two goals in open box
Sweden continued to have difficulty creating dangerous goal chances in the third period.
Slovakia, on the other hand, had bids for more goals, including a free kick where Peter Cehlarik had a chance to extend, but Lasse Johansson made a nice save and kept Sweden in the match.
Sweden took out the goalkeeper in one last hope to be able to get into the match again.
But instead, Slovakia could send in two goals in the open box.
- Right now it just feels too damn.
I think we can think back on this a little later.
Right now it's just tough, do not really know how to sum it up.
The match ended 4-0 and Slovakia was able to secure their first Olympic medal.