The Austrian captain became completely enraged in an interview with Iltalehti: “What kind of questions are these?”

Austrian captain Peter Schneider totally lost his temper after the Finland loss.

According to Schneider, Austria, which is fighting for the next place, which defeated the Lions two years ago and knocked out Latvia for the second year in a row, did not even dream of winning Sunday’s match.

The 35-year-old striker became enraged when Iltalehti hinted in his question that the team would have liked to get something other than 0 points from the match (with the words “the result was not desired”).

– I don’t know what you expected. We played against 15 NHL players. It’s delusional to think we’re going to win the match. We gave it our all because you never know if they’re having a really bad day. The level of the teams cannot be compared, so I don’t understand the question, Schneider snapped.

– I’m proud of how we gave everything, but if you expected something else, you don’t know anything about hockey, he said.

“Hostile interview”

The Austrian team caused confusion in the Zurich Arena a good hour before the match, when the players started warming up in the interview corridor reserved for media work.

Media officials and IIHF representatives who were there were amazed that they had “never seen anything like it”. The Austrian players were promised to hold an interview on the matter.

According to Schneider, however, there was nothing surprising about the situation.

– We always do that, he announced.

– It’s 30 degrees outside, so where do you want us to warm up? What kind of questions are these exactly? This seems like a pretty hostile interview. Are you trying to grill us? Schneider asked.

The captain defended his team until the end.

– We have warmed up here before every game. On this side or on the other side. Nobody has ever said anything to us. We always warm up as a team, and we need a way to do that. It’s never been a problem.