“Normally you should make ends meet and we didn’t succeed. That’s how it is sometimes“, said Düsseldorf’s Alexander Bartra, who scored the 5:3 for Düsseldorf in the 52nd minute.
Goal conceded to 4:2 the sticking point
The sticking point, however, was the Nuremberg goal to make it 4:2 in the meantime, practically with the final siren of the second third. The goal gave the Ice Tigers a boost, but made DEG think. “We go twice with a three-goal lead and at the end of the second period we get a bloody goal with three seconds to go. At some point we became too passive.”, analyzed DEG assistant coach Thomas Dolak. Dzau, DEG conceded all three goals in the final third outnumbered.