Swiss hockey player with Czech roots Fiala: Who does grandma support?

Swiss hockey player Kevin Fiala considers advancing to the finals of the World Cup an extraordinary thing and is not concerned with the fact that on Sunday in Prague he will compete for the gold with the representative of the host country, where his parents are from. In an interview for Česká television, he asked the editor what team his grandmother was rooting for.

“Grandmother? I hope to me! But not. Me, me,” assured Fiala in nice Czech. “But it will be a nice match, we are looking forward to it,” rules.

The Swiss are fighting for their first gold from the world championship, their best result so far is silver three times. “We can be proud of ourselves, we’re moving on. Tomorrow will be a completely different game. Being in the final is special for us no matter who we play against.” declared the 27-year-old Los Angeles striker after the 3-2 win after raids.

He started against the Czechs already in the group. It was his first match at the tournament, which he was originally supposed to miss. Thanks to the earlier birth of his daughter, he finally arrived at the championship and, just like today, he scored a goal from a power play and converted the attack, thus contributing to the win. Today, the Swiss led 2:0 against the Canadians after the first period, but the defending champions equalized.

“It was a very good match. It was like a roller coaster, it was very emotional. I’m proud of how we responded at the end. At the end of the match, they were on the horse, but we dealt with it and didn’t let them do anything.” Fiala stated.

“We came back in extra time and our goalkeeper Leo (Leonardo Genoni) was incredible from start to finish, which he has been showing throughout the tournament.” he was the second most productive player in the championship with 13 points.