2018 World Championship. Czech Republic U18 - Russia U18

The under 18 Russian national team will play the Czech Republic in the second match of the 2018 U18 World Championship in Chelyabinsk.

Russia U18 thrashed France 7:1 in the opening match, with Semyon Kizimov, Ruslan Iskhakov, Yegor Zamula, Kirill Marchenko, Vladislav Mikhaylov, Dmitry Zavgorodniy and Ivan Morozov scored the goals.

In their first game, the Czechs fell 2:4 to Slovakia.

Yesterday, Russia trained in these following lines:

Miftakhov, D. Isaev, M. Isaev;

Galenyuk, Zhuravlyov - Marchenko, Morozov, Dorofeev;

Malyshev, Misyul - Zavgorodniy, Zhabreev, Rotenberg;

Zhilyakov, Zamula - Spiridonov, Mikhaylov, Podkolzin;

Okhotyuk, Romanov - Sorkin.

Russia U18 coach Rinat Khasanov:

- Semyon Kizimov is ill, while Ruslan Iskhakov is injured and is working with professional doctors who are working to resolve the problem. We looked over the match with France, 7:1 is a good score but we weren't satisfied with the quality of our performance. Our powerplay has to improve, we had some good shots and threatened to score, but the final pass or shot let us down. We have played against the Czech Republic on a number of occasions, they are a very strong opponent.

Puck drop is scheduled for 13:30 Moscow time. Match TV, Match-Igra and OTV will broadcast live in Russia.

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