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Christian Wejse after huge defeat against USA: 'There is simply no excuse'

USA's Patrick Brown and Matt Coronato battling against Christian Wejse and Oliver Lauridsen of Denmark
USA's Patrick Brown and Matt Coronato battling against Christian Wejse and Oliver Lauridsen of Denmark ČTK / imago sportfotodienst / Vesa Moilanen
Denmarks Christian Wejse said there was no excuse for losing 5-0 to a superior American team, when the Danish hosts were humiliated in their opening match in the World Championships against an American outfit with plenty of young talent in the squad.

The Danes backed up by a partisan local crowd held on for most of the first period before they succumbed to the American pressure, when one of the many American youngsters Cutter Gauthier gave the visitors the lead with about two minutes to play in the first period. 

As it turned it out, it was the first out of five nails in the Danish coffin as the Americans underlined that they are a force to be reckoned in this year's World Chmpionships. But it could have been much different, if the hosts had played more conservative and limited their number of errors, said Wejse to Flashscore.

"We cannot be satisfied with 0-5 at all, we made stupid mistakes and threw the puck away in places on the ice where we must not lose it. We have to try to play a simpler game where we can eliminate the many mistakes we made today."

"We know they play at a higher level than us, but that's no excuse because we know they play the way they do, and we have to give ourselves some better conditions to get into the game by making fewer mistakes, and we have to work on that by watching video of the Swiss before tomorrow."

Wejse praised the Danish fans and said much could have been different if the Danes had lid the crowd by scoring the first goal.

"The fans were fantastic from the start and if we had scored a goal it would have given us some momentum. It would have been great to score a goal and set the fans on fire."

Wejse said that the Danes are now forced to up their level to be able to compete with Switzerland tomorrow.

"We know how good Switzerland are, we have played them many times before. These are two teams where there are many players who know each other, and it is about getting the puck down behind their backline because they are not keen on playing defensively. We need to keep it simpler", said Wejse.