Czech Republic - China, from the third end.
We have an advantage. Still, after three ends, the score is 0-3. We had a chance for two at the time, but the stone was turned over and it was a two against. That happens in curling too.The fourth end does bring a few errors on the Chinese side. The pitch gives us a chance for two and maybe three. Rui Liu saves for a while, playing a better stone than our second, but then Jirka plays a great tap back. Liu licks the guard and now it's our turn to see if there's a three. We go to throw, but it's not there. It's not really there. After four ends, it's 2 to 3. China's advantage.rn
An interesting development, but then a pair of corner guards stay there, and the whole end of the end is played around. China's last stone goes against a pair of ours, and despite having two beaters there, China has no choice but to play a draw. He narrowly gives it away and we go into the break two down, but with the advantage. It's a little better now. I know it's 4:30 in the morning here, but maybe just for one curling madman I'll try to post online again for a while, like I did a year ago from the world juniors. Telegraphing the other lanes. The Scot destroys the Japanese 6-2, the American destroys the Dane by the same ratio and the Russian leads the Swede 3-2. My corner guard, a little more open. Opponent second into the circle, we try a roll, but it's just a single stay, and the Chinese blocks the way behind the corner guard after the roll. We play a smart tap back to the Chinese behind the corner guard. Ba D X tries the same thing, but collides with the guard and rolls out. We play a hit and roll stone to center, but it's just a small roll. Stone is all visible. Ba tries to roll to his, but comes out the other side. We've got one and a foot and a half behind him is a worse Chinese. After our attempt, we have two, but the Chinese is better. After a hit from our opponent, we play a funny little roll to the corner guard position and suddenly we have a nice two. Rui has to play an accurate draw to counter it. The level stone still offers us a deuce, now we need a good weight - angle freeze. And there he goes, finishing exactly where he was supposed to. Rui is looking for a takedown. With icy calm, he gives it. We've only got a draw against two, but we've got about five feet to go. Jirka would have only needed three feet. Our one. 3 to 4. Opponent advantage. No comment from you. I understand. It's too late or too early. I'll just write how it went. Sorry. In the seventh, we're down five - super split by the opponent to end the end, and it's 3-9. We're down to 5-9 in the eighth - after a great freeze, but the end is near. The final score, after nine ends, is 5 : 12. We read the ice a little worse than in the first game, and moreover our mistakes came at inopportune moments. The American and the Scot won.