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Czech Republic - Switzerland (men), Czech Republic - Canada (women)

The next few days will bring only one match for each national team. Today's menu consisted of the men's game against Switzerland in the morning, followed by the women's game against Canada. First the men: the back end of an opponent with hard to pronounce names (Neuenschwander and Guentensperger showed signs of nervousness and over-motivation. Neither team had a win yet, but both teams had at least one well played game (Czechs against the Americans and Swiss against the Norwegians). In the beginning we were better, more accurate and managed to score points. But then, unfortunately, we managed to get the Swiss in a positive mood and our performance went downhill. We got hung up on winning and bought technical and tactical mistakes. In the end, even with the time gap, we couldn't play a deuce on the extra end. It's a pity, there was a chance. The televised girls' match with Canada (Brown) was a long body to body. The umpire was finally a steel in the seventh end, which sent the Canadians into a small, but still, chop. We only managed to reduce it to 4 : 5 in the eighth. In the ninth end we bet all or nothing on our last stone with our opponent's advantage and Maple Leaf punished us with a four. The result of 4 : 9 is mathematically cruel, but we just lost and there's nothing we can do about it. Three defeats in a row puts us away from the semi-finals, but we're still in it and we'll fight for it. The boys need to win three times to break the tie, which is no easy task, but better big challenges than no challenges at all.