The Germans without Andrei.
Dramatically rejuvenated Germany team. The Germans have achieved this simply by not having world curling legend Andrea Schoepp with them. Both teams had an awkward start with a number of inaccuracies, which the Czech team paid for with a deficit of up to five points. But then our girls showed a fighting heart, and despite the lack of luck in some moments, evened the score at 5:5. The final double on the extra end missed by about half an inch. We were a little upset, but it's over now and we're going to go with an open mind to the Koreans.