Slovakia: Home fans celebrate unlikely win over Team USA

Slovakia fans celebrated their side’s famous 4-1 thrashing of Team USA at the IIHF Ice Hockey World Championships in Bratislava’s fanzone on Friday. Sporting the national colours, home supporters were in a buoyant mood at the start of the tournament. Things got off to the perfect start for Slovakia when Matus Sukel scored an early goal. Team USA managed to tie the game in the powerplay thanks to Alex Debrincat. However, the hosts dominated their opponents in the second half, adding three goals. Erik Cern