Italy suffered its third World Cup defeat against Norway

Wednesday's game against Norway was something of a game of truth for Italy. With a win against the Scandinavians, Rick Cornacchia's skid cracks could have taken an important step towards staying in the league. In the event of a defeat, it was clear that Italy could only hope for help from the other teams. If Denmark wins all of the upcoming games, then Italy will remain in the A group. The “Azzurri” still have three games to play, but the grapes are (too) high against the Czech Republic, Sweden and Russia. As far as the squad is concerned, there was no news before the Norway game. Bellissimo was confirmed in goal, Borgatello was missing and was replaced by Egger in defense.

The game started anything but easy for Italy, with Norway putting pressure on them from the first minute. After 186 seconds, what had to happen happened: the Scandinavians took the lead and Trygg scored with a slapshot from the blue line. Bellissimo's view was obscured by the powerful shot, so he was powerless as the Norwegians made it 1-0. But the joy of last year's World Cup sixth place didn't last long. The equalizer came after 5.11:2 minutes. Ansoldi made her way to the right side, passed the disc into the middle, where she directed Holos with her skate into her own goal. The equalizer inspired the “Azzurri”, who were subsequently more active than, for example, in the match on Tuesday against Latvia. The Cornacchia team had three good chances with Sirianni and Bernard twice, but it was precisely during this period of pressure from the Italians that Norway made it 1-16.51. Again the puck was involuntarily directed into their own goal, the shot came from Bastiansen (XNUMX).

In the second half of the game, the Norwegians noticeably increased the pressure. Holtet made it 25-3 in the 1th minute with a shot from the blue line, before Bastiansen made it 4-1 after just over half an hour. After conceding the fourth goal, Cornacchia took a time out, reshuffled the lines and his changes were immediately effective. With the advantage, Larkin shot from the blue line, Egger deflected the puck and the puck landed in the net to make it 4-2 (32.35). Now there was hope for the “Azzurri”, who were close to scoring their third goal, first with Iori and later with Larkin in the majority.

After the new break, Italy had two more outnumbered situations that went unused. A carelessness then made the decision. Trygg was left alone and headed towards Bellissimo's goal, which he didn't give the slightest chance with a half-high diagonal shot. The “Azzurri” now pressed for the connection, but De Toni failed twice due to the attentive Haugen. On the other hand, Skroder did better, giving Bellissimo the loss from close range for the sixth time this afternoon. The score remained that way until the end and Norway deservedly prevailed.

It will now be difficult for Italy to stay in the elite group of international ice hockey. Against the Czech Republic, Sweden and Russia, Cornacchia's troops are stark outsiders. Now the “Azzurri” have to hope that Denmark loses all further games at this World Cup in order not to be relegated to the 1st Division.

Norway - Italy 6:2 (2:1, 2:1, 2:0) Norway: Lars Haugen (Lars Volden); Mats Trygg, Ole-Kristian Tollefsen – Jonas Holos, Alexander Bonsaksen – Juha Kaunismaki, Henrik Solberg – Lars Lokken-Ostli; Mads Hansen, Per-Age Skroder, Patrick Thoresen – Lars Erik Spets, Anders Bastianen, Mathis Olimb – Marius Holtet, Martin Roymark, Kristian Forsberg – Tommy Kristiansen, Morten Ask, Andreas Martinsen, Ken Andre Olimb; Coach: Roy Johansen

Italy: Daniel Bellissimo (Thomas Tragust); Matt de Marchi, Nick Plastino - Armin Helfer, Alexander Egger - Trevor Johnson, Thomas Larkin - Stefano Marchetti; Nicola Fontanive, Vince Rocco, Rob Sirianni - Giulio Scandella, Dan Tudin, Luca Ansoldi - Marco Insam, Derek Edwardson, Pat Iannone - Diego Iori, Luca Felicetti, Anton Bernard, Manuel Tony; Coach: Rick Cornacchia

Gates: 1:0 Mats Trygg (3.06), 1:1 Luca Ansoldi (5.11), 2:1 Patrick Thoresen (16.51), 3:1 Marius Holtet (24.27), 4:1 Anders Bastianen (30.35), 4:2 Alexander Egger (32.35), 5:2 Mats Trygg (48.11), 6:2 Per-Age Skroder (54.49)

Penalty minutes: 24-14 (0-2, 6-6, 18-6)

Shots: 39-18 (12-5, 14-8, 13-5)

PRELIMINARY ROUND “A” HELSINKI

1th matchday USA - France 7:2 (1:1, 3:1, 3:0) Canada - Slovakia 3:2 (1:0, 2:1, 0:1) Belarus - Finland 0:1 (0:1, 0:0, 0:0) Switzerland - Kazakhstan 5:1 (2:0, 3:1 0.0)

2th matchday Canada - USA 4:5 aet(1:1, 1:1, 2:2, 0:1) France - Kazakhstan 6:3 (3:1, 1:1, 2:1) Finland - Slovakia 1:0 (1:0, 0:0, 0:0) Switzerland - Belarus 3:2 (2:1, 0:1, 1:0)

3th matchday France - Canada 2:7 (1:4, 1:1, 0:2) USA - Slovakia 2:4 (1:3, 1:0, 0:1) Belarus - Kazakhstan 3:2 (0:1, 3:1, 0:0) Finland - Switzerland 5:2 (1:0, 2:2, 2:0)

4st match day: Slovakia-Kazakhstan 4:2 (1:1, 1:0, 2:1) 1:0 Granak (1.08), 1:1 Rymarev (11.18), 2:1 Hudacek (37.49), 2:2 Pushkaryov (43.15), 3:2 Kopecky (48.18), 4:2 Kopecky (59.47)

Canada - Switzerland 3:2 (0:1, 1:0, 2:1) 0:1 Brunner (1.40), 1:1 Tavares (20.35), 2:1 Eberle (40.41), 2:2 Bezina (43.49), 3:2 Getzlaf (48.02)

USA - Belarus 5:3 (2:1, 1:1, 2:1) 1:0 Abdelkader (1.39), 2:0 Atkinson 6.31), 2:1 Kalyuzhny (16.15), 2:2 Ugarov (22.50), 3:2 Thompson (38.21), 4:2 Ryan (52.10), 5:2 Stastny (55.34), 5:3 Kovyrshin (59.50)

France - Finland 1:7 (0:1, 0:4, 1:2) 0:1 Immonen (10.12), 0:2 Koivu (30.00), 0:3 Jokinen (33.49), 0:4 Niskala (37.12), 0:5 Kapanen (38.08), 1:5 Guttig (43.34), 1: 6 Jokinen (44.01), 1:7 Hietanen (50.00)

Table after the 4nd matchday 1. Finland 12 points (14:3) 2. Canada 10 (17:11) 3. USA 8 (19:13) 4. Slovakia 6 (10:8) 5. Switzerland 6 (12:11) 6. Belarus 3 (8:11) 7. France 3 (11:24) 8. Kazakhstan 0 (8:18)

PRELIMINARY ROUND “B” STOCKHOLM

1th matchday Germany - Italy 3:0 (1:0, 1:0, 1:0) Czech Republic - Denmark 2:0 (0:0, 1:0, 1.0) Sweden - Norway 3:1 (1:0, 1:1, 1:0) Latvia - Russia 2:5 (1:0, 0:2, 1:3)

2th matchday Sweden - Czech Republic 4:1 (1:0, 1:0, 2:1) Denmark – Italy 3:4 aet (0:2, 3:1, 0:0, 0:1) Russia - Norway 4:2 (0:0, 3:2, 1:0) Germany - Latvia 2:3 (0:1, 2:1, 0:1)

3th matchday Czech Republic - Norway 4:3 nP (1:1, 1:1, 1:1, 0:0) Denmark - Sweden 4:6 (1:4, 1:2, 2:0) Latvia - Italy 5:0 (1:0, 2:0, 2:0) Russia - Germany 2:0 (1:0, 0:0, 1:0)

4th matchday Norway - Italy 6:2 (2:1, 2:1, 2:0) 1:0 Trygg (3.06), 1:1 Ansoldi (5.11), 2:1 Thoresen (16.51), 3:1 Holtet (24.27), 4:1 Bastianen (30.35), 4: Egger (32.35), 5:2 Trygg (48.11), 6:2 Skroder (54.49)

Sweden - Germany 5:2 (1:1, 2:1, 2:0) 1:0 Kruger (1.17), 1:1 Gogulla (19.59), 2:1 Stalberg (26.38), 3.1 Karlsson (28.14), 3:2 Reimer (36.58), 4:2 Persson (42.30), 5:2 Franzen (48.32)

Denmark - Russia 1:3 (1:2, 0:1, 0:0) 0:1 Medvedev (2.08), 1:1 Eller (4.11), 1:2 Malkin (13.35), 1:3 Kalinin (26.32)

Czech Republic - Latvia 3:1 (0:0, 1:1, 2:0) 0:1 Berzins (23.55), 1:1 Michalek (28.58), 2:1 Nedved (50.50), 3:1 Plekanec (53.22)

Table after the 4nd matchday 1. Sweden 12 points (18:9) 2. Russia 12 (14:5) 3. Czech Republic 8 (10:8) 4. Latvia 6 (11:10) 5. Norway 4 (12:13) 6. Germany 3 (7:10) 7. Italy 2 (6:17) 8. Denmark 1 (8:15)

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Italy suffered its third World Cup defeat against Norway

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