Olympic qualification: Italy loses opening game against Austria 2:3

The new Italian national coach Tom Pokel put Sweden legionnaire Daniel Bellissimo in goal. He also relied on the “Bozen” block with the defenders Alexander Egger and Christian Borgatello as well as the strikers Markus Gander, Anton Bernard and Marco Insam, all born in 1989. Italy started the game twice outnumbered (helpers and Plastino had to sit in the penalty box ), but was able to fend off the Austrian attacks for the time being. When Helfer returned to the ice, Austria took the lead: Rafael Rotter deflected a long-range shot from Mario Altmann to make it 6.01-1 in the 0 minute. After falling behind, Italy increased the tempo but remained harmless in attack. Austria, on the other hand, waited for counterattack opportunities and took advantage of one of them in the 17.10 minute to make it 2-0 through Gregor Baumgartner. Bellissimo couldn't hold on to Andrè Lakos' shot and the Linz Black Wings striker didn't have to be asked twice.

In the middle third the “Azzurri” made the encounter exciting again. In the 33.42 minute, Anton Bernard scored 1-2 after a shot from Christian Borgatello. The Italians' joy only lasted three minutes until Daniel Oberkofler restored the Austrians' two-goal lead.

In the final third, Italy put everything on one card. At first Scandella narrowly missed making it 2:3, but Vince Rocco scored it in the 50.07 minute. In the last ten minutes, Austria walled themselves in at the back and luck was on their side when Giulio Scandella hit the post. So it remained a narrow victory for Manny Viveiros' team and the “Azzurri's” dream of taking part in the Olympics in Sochi 2014 seems to have already ended. Tomorrow Italy will play against tournament favorites and hosts Germany at 19.30:XNUMX p.m.

Austria - Italy 3:2 (2:0, 1:1, 0:1) Italy: Daniel Bellissimo (Adam Dennis), Alexander Egger, Christian Borgatello, Trevor Johnson, Armin Helfer, Nick Plastino, Matt De Marchi, Armin Hofer, Christian Willeit; Markus Gander, Anton Bernard, Marco Insam, Giulio Scandella, Nate Di Casmirro, Rob Sirianni, Emanuel Scelfo, Diego Iori, Vince Rocco, Nicola Fontanive, Pat Iannone, Diego Kostner Head Coach: Tom Pokel

Austria: Bernhard Starkbaum (Fabian Weinhandl), Matthias Trattnig, Andrè Lakos, Gerhard Unterluggauer, Florian Iberer, Mario Altmann, Robert Lukas, Martin Schumnig; Manuel Latusa, Thomas Koch, Gregor Baumgartner, Michael Raffl, Daniel Welser, Martin Ulmer, Thomas Raffl, David Schuller, Thomas Hundertpfund, Rafael Rotter, Daniel Oberkofler, Matthias Iberer, Markus Peintner Head Coach: Manny Viveiros

Referee: Laaksonen (Fin), Odins (Lat), Malmqvist (Swe), Ponomarjow (Ger)

Gates: 1:0 Rafael Rotter (6.01), 2:0 Gregor Baumgartner (17.10), 2:1 Anton Bernard (33.42), 3:1 Daniel Oberkofler (36.25), 3:2 Vince Rocco (50.07)

Shots on goal: Austria 22 (15, 4, 3), Italy 38 (16, 13, 9)

Olympic qualification, Bietigheim - Bissingen (Germany) 7th-10th February 2013

Thursday. February 7, 2013 Austria - Italy 3:2 Germany - Netherlands 5:1

Friday, 8th of February 2013 16:00 p.m.: Austria - Netherlands 19:30 p.m.: Germany - Italy

Saturday, 9th February 2013 Day off

Sunday, 10th of February 2013 11:45 a.m.: Netherlands - Italy 15:15 p.m.: Germany - Austria

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Olympic qualification: Italy loses opening game against Austria 2:3

The Italian national ice hockey team narrowly lost the opening game of the Olympic qualification in Bietigheim-Bissingen with 2:3 goals against Austria on Thursday. The Azzurri's two goals were scored by Anton Bernard and Vince Rocco. With this defeat, Sochi 2014 is a long way off for Italy.

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