Botched start: Blue Team loses to Poland

The first game under the leadership of Lou Vairo, Stefan Mair and Ivano Zanatta was not really revealing for the Azzurri, who compete in Hungary without “Italos”. The only thing that was noticeable were the weak points in their own power play. At the end of a balanced game, Italy lost to Poland 2-3.

The new leadership of the Blue Team chose Milan's Edoardo Caletti as captain in the first game. Alex Caffi was allowed to play in goal. This had to be overcome for the first time in the ninth minute when Rafal Dutka gave the Poles the lead when they had the advantage. Just three minutes later, Alex Frei had the right answer: he scored the equalizer after a pass from Michael Sullmann. A short time later, Diego Kostner scored to make it 2-1 for the Azzurri. However, this was to be the last goal, as it was the Eastern Europeans' turn again in the remaining two thirds. Zapala scored a power play goal in the 25th minute before Kowalowka ensured Poland's victory in the final period. For Italy, Mark Demetz, Luca Zanatta, Michael Zanatta, Anton Bernard, Hannes Stofner and Daniel Peruzzo were not taken into account for today's game against Poland. Tomorrow Italy will play against South Korea at 14.30:XNUMX p.m.

Poland - Italy 3:2 (1:2, 1:0, 1:0) 1:0 Rafal Dutka (2.19), 1:1 Alex Frei (8.30), 1:2 Diego Kostner (11.11), 2:2 Krzysztof Zapala (24.03), 3:2 Sebastian Kowalowka (46.26)

The program at the Euro Ice Hockey Challenge in Budapest:

Fri. 7 November Poland - Italy 3:2 Hungary - South Korea 6:1

Sat. 8 November 14.30 p.m.: Italy - South Korea 18 p.m.: Hungary - Poland

Sun. 9 November 14.30:XNUMX p.m.: South Korea - Poland 18 p.m.: Hungary - Italy

The table:

1. Hungary 3 points (6:1 goal difference) 2.Poland 3 (3:2) 3. Italy 0 (2:3) 4.South Korea 0 (1:6)

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Botched start: Blue Team loses to Poland

The Italian national ice hockey team started the Euro Ice Hockey Challenge with a defeat. In the first match in Budapest, the “Azzurri” narrowly lost to Poland.

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