From the dream of promotion: Italy loses to Austria - VIDEO

Coach Stefan Mair again relied on Andreas Bernard in goal and changed the attack lines. Scandella, Ramoser and Tudin played in the “Azzurri” parade block. Italy started the match very well, but missed the opening goal with a diagonal shot from Ramoser. Then Austria took command and scored the 12.21 in the 1.0 minute with Andreas Kristler, who took advantage of a mistake in the defense and deflected a shot from Fabio Hofer into the Italian goal. In the middle third, Austria continued to press the accelerator. In the 30.46 minute, Kristler defeated Andreas Bernard for the second time, who three minutes later had to stretch hard to fend off a counterattack from Hofer, who was completely free in front of him. In the 35.10 minute the “Azzurri” had the first real chance to score, but missed it with Scandella and Tudin. 69 seconds before the last break, Scandella had to leave the ice for two minutes and after only 18 seconds, Komarek scored with a direct shot to make it 3-0.

Italy only wakes up in the final minutes In the 46.16 minute, Haudum passed behind Bernard's goal to Stefan Bacher, who increased the score to 4-0 with a long-range shot and thus finally decided the match. Komarek could have even scored the fifth goal. In the 53.09 minute, Alexander Egger shortened the score to 1:4 in the power play on a pass from Traversa and Diego Kostner. Four minutes later, Marco Insam narrowly failed to beat Starkbaum. Armin Helfer finally scored the Italians' second goal on an assist from Hofer in the 57.24 minute. But it wasn't enough anymore, Austria deservedly prevailed with 4:2 goals.

Helfer: “Now we have to win against Japan and South Korea” Armin Helfer, who was on the ice at the World Cup against Austria 16 years ago and scored the Azzurri's second goal on Tuesday, was disappointed after the match: "We started well, but after Kristler's first goal we lost it no longer found in the game. It wasn't until the final third that we woke up and fought again. The World Cup continues. We now absolutely have to win against Japan and South Korea, but we know that it will be difficult. The Japanese surprised us last year, and we want to take revenge for this defeat on Wednesday. This match is very, very important for us.”

Austria - Italy 4:2 (1:0, 2:0, 1:2) Austria: Bernhard Starkbaum (David Kickert); Robert Lembacher-Alexander Pallestrang, Layne Viveiros-Stefan Ulmer, Markus Schlacher-Stefan Bacher, Bernhard Fechtig; Michael Schiechl-Stefan Geier-Nikolas Petrik, Kostantin Komarek-Andreas Kristler-Fabio Hofer, Brian Lebler-Raphael Herburger-Manuel Geier, Daniel Oberkofler-Benjamin Petrik-Manuel Ganahl, Lukas Haudum Coach: Daniel Ratushny Ital

ien: Andreas Bernard (Frederic Cloutier): Alexander Egger-Sean McMonagle, Alex Trivellato-Thomas Larkin, Armin Hofer-Armin Helfer, Michael Zanatta-Stefano Marchetti; Joachim Ramoser-Dan Tudin-Giulio Scandella, Simon Kostner-Diego Kostner-Luca Frigo, Anton Bernard-Markus Gander-Marco Insam, Raphael Andergassen-Tommaso Traversa-Marco Magnabosco Coach: Stefan Mair Gates: 1:0 Andreas Kristler (12.21), 2:0 Andreas Kristler (30.46), 3:0 Kostantin Komarek (39.10), 4:0 Stefan Bacher (46.16), 4:1 Alexander Egger (53.09), 4:2 Armin Helfer (57.24)

Ice Hockey World Championships in Katowice (Poland) I. Division, Group A 1th matchday Japan - Slovenia 1:7 Italy - Poland 3:1 South Korea - Austria 2:3 nP 2th matchday Slovenia - Italy 3:1 Poland - South Korea 1:4 Austria - Japan 3:1 3th matchday South Korea - Japan 3-0 Austria - Italy 4:2 Slovenia - Poland 1:4

Table after the 3nd matchday 1. Austria 8 points (10:5 goals) 2. South Korea 7 (9:4) 3. Slovenia 6 (11:6) 4. Italy 3 (6:8) 5. Poland 3(6:8) 6. Japan 0 (2:13)

Wednesday, April 27, 2016, 4th matchday 13:00 p.m.: Japan - Italy 16:30 p.m.: Slovenia - South Korea 20:00 p.m.: Poland - Austria Friday, April 29, 2016, 5th matchday 13:00 p.m.: Italy - South Korea 16:30 p.m.: Austria - Slovenia 20:00 p.m.: Poland - Japan

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