Hockey World Cup: Italy loses 1:4 to Hungary

Surprisingly, Diego Kostner from Val Gardena was also in the Italian squad. Stefan Mair's team wanted to take a big step towards promotion to the top division with a win against Hungary today. Rich Chernomaz and his team were very aggressive from the start and only allowed one chance, which Joachim Ramoser was unable to take advantage of. In addition, the Hungarians repeatedly put a lot of pressure on the “Azzurri” defense.

Hungary starts like the fire department

Even when outnumbered, the Hungarians were extremely dangerous. When Istvan Sofron shot, goalkeeper Andreas Bernard was only able to make a brilliant save. Immediately afterwards, Hungary went on the power play and this time Bernard couldn't do anything either. 10.52:2 minutes had been played, Daniel Koger deflected a long-range shot from Frank Banham into the “Azzurri” goal. Italy looked stricken after conceding a goal, the Hungarians remained in control: ;it Balzas Sebok, who took advantage of Alexander Egger's uncertainty in defense, but then failed alone in front of Bernard. The score was 0-XNUMX, two minutes before the first break. Krisztian Nagy won the face-off in attack, Balint Magosi took the shot and Andreas Bernard was beaten for the second time.

Anton Bernard misses a huge chance to score

After the break, Hungary continued to dictate the tempo. The best scoring opportunity was missed by Janos Vas, who once again found himself alone in front of Andreas Bernard, but was unable to beat him. Italy also had a huge chance to shorten the score. With Anton Bernard, who was outnumbered in the 33rd minute and narrowly missed the opponent's goal after a wonderful combination with Alexander Frei. So after 40 minutes the Hungarians remained 2-0 in the lead.

Reaction comes too late

At the beginning of the final third, the Hungarians struck for the third time with Istvan Sofron. The match seemed to be over, but Italy didn't give up and came close again in the 45.16 minute with Alexander Egger. The HC Bozen defender netted a pass from Brian Ihnacak. The “Azzurri” then survived being twice outnumbered and then had three good opportunities to make the game exciting again with Markus Gander, Brian Ihnacak and Alexander Egger again. However, Italy missed these three chances and even conceded the final score of 1:4 to Marton Vas in the final minute when Andreas Bernard made room for a sixth field player.

Italy - Hungary 1:4 (0:2, 0:0, 1:2) Gates: 0:1 Daniel Koger (10.52), 0:2 Balint Magosi (17.52), 0:3 Istvan Sofron (43.01), 1:3 Alexander Egger (45.16), 1:4 Marton Vas (59.16)

The matches on the third matchday:

Kazakhstan - Japan 7:2 Italy - Hungary 1:4 Poland - Ukraine 3:2

Tabel:

1. Kazakhstan 9 points (17:4 goal difference) 2. Poland 6 (6:4) 3. Hungary 6 (8:8) 4. Italy 5 (5:6) 5. Ukraine 1 (5:10) 6. Japan 0 (4:13)

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Hockey World Cup: Italy loses 1:4 to Hungary

The Italian national ice hockey team suffered its first defeat at the A World Championships in Krakow on Wednesday. After the opening victories against Poland and the Ukrainians, the “Azzurri” had to admit defeat to Hungary with 1:4 goals.

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