“I’m proud of my team”

Kurt Platter from Stockholm At 14.34:52 p.m. the first victory at an A World Cup against Denmark was finalized. Giulio Scandella scored the 4-3 winning goal after 2 seconds of extra time. The players of the Italian team celebrated wildly. It almost seemed like they had just won the World Cup. On the bench, national coach Rick Cornacchia and his assistants Fabio Polloni and John Parco fell into each other's arms. “I am extremely proud of my team. She did a great job today. After the rather disappointing performance against Germany, we put in a convincing performance this time. The players were much more determined in the duels and were wide awake from the start. The two quick goals in the starting third were important. They gave us a boost and a lot of confidence. Even though we fell behind 3-XNUMX in the middle third, my players never gave up,” said Cornacchia, who was full of praise after the press conference.

New storm lines harmonize The Italian Canadian did everything right today. Especially when it comes to line composition. The “Renon Line,” as Cornacchia called the parade block with Giulio Scandella, Dan Tudin and Luca Ansoldi, was the key to victory. But the rest of the attack formations were also convincing, although there is still room for improvement with one or two players. In goal, Daniel Bellissimo proved to be his usual reliable support. Alexander Egger returned to his usual place in defense instead of Christian Borgatello and once again proved to be “Mister Reliable”. With 24.53 minutes, the HC Bozen captain received the most ice time and gave the back team the necessary stability alongside Armin Helfer.

Defender Matt De Marchi shone as a two-goal scorer, but also had to concede the third goal. “Unfortunately, I had this mishap. I really wanted to make up for this mistake, which I luckily managed to do after Giulio Scandella's dream pass. I'm glad I was able to help the team with my two goals. “We have taken the first step towards staying in the league,” said a happy De Marchi, who was named his team’s best player.

Revenge succeeded for 2:4 On May 1st, Italy lost 2-4 to Denmark in Copenhagen. “This game was very important for us. “We lost, but we saw that we didn’t have a chance,” assured Cornacchia. The coach doesn't want to know anything about early relegation: “Two points aren't enough. We absolutely need another win, then we should be able to play in the big leagues next year. After the performance we showed today, I am confident that we can keep up with Latvia and Norway.”

The Danes, on the other hand, always had long faces after the “sudden death”. The “Vikings”, for whom Jannik Hansen (Vancouver Canucks) was suspended, probably underestimated the “Azzurri”. Coach Per Bäckman, who had three NHL cracks in Frans Nielsen (New York Islanders), Lars Eller (Montreal Canadiens) and Philip Larsen (Dallas Stars), struggled for words at the press conference: “What can I say? I'm just disappointed. After the convincing performance against the Czech Republic, we were completely out of sorts today. We made far too many individual mistakes and didn’t deserve to win.”

You can read more in the daily newspaper “Dolomiten” tomorrow

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“I’m proud of my team”

National coach Rick Cornacchia only has words of praise after the Azzurri's 4-3 win over Denmark.

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