That was close: Blue Team missed the World Cup coup

Italy was only able to offer really convincing ice hockey at times, but they brought Denmark, led by NHL star Nikolaj Ehlers, very close to the brink of defeat. In the end, the Northern Europeans won 2-1. The Azzurri are left with the bitter realization: There could have been more!

For two thirds, Daniel Frank and Co. achieved little, especially in the offensive movement, and yet the score was 40-1 after 1 minutes. Alex Petan equalized Ehlers' opening goal. In the final third, the Danes took the lead again and made it 2-1 with a bit of a lack of enthusiasm. Since Italy was only partially as convincing as before against Switzerland and Canada and Denmark also fired significantly more often on goal (shots 45:14), the favorite's victory is okay.

In this scene, Daniel Mantenuto (l.) tries to steal the target from Denmark's Frans Nielsen. © APA/afp / MIKKO STIG

Short & sweet: The highlights of the game The NHL star does it A harshly whistled penalty against Marco Insam leads to one of the many power plays by the Danes, who don't miss this opportunity: the puck comes to Winnipeg striker Nikolaj Ehlers, who hits it from a hidden angle over Bernard's stickhand (16th). Petan shocks Denmark Out of nowhere, the Azzurri reset everything! In the power play, Alex Petan and Dante Hannoun combined beautifully through the defense line and scored with a cross corner shot from the Fehervar striker (39'). Hannoun makes a mistake Italy missed the start of the final third. Hannoun carelessly releases the disc in his own defensive zone and then comes too late against Mathias Bau. The Dane scores to make it 2-1 (42nd). So close to equalization Daniel Mantenuto almost found the right answer to make it 1-2: a blocked shot landed on his racket, but the Asiago striker missed. Moments later, Luca Frigo lacks coolness in a 2-on-1 situation. Di Perna in aluminum bad luck Italy's great chance to equalize: Dylan Di Perna hits the inside post with a slap shot (54'). Then Denmark takes the lead over time. >>> You can read the gameplay here

After this defeat, Italy now faces the six-point game against France. The French, who are also threatened with relegation and have so far only been able to score points against Kazakhstan, will face the Azzurri on Wednesday from 15.20:XNUMX p.m. (CEST). With a win, the Ireland protégés would reach for relegation. Italy – Denmark 1:2 (0:1, 1:0, 0:1) Italy: Bernard (Fadani); Miglioranzi-Pietroniro, Spornberger-Di Perna, Glira-Gios, Casetti; Frank-Mantenuto-Petan, Sanna-Simon Kostner-Frigo, McNally-Hannoun-Deluca, Insam-Diego Kostner-Traversa, Magnabosco Coach: Greg Ireland

Denmark: Dahm (Dichow); Lassen-Lauridsen, Jensen Aabo-Kristensen, Nicholas Jensen-Larsen, Morten Jensen; Ehlers-Nielsen-Blichfeld, Scheel-Regin-Storm, Meyer-Bjorkstrand-Bau, Poulsen-Jakobsen-Aagaard, Asperup Coach: Heinz Ehlers

Gates: 0:1 Nikolaj Ehlers (15.54), 1:1 Alex Petan (39.00), 1:2 Mathias Bau (41.46)

Viewers: 2557 The Group A table: Pos Team Games Points 1. Canada 3 9 2. Switzerland 3 9 3. Denmark 3 6 4. Germany 3 6 5. Slovakia 3 3 6. France 3 3 7. Italy 3 0 8. Kazakhstan 3 0

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That was close: Blue Team missed the World Cup coup

Italy's national ice hockey team narrowly missed winning their first point at the World Cup in Finland. Denmark managed a narrow victory against the Azzurri.

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