The youngsters from Slovakia take down Italy

The Blue Team lost 1-3 to Slovakia at the Helsinki Ice Hall on Saturday evening. A poor starting third and their own offensive weakness deprived the Azzurri, who were fighting with self-sacrifice, of a point they had hoped for. So the big relegation showdown against Kazakhstan will take place on Monday (15.20:XNUMX p.m., CEST).

First and foremost, it was Slovakia's exceptional talents that gave Italy a hard time. The 18-year-old ice hockey prodigy Juraj Slafkovsky, who is considered the number one pick in the NHL draft, went wild, Simon Nemec, who was the same age, made a difference on defense and Adam Sykora, who was a year younger, set the course with his 2: 0 goal early for victory. Afterwards, Andreas Bernard's brilliant save kept his team in the game for a long time before Trivellato gave hope again with the goal. But Slovakia no longer allowed the butter to be taken away from its bread.

Short & sweet: The highlights of the game Kristof goes first 1-0 for Slovakia: Slafkovsky finishes, Bernard lets the puck bounce to the side, Tomas Tatar brings it with his skate to the middle, where Michal Kristof only has to lob it into the empty goal (11th). A 17-year-old follows up Six seconds before the end of the third, the favorite strikes again. The outstanding Slafkovsky (18 years old) sets up 17-year-old Adam Sykora after a counterattack and celebrates after his teammate puts the puck into the corner - 2-0 (20th). Aluminum bad luck for Italy What an opportunity for Italy! In the power play, Daniel Mantenuto fires a slap shot that hits the post with full force (21'). Tatar hits the crossbar Tomas Tatar made it 3-0 for Slovakia. The New Jersey Devils striker hits the crossbar with a one-timer. Trivellato makes it exciting In the power play, Alex Trivellato hammers a shot from the blue line into the net (45th). It's 1:2. As a result, Italy have scored at least one goal in every World Cup game so far. That's annoying! A petty whistled penalty against Dylan Di Perna has consequences: Andreas Bernard defuses two shots, but the goalie is powerless on Alex Tamasi's third attempt. The final score is 3-1. After this defeat, Italy will focus on the match with Kazakhstan, which had already been declared a final. The Azzurri have scheduled an ice training session on Sunday morning, after which Monday's opponent will be studied via video. The Kazakhs, who still have no points, are in last place behind Italy, and the loser of the duel has to be relegated from the world group as bottom of the table. Italy – Slovakia 1:3 Italy: Bernard (Fazio); Trivellato-Di Perna, Miglioranzi-Pietroniro, Glira-Gios, Spornberger; Frigo-Mantenuto-McNally, Sanna-Simon Kostner-Petan, Frank-Hannoun-Diego Kostner, Traversa-Mantinger-Deluca, Insam Coach: Ireland

Slovakia: Huska (Tomek); Fehervary-Ceresnak, Ivan-Nemec, Janosik-Graman, Rosandic-Gachulinec; Slafkovsky-Kristof-Tatar, Takac-Roman-Regenda, Liska-Tamasi-Lantosi, Lunter-Kollar-Sykora Coach: Ramsay

Gates: 0:1 Michal Kristof (10.31), 0:2 Adam Sykora (19.54), 1:2 Alex Trivellato (44.09), 1:3 Alex Tamasi (49.14)

Viewers: 3442 The Group A table: Pos Team Games Points 1. Switzerland 5 15 2. Canada 5 12 3. Germany 5 12 4. Denmark 5 9 5. Slovakia 5 6 6. France 5 5 7. Italy 5 1 8. Kazakhstan 5 0

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The youngsters from Slovakia take down Italy

Everything was given and nothing was gained. This summary also applies to Italy's sixth World Cup game, in which they suffered their sixth defeat. The Blue Team held its own against Slovakia until the end.

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