Successful test: Italy defeats Austria

The Division IA World Cup in Nottingham, England begins for the Azzurri in 17 days with the game against Romania. There is still a month left before Austria intervenes in the title fights of the top division. In view of this, the teams in Brunico were not yet in top form - especially since countless regulars were missing on both sides. Nevertheless, the approximately 1200 fans got to see a game that they liked and that Italy won 2-0.

Without the ailing Alex Petan, the Keenan team played with a very young squad: only captain Alex Trivellato and Marco Insam exceeded the 30-year mark. Although Austria set the tone for much of the match, the young Azzurri played carefree and earned a place in the World Cup squad. Like Fassa crack Marco Defrancesco, who played a key role in the victory with his goal. But Justin Fazio, who defused all 27 shots, also deserved special praise.

What stands out: As was the case at the four-nation tournament in Bolzano two months ago, the defenders are Italy's most dangerous attackers: the aforementioned Defrancesco and Peter Spornberger, who has struck four times in the last three games with the national team, provided impressive goals with their impressive goals the final score was 2-0. The Austrians have a chance for revenge on Friday when the nations meet again in Innsbruck (17.30:XNUMX p.m.). The highlights Glira's bad luck The game is only 58 seconds old when Daniel Glira comes close to making it 1-0. The puck remains in front of goalie Florian Vorauer, who is lying on the ground. Glira takes the shot with his back hand, but it only hits the post. On the other hand, Simeon Schwinger also has bad luck with aluminum. Goal premiere After Glira and Felix Maxa once again missed two top-class players, Marco Defrancesco broke the goal spell: set in motion by Stefan Spinell, the Fassa defender scored his first goal in the national team's uniform with a well-placed shot from the slot. Rich shot In the power play, Peter Spornberger increased the score to 2-0: The DEL crack took measurements from the blue line and put the puck precisely into the top corner. Italy – Austria 2:0 Italy: Fazio (Vallini); Trivellato-Pietroniro, Spornberger-Glira, Casetti-Gios, Defrancesco-March; Marchetti-Hannoun-Salinitri, Ivan Deluca-Glück-Insam, Mantinger-Stephan Deluca-Magnabosco, Spinell-Berger-Schiavone. coach: Keenan

Austria: Vorauer (Schmidt); Lindner-Zündel, Wimmer-Kirchschläger, Wolf-Würschl, Kernberger-Schnetzer; Romig-Kainz-Gaffal, Schwinger-Maxa-Neubauer, Kraus-Antal-Preiser, Wallenta-Wallner-Bretschneider. coach: Bader

Gates: 1:0 Defrancesco (29.48), 2:0 Spornberger (49.17)

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Successful test: Italy defeats Austria

Italy's national ice hockey team secured a hard-earned victory at the start of their World Cup preparations. Mike Keenan's team put Austria in its place in Bruneck on Wednesday. However, the significance of this victory is not that great.

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