Azzurri without ideas have no chance against Norway

As if Italy didn't already have to deal with enough adversity, a cornerstone of the team, Marco Rosa, was also missing on Sunday. The Asiago striker was... Germany game badly checked against the gang by Jonas Müller. Instead of the 39-year-old, Asiago defender Enrico Miglioranzi slipped into the lineup, allowing Peter Hochkofler to be called up in attack. Rosa's position in the second forward line was taken over by HCB crack Simon Pitschieler. He and his teammates had big problems against the robust Norwegians and ultimately had to admit defeat 1:4.

Although Norway had lost their first World Cup game against Germany 1-5, the Azzurri knew that the game against the Scandinavians would be a very difficult one. Petter Thoresen's team has been represented in the ice hockey upper house without interruption since 2006, so they are used to such a level and are also experienced and well-rehearsed. Things that cannot be said about Italy. These differences were also evident in Riga: Norway immediately took control of the game and did not relinquish it during the entire match. Trettenes becomes a horror for Italy However, Ken André Olimb & Co. initially failed to convert their field advantages into opportunities. So the game rippled along - until Anthony Bardaro & Co. involuntarily provided help and, so to speak, leveled the score for Norway. In an attempt to forecheck aggressively, the Azzurri ran into a counterattack, which Matthias Trettenes finished from a tight angle (1th). We then waited in vain for a reaction from the Blue Team. Against the Norwegians, who were technically and especially skating superior, Italy found no way to create even a rudimentary goal threat. The De Bettin troops had proven against Germany that they definitely had offensive potential.

However, on this day they were unable to make the most of this and so throughout the game there was never the impression that Italy could seriously put Norway in danger. The outsider was really showcased, especially in the second section. The Norwegians fired 23 shots at Justin Fazio, two of which found their way into the goal: First, Mats Rosseli Olsen placed an unstoppable direct shot into the far corner in the power play (26th), then Stefano Marchetti faked a cross pass, again in the power play, into his own goal ( 37.) off. The goal was awarded to the eye-catching Trettenes. Now mass was said.

Daniel Frank celebrates his goal. © APA/afp / GINTS IVUSKANS

Especially since Trettenes completed his hat trick at the beginning of the final third with a remarkable deflection. From then on, the favorite loosened the reins a little, which gave the Azzurri, who tested Norway goalie Henrik Haukeland a total of 18 times, more opportunities. One of them was used by captain Daniel Frank, who poked the puck over the line after a Marchetti shot (52'). However, this goal was nothing more than cosmetic results. Norway ended up with a well-deserved 4-1 win. Now it's time to get this game over and done with as quickly as possible, because the game against hosts Latvia is scheduled for Monday (15.15:XNUMX p.m.). Italy – Norway 1:4 Italy: Fazio (Fadani); Casetti-Pietroniro, Spornberger-Glira, Marchetti-Miglioranzi, Soracreppa-Gios; Frank-Petan-Frigo, Giliati-Pitschieler-Hochkofler, Miceli-Bardaro-Magnabosco, Deluca-Andergassen-Galimberti Coach: Giorgio De Bettin

Norway: Haukeland (Arntzen); Holm-Holøs, Lesund-Espeland, Kaasastul-Krogdahl, Ostby; Pettersen-Olimb-Rosseli Olsen, Olden-Trettenes-Lindstrom, Haga-Olimb-Valkvæ Olsen, Roymark-Brekke Henriksen-Kristiansen, Solem Coach: Petter Thoresen

Gates: 0:1 Trettenes (10.04), 0:2 Rosseli Olsen (25.12), 0:3 Trettenes (36.01), 0:4 Trettenes (40.59), 1:4 Frank (51.55)

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Azzurri without ideas have no chance against Norway

Italy also suffered a defeat in the second game of the Ice Hockey World Championship in Riga (Latvia). Against Norway, the unimaginative performance rather than the end result weighed on the troubled Blue Team's spirits.

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