Close, but still: Blue Team wins the World Cup dress rehearsal

After the two games against Austria (2-1 win and 0-5 defeat), as well as the narrow 1-2 defeat against Slovenia on Thursday, the Azzurri met France in front of around 500 spectators. Les Bleu is playing in Group A of the Top Division at the World Cup in Finland, just like Italy. The World Cup duel between the Blue Team and France will take place on May 18th. The Azzurri narrowly won the dress rehearsal on Friday evening 1-0. National coach Greg Ireland, who used all the goalies in the test matches, gave preference to Andreas Bernard on Friday. The Kalterer player was hardly challenged in the first half of the game, especially in the first third the French remained harmless. The only goal of the game also came in the starting third. Marco Magnabosco, who was flawless defensively, set up Luca Frigo during a counterattack and the Bolzano attacker hammered the puck into the goal from a distance (19th). A goal worth seeing that should remain the only one in the game. As a result, France got into the action a little better, but the shots were easy prey for Bernard. Little by little the guests became dangerous in the middle third and so the HCB goalkeeper became the best Azzurro with some good saves. France had already used up their powder, as things remained mostly quiet in front of Bernard in the third period of the game. In the end, the South Tyrolean celebrated a shutout and his team celebrated a successful test match, with the defensive block in particular being convincing. Italy – France 1:0 Italy: Bernard (Fadani); Ginnetti-Casetti, Glira-Gios, Miglioranzi-Pietroniro, Trivellato-Di Perna; Deluca-Mantenuto-Berger, Frigo-Hannoun-Magnabosco, Felicetti-Kostner-Marchetti, Mantinger-Petan-Sanna, Kasslatter. Coach: Greg Ireland France: Ylonen (Papillon); Bougro-Gallet, Bosco-llorca, Crinon-Thiry, Chaikachvili-Bault; Farnier-Colotti-Fabre, Leclerc-Ritz-Valier, Perret-Claireaux-Treille, Bozon-Boudon-Fleury Coach: Philippe Bozon Gate: 1:0 Frigo (18.15) Viewers: 500

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Close, but still: Blue Team wins the World Cup dress rehearsal

On Friday evening, Italy played their fourth test match in a row - with a view to the A World Cup in Finland. This time the opponent in Pontebba was France.

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