Last place: Blue Team also loses at the end

After the unsuccessful appearances against Latvia and France Although the Azzurri once again showed a slight upward trend, they were still unable to gain points even against bottom team Hungary. Italy lost 1:2. It became clear once again: the shoe pinches in attack. Particularly in the starting third and in the last part of the game, Italy acted well, carried out strong backchecking and tried to combine well. However, the Hungarians were never able to restrict themselves permanently in their third and only sporadically create a real goal threat. It wasn't until the 39th minute that the spell broke - but on the other side: Gergo Nagy intercepted a shot, rounded Andreas Bernard and slotted in to make it 1-0. The Kalterer, who had also been given priority over Justin Fazio in the meaningless last game, was able to fend off all attacks from the Hungarians, who were clearly superior in the second third. In the 48th minute, Bernard had to reach behind himself again. This time Akos Mihaly lost out after brilliant work from Istvan Bartalis. Morini scores only tournament goal The 0-2 scoreline came at a time when the Azzurri were close to an equalizer several times. Giovanni Morini and Thomas Larkin missed the Blue Team's best chances to date after a counterattack. It wasn't until six minutes before the end that coach Greg Ireland's men were able to celebrate for the first time in this tournament: Morini lifted the disc into the top corner after a fine one-two with Luca Frigo and at the same time rewarded himself for his extremely strong performance. The 26-year-old HC Lugano striker was involved in many of Italy's scoring chances that day. However, neither the goalscorer nor his teammates should be able to hide the overall poor performance in Riga. There, Italy's negative run after the botched World Cup continued. The Blue Team has now been waiting for a sense of success since the friendly win against France on May 1st, i.e. for 14 games. Hungary – Italy 2:1 Hungary: Rajna (Arany); Pozsgai-Horvath, Sziranyi-Garat, Stipsicz-Szabo, Toth; Erdely-Hari-Sofron, Magosi-Bartalis-Mihaly, Papp-Nagy-Terbocs, Benk-Vas-Nagy Coach: Simpson Italy: Bernard (Fazio); Trivellato-Larkin, Glira-Spornberger, Miglioranzi-Marchetti, Gios; Frank-Petan-Miceli, Frigo-Morini-Simon Kostner, Giliati-Alberga-Traversa, Diego Kostner-Hochkofler-Deluca, Magnabosco. Coach: Ireland Gates: 1:0 Gergo Nagy (38.13), 2:0 Akos Mihaly (47.23), 2:1 Giovanni Morini (53.07) The table: Pos Team Games Points 1. Latvia 3 9 2. France 3 6 3. Hungary 3 3 4. Italy 3 0

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Last place: Blue Team also loses at the end

Italy's national ice hockey team ends the Olympic qualifying tournament in Riga without a sense of success. Early on Sunday afternoon there was also a defeat in the meaningless last game against Hungary, the 14th in a row.

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