Nottingham: Italy passes World Cup dress rehearsal

The Blue Team flew from Munich to Nottingham two days ago. The Azzurri faced South Korea in England's World Cup venue early on Thursday afternoon and won 5-3. Also taking part for the first time were HCB players Enrico Miglioranzi, Dylan Di Perna, Angelo Miceli, Luca Frigo and Daniel Mantenuto. However, Gianluca Vallini, Lorenzo Casetti, Thomas Larkin, Dante Hannoun, Josè Antonio Magnabosco and Anthony Salinitri were spared in the last test before the World Cup. Italy was 3-0 ahead after just ten minutes. The Azzurri scored their first two goals while outnumbered. First, Alex Petan took the target and made it 1-0. A little later, Mantenuto passed to Frigo after a counterattack. Daniel Tedesco then scored the 3-0 in the power play. But South Korea was not shocked and was even able to equalize to 3-3 in the middle of the second period. When Miceli deflected Petan's shot into the goal a little later in the power play, Italy took the lead again. Brandon McNally then finished off the game with his empty-net goal in the final minute. Five more players will be cut Coach Mike Keenan will announce the Azzurri's final World Cup squad on Friday. This means he has to cut five players from the squad. Italy's title fights on the island begin on Saturday against Romania. The games then continue with the games against South Korea (April 30th), Poland (May 2nd), Lithuania (May 3rd) and Great Britain (May 5th). In the end, the top two will win promotion. Italy is one of the top favorites alongside Great Britain and Poland. Italy – South Korea 5:3 Italy: Fazio (Clara); Trivellato-Pietroniro, Spornberger-Insam, Miglioranzi-Di Perna, Glira-Gios; Miceli-Petan-Tedesco, Frigo-Mantenuto-Zanetti, Brunner-Traversa-Marchetti, Deluca-Glück-McNally. Coach: Keenan Gates: 1:0 Petan (7.55), 2:0 Frigo (8.49), 3:0 Tedesco (10.01), 3:1 Wook (13.56), 3:2 Wook (19.53), 3:3 Woo (28.12), 4: 3 Miceli (32.20), 5:3 McNally (59.39).

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Nottingham: Italy passes World Cup dress rehearsal

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