Austria takes revenge on the Blue Team

One day after that convincing 2:1 in Bruneck Team boss Greg Ireland's team suffered a 0-5 defeat at the Innsbruck Olympia-World.

The Austrians offered a strong offensive performance and barely allowed the Azzurri to get into the game. Nico Feldner gave the hosts the lead after just 79 seconds. Shortly before the end of the first period, the superiority was also reflected in the result: Benjamin Nissner, who had recently joined the team like other Salzburg champion players, made it 2-0 with a fine individual move in the majority.

After the first break, Italy's defense was much better. Although the home team remained in control, the Azzurri were able to pose a threat on the counterattack. Nevertheless: Benjamin Baumgartner completed a nice solo in the second third with a shot into the top corner to make it 3-0 (36th). Dominic Zwerger, a second Swiss legionnaire, made it 54-4 with a penalty (0th) and the final point was set by Austrian captain Thomas Raffl, who gave Lugano goalie Davide Fadani the loss for the fifth time. His counterpart, ÖEHV goalie Bernhard Starkbaum, didn't have much trouble achieving the shutout; the score clearly favored red-white-red with 32:12 shots on goal.

The young Davide Fadani in the Italian goal had to reach behind him five times. © APA / EXPA/JOHANN GRODER

The Blue Team now have two days off to catch their breath before the next training camp begins on Wednesday in Pontebba. Austria - Italy 5:0 Austria: Starkbaum (Madlener); Unterweger-Kirchschlager, Zundel-Heinrich, Schnetzer-Wolf, Vallant-Kragl; Lebler-Haudum-Ganahl, Schneider-Nissner-Raffl, Feldner-Baumgartner-Zwerger Coach: Bader

Italy: Fadani (Rabanser); Di Perna-Trivellato, Pavlu-Glira, Pietroniro-Spornberger; Defrancesco-Marzolini, Sanna-Petan-Mantinger, Stephan Deluca-Kostner-Felicetti, Insam-Hannoun-Frigo, Kaslatter-Berger-Ivan Deluca Coach: Ireland

Gates: 1:0 Nico Feldner (1.19), 2:0 Benjamin Nissner (17.43), 3:0 Benjamin Baumgartner (35.53), 4:0 Dominic Zwerger (53.15), 5:0 Thomas Raffl (58.45)

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Austria takes revenge on the Blue Team

Italy's national ice hockey team had to admit defeat to Austria on Sunday afternoon in Innsbruck. It is the first defeat in the ongoing World Cup preparations.

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