Custom-made World Cup start for the Blue Team - VIDEO

Coach Stefan Mair's team was committed to their work right from the start. In the first few minutes, the Italians created several opportunities as a result of a number of situations with the advantage, but they carelessly missed them. However, the “Azzurri” made it 1-0 in the first third: in the 13th minute, Ramoser completed an attack from the third line after a pass from Gander to make it 1-0. The Blue Team did not retreat as the game progressed and pushed for the second goal. Andergassen finally scored the supposed 2-0, but his goal was canceled by the referee team after video evidence due to a goal shift. So we went into the first third break with a narrow 1-0 lead. In the middle section, Trivellato and Tudin had the second goal on their hands, but failed and thus kept the Poles in the game. The home side survived several pressure situations and got back into the game in the 30th minute with Malasinski directing a Dronia shot into the net. For a short time the game even threatened to tip over, but the Italian team picked themselves up and went ahead 2-1 thanks to a remarkable goal from Frigo. A few moments before the second half-time siren, Frigo even had the opportunity to make it 3-1, but found his match against the opposing keeper, as did the Pole Chmielewski, who got stuck on the attentive Bernard.

Larkin closes the bag - favorite Slovenia awaits on Sunday The hosts, who were frantically driven forward by several thousand fans, weakened themselves in many situations with avoidable penalties and thus gave Egger and Co. some breathing space. However, because the Blue Team no longer took advantage of the opportunities available with one man on the ice, the game remained a dance on a knife's edge until the end. Poland tried more and more with the crowbar, but never found a way through the stable Italian defense. Even when Coach Plachta sent a sixth field player onto the ice for goalkeeper Odrobny, the Italians held out. Two seconds before the end the decision was finally made, which Larkin made with a shot into the empty goal. After the promising start, the “Azzurri” have no time to catch their breath: on Sunday the Mair team will face Slovenia, who outclassed Japan 7-1 this Saturday. As a reminder: Only the tournament winner will definitely qualify for the A-WM 2017 in Cologne and Paris. The runner-up will only be promoted if the two hosts of the 2017 A-WM, Germany and France, do not finish seventh and eighth in their groups at the upcoming A-WM in Russia. The bottom team in the table, however, is relegated to the 1st Division Group B.

Ice Hockey World Championships 1st Division in Katowice (POL): Poland – Italy 1:3 (0:1, 1:1, 0:1) 0:1 Joachim Ramoser (12.25), 1:1 Tomasz Malasinski (30.13), 1:2 Luca Frigo (36.19), 1:3 Thomas Larkin (59.58) Slovenia – Japan 1:7 (0:1, 0:4, 1:2) South Korea – Austria 2:3 nP (1:0, 1:0, 0:2, 0:0)

The table: 1. Slovenia 3 points 2. Italy 3 3. Austria 2 4. South Korea 1 5. Poland 0 6. Japan 0

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Custom-made World Cup start for the Blue Team - VIDEO

The Italian national ice hockey team started the 1st Division World Championship in Katowice with a victory. At the start, the “Azzurri” beat hosts Poland 3-1 on Saturday afternoon.

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