After a hard fight: South Tyrol is through!

The South Tyrolean selection is in the semi-finals and thus maintains its chance of winning the title. Slovenia presented itself as the expected unpleasant opponent in the quarter-finals of the Europeada. From the start, the Slovenian minority in Italy stood deep, waited for counterattacks and gave few chances to score. A wonderful long-range shot from Andreas Nicoletti in the 20th minute of the game provided the opening goal. After a defensive mistake, Pfitscher had a great opportunity to increase the score to 2-0 shortly before the half-time whistle when he was denied by the Slovenian goalkeeper, who reacted brilliantly. South Tyrol was the dominant team in the first half, but only went into the dressing room with a narrow one-goal lead. At South Tyrol Menghin came into play for Ohnewein. After the restart, the Slovenians found their way into the game better and an open exchange of blows developed with several scoring opportunities. In the 70th minute, Martin Ritsch's free kick was missed by the Slovenian goalkeeper, who once again made a brilliant save. In the last quarter of an hour, South Tyrol brought fresh players into the game: Lanzinger came on for Lercher, Haller for Rellich and Clementi for Mair. After a beautifully executed move via Zimmerhofer, Ritsch narrowly missed the preliminary decision in the 82nd minute. Fearful final minutes In the hectic final phase of the game, the Slovenians pushed for the equalizer. During stoppage time there were some pack formations and heated tempers on the pitch. The South Tyrolean players stayed cool, kept the zero and ultimately deserved to win 1-0. Goalscorer Andreas Nicoletti summed up the game as follows after the final whistle: “It was a really difficult game. The Slovenians in Italy had some good players in their ranks, several Serie D and top league players. We started the game well prepared. After 20 minutes, Ritsch put me in the spotlight and I hit the ground running. In the second half we really had to bite and pick ourselves up. We are happy to have moved forward. Now it’s time to recover well, because the semi-finals are coming up tomorrow – with the right attitude we will try to win again!”

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After a hard fight: South Tyrol is through!

Quarterfinals passed! The South Tyrolean selection narrowly defeated the Slovenian minority in Italy (Slovenci v Italiji) in a turbulent game at the Europeada and thus moved into the semi-finals.

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