Fistball players narrowly miss the sensation

Coach Jörg Ramel's team had to compete against the “big three” Germany, Switzerland and Austria in the preliminary round group on Friday in a row.

In unstable, partly rainy weather, the identical result was achieved twice against Germany and Switzerland, namely 0:2 with the set scores 6:11 and 5:11. Both times the “Azzurri” around batsman Armin Runer fought bravely and also used young talent like the Spornberger brothers.

Acclaimed set win against Austria The highlight of the day was the match against Austria. Since SSV Bozen has been playing in the Austrian Bundesliga for several years, all the players knew each other very well. The match started exactly to the taste of the South Tyrolean fans who had traveled with them, as the “Azzurri” deservedly won the first set 11:8. The Austrians initially found little antidote to Armin Runer's attacks and statements.

When the red-white-red coach Martin Weiss made a few changes, things worked out better for Austria. Set two went relatively quickly to the Alpine Republic with 11:5. So set three had to decide for third place in the preliminary group. Fair gesture at match point In the third set the match was on a knife edge for a long time. Until the 6th/7th The “Azzurri” kept up well at the point, then an Austrian spurt decided the match. At the decisive point that made the final score 11:7 or 2:1, there was a fair gesture to be admired: Even before the celebration, Austria's attacker Karl Müllehner immediately went to Bolzano's Moritz Menz, whom he had unintentionally hit in the head with the ball seconds before , to apologize. Quarterfinals on Saturday at 12.30 p.m The “Azzurri” will now continue on Saturday at 12.30 p.m. with the quarter-finals against the winner of preliminary group B. Since there are still games on Saturday morning, it is not yet clear whether Italy's opponents will be Poland, the Czech Republic or Denmark. With a win in the quarter-finals, the minimum goal of fourth place would be achieved. The Azzurri team Under the leadership of coach Jörg Ramel, the following 10 Bozen players are taking part in the European Championships in Baden-Württemberg: Armin and Florian Runer, Moritz Menz, Moritz Scherer, Valentin Schwarz, Christian Scartezzini, Fabian Obexer, Simon Prudenziati as well as Matthias and Michael Spornberger.

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Fistball players narrowly miss the sensation

The 2018 European Fistball Championship began with the preliminary round games on Friday in Adelmannsfelden, east of Stuttgart. Also there were the players from SSV Bozen as the Italian national team, who sold their fur at a high price.

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