Curlingworld championships 2021
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In Calgary, the Azzurri surrender to Canada as the landlord and then to measure against the Russians. In the last four games, the 'en plein will be needed to play the Olympic pass.
Wednesday 7 April 2021 4 minutes reading time
The road of the Italian men's national team at the Curling World Championships starts steeply uphill. On the fifth day of competitions in Calgary, the Azzurri suffered a double defeat against Canada and Russia that could compromise the race to the goal of the eve, namely the first six places of the world championship that assign the Olympic pass to Beijing 2022. With 9 matches out of the 13 scheduled in the first round robin phase, the Italian team now needs a final sprint to try to hook the five-ring train.
We will start from the eighth provisional position in the standings, which is a consequence of the two knockouts gained in the past few hours. The first came, as mentioned, at the hands of the hosts of Canada. Yet Sebastiano Arman (second, Aeronautica Militare), Mattia Giovanella (lead, CC Cembra 88), Amos Mosaner (third, Aeronautica Militare) and Joel Retornaz (skip, Pinerolo 2006) had immediately started well, stealing their opponents' hand in the first end and then, after the Canadian equal, replacing two other scoring in the fourth end up to the partial 3-1.
The fifth and sixth rounds, however, change the face of the game, with the 3-3 and even then the 6-3 signed by the hosts. The blues fail to react and the match ends with Canada in control and the result set at 7-4.
Even in the second game, the one that took place at 3 am in Italy, the tricolor team started off on the right foot by scoring two points in the second end and stealing the hand in the third until 3-1. Then, in the fourth, fatal distractions that cost even 4 points with a consequent reversal of the result (3-5). The game continues until the Russians reach 7-5 and when Italy should place their paw to reopen the game definitively, they instead get their hand stolen, making the two points of the ninth end that fix the score at 8-7 in vain. final in favor of the opponents.
Italcurling will be back on the ice tonight at 10pm for the match against Norway, then at 3am the match against Scotland. A double victory is needed to cultivate the Olympic dream.
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