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The skip of the national team at 360 degrees on the historical experience that saw Italy touch access to the playoffs. And on the blue future in the world of curling ...
Wednesday 10 April 2019 3 minutes reading time
He led the Azzurri on an extraordinary journey, as a skip and symbol of an Italy that made many fans and not dreamed, touching the historic access to the playoffs after winning the beauty of 7 games.
The world championship of the curling national team can only be considered positive and Joel Retornaz draws up a balance in this sense, while underlining how it can be improved further to make the movement grow. "Certainly it was a good World Cup for us, the 7 victories certify it - analyzes the 35-year-old native of Geneva - Never the Italian national team had achieved such a result by touching the playoffs. The team has always played well the competition, even in the lost races because we found ourselves facing superior opponents. No recrimination ".
What can this national team improve? "Simply, we have to play more games at this level, the only 9 European matches and 12 of the World Cup are not enough, also because they are preceded only by a couple of tournaments. The habit in managing the games makes the difference at these levels ".
Retornaz looks to his future, obviously linked to a national team that feels more and more his: "The desire is not lacking, as long as I enjoy it I think it is right to continue. It was perhaps my best World Championship (the percentages indicate that it was one of the best skips of the competition, ed), I feel fit and the team can still grow â€.
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