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'' It was a week of friendlies that just passed by the Italian national ice hockey, which Asiago is preparing to face the best upcoming World Championships Top Division that will snap this weekend in Minsk, Belarus.
Monday 5 May 2014 5 minutes reading time
The blue team some time in retreat in the famous plateau has played two test matches against Kazakhstan, training equal to that of Italy will participate'' '' s world championship event.
In the first game, the Italian national team has set to 1 to 3 goals thanks to the achievements of Christian Borgatello, Luca Felicetti and David Nicoletti and especially thanks to the big bailouts goalkeeper Daniel Bellissimo which prevented to a certain Kazakhstan to take the lead already during the first time.
'' The Italian coach Pokel has suffered throughout the first portion of the game the pressure of the Asian team, raising his head only in the second drittel Borgatello when he slipped at the first real opportunity Italian goalie opponent. Since that time the Blues have seemed more organized in the field and the first decline in Kazakh, Felicetti found by 2 to 0 which made the game ended.
In the third and last time, in fact, both teams have created quite a few occasions with Kazakhstan to minus seven mermaid has found a temporary network of 2 to 1, then inserting in the last 60 seconds, the sixth man of the movement to try to equalize. '''' The addition of an extra attacker but did not give the desired results in the formation guest since Nicoletti just a few seconds from the end with the door unguarded has made the final 3 to 1.
In the second friendly,'' the Italian coach Tom Pokel has implemented several changes, starting with the golie and the pair of attackers. Compared to the previous match in fact, the net is blue was defended by Bernard who replaced Beautiful, while in attack Stofner Tudin and have taken the place of Bona and Bernard.
'' The Italian started off well. '' All eighth, training blue took the lead thanks to the marking of Trevor Johnson clever to make the most of a powerplay situation.'' S Italy continued to attack looking to the second embodiment but less than two from the first break Alexey Vasilchenko Bags disk behind Bernard.
Back at camp the Kazakhs share strong and within three minutes thanks to goals by Semenov and Romanov pass to lead by 3 to 1. A few minutes after the end of drittel Luca Felicetti allows the Blues to close the gap and play everything for all'' in the final third.
After the break, the'' Italian takes to the track determined but can not be too dangerous. In the final Pokel, just to find the equalizer off Bernard and inserts the sixth man of the movement. The move, however, does not pay. For 11 seconds from the end of the Kazakhstan earns the disc and Antropov finally closes the'' meeting on the score of 4 to 2.
Outside results, these two matches have provided important information to the technician Tom Pokel U.S. in the coming days will issue the list of'' blue'' that next Saturday will start the adventure rainbow in the World Top Division in Minsk.
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