The Italian Legends beat Great Britain at the Brunico Masters

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With a good first I fear the Italian Legends beat Great Britain 9 to 1 at the Brunico Masters, scheduled at the Intercable Arena until 3 June. The Azzurri lock down the result already in the first fraction.

Ready away and Christian Steinhauser immediately goes close to the net. Italy remains in attack and after 41 seconds finds the goal with Steinhauser. It's the only jolt in the first five minutes, where the teams study each other but don't create anything anymore, apart from a conclusion from Laurati that touches the post. At 6:45 the Azzurri double through Ponterosso. At 8:06 Italy finds the third goal with Steinhauser. Not much passes and the Azzurri can try to take advantage of the first numerical superiority. Italy touches the net with the puck that is printed on the crossbar. Great Britain emerges unscathed from inferiority. However, it is always the Azzurri who come forward. On the 13th nice shot by Morling but the blue goalie saves. At 15:44 the Azzurri find the fourth goal through Zolovkins. At 16 and 38 the English make it 4 to 1 with Morling. The Azzurri try to respond immediately with Steinhauser. At 2:09 from the first siren, the Azzurri find the fifth goal with Ponterosso. The English respond with a 9 shot but the goalie deflects with his stick. A few seconds from the siren Ponterosso tries but the British goalie blocks. The first half ended 5-1.

At the beginning of the second half it was always Ponterosso who became dangerous, but the shot was blocked. In the second minute, the English goalie had a nice finish but the blue goalie saved. At 3 and 50 Steinhauser again scores the 6 to 1. A few moments pass and it is Ponterosso who touches the net. At 3 and 58 Vaccarino scores the 7 to 1. A few moments later Italy finds the eighth goal with Endrizzi. Great Britain tries with 97 and on the restart Cocco serves Steinhauser who scores 9 to 1. In the seventh again the English 97 tries from afar but the shot is blocked by the leg of an Azzurri defender. A few moments pass and Italy can try to take advantage of the second power play. Great Britain emerges unscathed from the penalty, even if in the last seconds from the end they commit a foul again. For Italy second consecutive power play. Great Britain time out and goalie changed. In superiority Italy creates little and 28 seconds from the end of the power play they commit a foul in attack. It is therefore played 3 against 3. Great Britain thus has a minute and a half of superiority but fails to score. In the last minutes nothing happens and Italy finds the second consecutive victory.