BalticWarrior
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Italy really found their range at last
The shot was a snipe tho. Italian player shouldnt have been allowed to make the shot in the first place , however thats a different discussion.
GDT: Group B - May 20 - Austria vs Italy
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The shot was a snipe tho. Italian player shouldnt have been allowed to make the shot in the first place , however thats a different discussion.
BalticWarrior
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Yeah if anyone doesnt deserve to be here - its Italy. Literally the worst team i have ever seen play at Worlds since i can remember watching hockey.
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I have been watching Italy pretty much every year, this is the worst team that has ever been iced since I can rememeber. Often sucked, but this is a whole another level of suckiness. To be fair today it seems that Austria (or at least Austria's defensive game) is really putting an effor in sucking even more. I must say that I am impressed.
BalticWarrior
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This game decides which team deserves to stay up, I don't really understand why would anyone disagree. If Austria can't beat Italy, then they obviously don't deserve to stay up.
Rosa put some really good seasons in the AHL - I see nothing wrong with a placeholder player like this...it's not like you have a pile of young players pushing through. His goal may be enough to secure top flight status and hopefully a younger player or two is ready.
Having said all this, Austria should not be losing a game like this. If they do they can look in the mirror. Div 1 A is pretty weak right now, they would battle France and Slovenia most likely. Hungary and Korea seem a step below and then there is Romania...a shock promotion to Div 1A
That is true. At the end of the day, every single recent appearance of Italy at the top division has been pretty much a warmup tournament for the one match that counts, this year it's not different.
That said, sucking this bad is very bad also for the bad standard of the italian team. If, for some exhilarating and embarassing reason, Italy manages to stay up, I hope that this disgrace of a coaching team will be kicked to the moon anyways.
BalticWarrior
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??? Italy is always an elevator team, mostly spending its time getting its shit kicked in
SoundAndFury
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There is really no obvious explanation why they did as bad as they have. One could point at the coach and say the system they played just didn't work at all under the circumstances but at the same time, they are tied in the 3rd of an elimination game, so.. It's like the team as a whole came to win 1 game and ignore all the others as whatever..
BalticWarrior
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Defense in this game is sometimes just hilarious
Yeah both are terrible. Almost a comedy show on ice.
BalticWarrior
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Austria up until this point has looked way more competitive than Italy. Italians werent PLAYING for most of the game against us, they literally just stood in the defensive zone and prayed to god the games gonna end sooner.
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Very dumb decisions of the coach, namely leaving Scandella and Goi home. Important injuries, like Larkin and Morini. A team that does not play like one, but just as a bunch of guys moving randomly on a frozen surface
Yeah, I knew they were an up and down team but thought they were better than what they had done this year.
That is absolutely irrelevant though. If Italy wins it means that they have outperformed Austria and thus fully deserving of staying up. Austria certainly hasn't looked any good either.
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They pretty much got 1 game per year they're in, in which they might get to OT and this looks like is it
BalticWarrior
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Well i guess it comes down to philosophy and we mean by the word deserve . Obviously if they win they stay up (and they deserve it in that sense) , but looking at Italian team from purely the competitive side, they absolutley dont. They literally provide NOTHING. You might aswell dress up dummies in italian uniforms and put them by the net.
Well, in 2017 they almost beat us, we tied the game with a lucky goal in the last minute and won in OT But it was a really abysmal Slovak team. Anyway, I also remember them playing close games vs Latvia and Denmark that year. Thank you for saving us that year, Latvia and Denmark
But it was a really abysmal Slovak team. Anyway, I also remember them playing close games vs Latvia and Denmark that year. Thank you for saving us that year, Latvia and Denmark Ad
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