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16.28. Yanagisawa hits Italy’s central guard and the Azzurri keep three stones in the point when the last two shots are missing
16.24: The mistake of the Japanese who do not find the rejection. Two blue stones always on point in a rather crowded house when the last 4 shots are missing
16.19: Two blue stones to point after 8 shots of the fifth end
16.15: Two blue stone to point after 4 shots, double left guard for Japan
16.11: AND THREE POINTS ITALY! Retornaz very inspired finds the precision shot and goes to remove from the center of the house the only Japanese stone present by placing second and third blue point. Italy ahead 7-2 after 4 ends
16.10: Stone blue point when the last shot of Retornaz is missing. With a precision shot many points could come for the Azzurri but it’s not easy
16.04: A Japanese stone points when the last 4 shots of the fourth end are missing but there are also two blue stones in the house on the same line
16.00: Japan tries to place the central guard but the blue rejection arrives. Always an Italian stone on point after 8 shots
15.57: Stone blue point after 4 shots of the fourth end
15.53: Yanagisawa’s rejection arrives and therefore Japan gets the point and shortens the distance: 4-2
15.52: Retornaz plays well, there are two blue stones at the point when the last shot of the Japanese is missing
15.48: A Japanese stone points when the last 4 shots of the third end are missing
15.45 A blue stone to point after 8 shots of the third end
15.42: Two blue stones to point after 4 shots of the third end, double side guard for Japan
15.38: AND THEY ARE 4 ITALY POINTS! The Azzurri took advantage of some inaccuracies by the Japanese and take a clear lead after two ends: 4-1
15.37: Chance to score 4 points for the Azzurri! The Japanese skip removes only one blue stone from the house
15.36: Retornaz also places the fourth blue stone in point, we await the Japanese rejection
15.32: There are three blue stones at the point when there are three shots left at the end
15.29: There are two blue stones at the point when the last six shots are missing
15-27: A blue stone to point after 8 shots of the second end
15.24: A Japanese stone at the point after the first 5 shots
15.20: With three blue stones in the house, Yanagisawa with fairness still manages to take the point by placing the stone in the center of the house with a difficult shot and avoiding having his hand stolen
15.16: Two blue stones in the house when there are 3 shots left
15.11: Stone blue point after 8 shots of the first end
15.08: Japanese Stone at the point after the first 5 shots of the first end
15.04: All ready for the start of the race. Hand to Japan
14.58: Teams on the ice, the challenge will start in a few minutes. The blue team is made up of Mattia Giovanella, Sebastiano Arman, Amos Mosaner, Joel Retornaz (skip).
14.55: At the World Cup there are 13 teams that are challenging each other in the round robin, at the end of which the ranking will be drawn up to define4 the knockout phase. The top 2 teams will fly directly to the semifinals, while the teams from third to sixth position will compete in the quarterfinals.
14.52: In case of defeat, Italy would still have a remote possibility of accessing the playoffs: they would have to beat South Korea and, at the same time, hope that Japan would lose against the already eliminated Germany.
14.49: Today’s challenge is decisive for access to the play-offs by the Azzurri who face Japan who have one victory less than the Azzurri and who have so far beaten Turkey 4-3, 9-2 South Korea, 6-5 the United States, 10-5 New Zealand and 9-3 the Czech Republic while being defeated 6-3 by Canada, 9-6 by Sweden, 9-2 by Scotland and 7-4 from Norway.
14.46: The Azzurri’s journey towards the playoffs did not start as expected, with a double defeat on the opening day against two of the strongest teams in the lot, Scotland and the hosts Canada, but Retornaz and his companions got back on track by beating in sequence Turkey, Switzerland (who suffered their only defeat against the Azzurri so far) and Germany, then the daring defeat against Norway, the double victory against New Zealand and the United States, the collapse against Sweden charge and yesterday’s redemption against the Czech Republic.
14.43: The Italians are in the running to gain access to the play-offs also in this world championship, after obtaining a fabulous bronze last year behind Sweden and Canada. The challenge with Japan is decisive to hit one of the first six places and go to play the play-off to enter the semifinals.
14.40: Hello friends of OA Sport and welcome to the live broadcast of Italy-Japan, the eleventh match of the Azzurri of the 2023 Curling World Cup.
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Good morning friends and friends of OA Sport and welcome to LIVE LIVE Of Italy-Japan, eleventh meeting of the blue gods Curling World Cup 2023. The Italians are in the running to gain access to the play-offs also in this world championship, after obtaining a fabulous bronze last year behind Sweden and Canada. The challenge with Japan is decisive to hit one of the first six places and go to play the play-off to enter the semifinals. The blue team is made up of Mattia Giovanella, Sebastiano Arman, Amos Mosaner, Joel Retornaz (skip).
The Azzurri’s journey towards the playoffs did not start as expectedwith a double defeat on the opening day against two of the strongest teams in the lot, Scotland and the hosts Canada, but Retornaz and his companions got back on track by beating in sequence Turkey, Switzerland (which suffered against the blues l only defeat so far) and Germany, then the daring defeat against Norway, the double victory against New Zealand and the United States, the collapse against the reigning champions Sweden and yesterday’s redemption against the Czech Republic. In this world championship, which takes place from 1 to 9 April in Ottawa (Canada), there are 13 teams that are challenging each other in the round robin, at the end of which the ranking will be drawn up to define4 the knockout phase. The top 2 classified will fly directly to the semifinalswhile the teams from third to sixth position they will compete in the quarterfinals. Last year the Azzurri finished third after the first phase, then overcoming Switzerland in the qualifying match and surrendering to Sweden in the semifinals, to then conquer the bronze against the United States of America.
Today’s challenge is decisive for access to the play-offs by the Azzurri they face Japan who have one victory less than the Azzurri and who up to now have beaten Turkey 4-3, South Korea 9-2, the United States 6-5, New Zealand 10-5 and 9-3 the Czech Republic while being defeated 6-3 by Canada, 9-6 by Sweden, 9-2 by Scotland and 7-4 by Norway.
In case of defeat, Italy would still have a remote chance of accessing the playoffs: should beat South Korea and, at the same time, hope that Japan lose against the already eliminated Germany.
OA Sport offers you the LIVE LIVE of Italy-Japan, the eleventh match of the Azzurri of the 2023 Curling World Cup: news in real time, end after end, stone after stone, so as not to really miss anything. It starts at 15.00. Have a good fun.
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