The Italian national roller hockey team has opened the approach to the 2024 World Skate Games Italy in Novara, which will be held in September in various locations in the country, including the Piedmontese city which will host the world rink hockey championships.
The city of Novara is returning to once again savor the unbreakable passion that, for 100 years, it has had with rink hockey thanks also to Novara Hockey which, with its 32 championships, has marked the history of the discipline.
Yesterday’s test match at Pala Dal Lago, with the Azzurri facing the Serie A2 team TR Azzurra Novara (7-0 result for the record), was a truly warm embrace with the city of San Gaudenzio, which has reawakened that love that has connected Novara with track hockey for a century. The smiles of the many boys and girls who, thanks to various Novara companies, are reviving the myth of the wheels, overwhelmed the Azzurri, evidently excited by the unexpected outburst of passion supported by the over 2000 enthusiasts present in the stands.
An event that allowed the Technical Commissioner Alessandro Bertolucci to test the new national team in view of the upcoming “Coupe des Nations” in Montreux (Switzerland) where eight teams will compete for one of the most prestigious tournaments in the history of training wheels, now in its edition number 69, where the 100 years of the international World Skate federation will also be celebrated.
Azzurri who will make their debut tomorrow in the Nations Cup against Montreux, then playing for their chances of a medal against Angola and Argentina. “It’s extraordinary – comments the national coach Alessandro Bertolucci – to find Novara again and it’s extraordinary that here in this city in five months, there will be a World Championship that Italy hasn’t organized for thirty years. The memories come back, so many people are returning , and thanks to these guys we will try to return to the top of the world, knowing that the competition is very high.”
The coach from Viareggio himself was the protagonist of his umpteenth winning run over the weekend. After having won everything in his career as a player and having coached in Trissino, winning everything again for two years, he also managed to lift a trophy in Forte dei Marmi, historic opponents of Viareggio. On Sunday the victory in the Italian Cup Final of Forte dei Marmi – Centro Porsche Firenze at the PalaForte against Consorzio Maremmano Cave Follonica, a great Tuscan derby which has been marking the rolls of honor for several seasons. Result of 2-1 characterized by goals from the Azzurri Francesco Compagno (Forte) and Davide Banini (Follonica) and from the Catalan match-winner Enric Torner.
On the same Sunday, Matera also rises once again to the honors of the sports news, with another trophy placed on the board, the fifth in a row, in women’s hockey. Dragged by the captain (also of the national team) Pamela Lapolla and the world champion Berta Tarrida, Decom Roller Matera defeated Valdagno 6-1. In Serie A2, the Italian Cup was lifted by another historic club, CGC Viareggio in the run-up to return among the big Italian teams, and Trissino in the Serie B rosette.
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– 2024-04-01 03:51:48
