The positives multiply and even coach Ireland is out. Azzurri in the hands of De Bettin

VERONA

The national hockey team, decimated by Covid, is about to leave for the Top Division World Cup which will take place from May 21 in Riga. On the plane that will take the Azzurri to Latvia today there will not be several big names, grappling with cases of positivity who in the last period have stopped the training of the Blue Team, forcing the staff to cancel almost all the friendlies scheduled. There will not even be head coach Gregor Ireland, who will follow the team remotely and will try to reach it as soon as he is negativized.

On the bench, therefore, space for the Cadore assistant coach Giorgio De Bettin, called to lead the Azzurri together with his colleague Armani and the goalkeeper coach Andersson. The very young Cortina player Enrico Larcher will not leave for Riga. The Cadorino born in 2004 has not been confirmed and ends his first experience in the senior national team. Instead of the expedition, the light-blue defender Phil Pietroniro will be.

Here is the complete list of players called up with some players who, if negative, will be able to join the expedition in the coming days. Goalkeepers: Damian Clara (Salzburg U20), Davide Fadani (Lugano), Justin Fazio (Bolzano). Defenders: Lorenzo Casetti (Asiago), Gregorio Gios (Fassa), Daniel Glira (Valpusteria), Stefano Marchetti (Asiago), Phil Pietroniro (Cortina), Sebastiano Soracreppa (Thurgau), Peter Spornberger (Freiburg). Forwards: Raphael Andergassen (Valpusteria), Anthony Bardaro (Bolzano), Ivan Deluca (Bolzano), Daniel Frank (Bolzano), Luca Frigo (Bolzano), Thomas Galimberti (Appiano), Stefano Giliati (Bolzano), Peter Hochkofler (Salzburg), Marco Magnabosco (Asiago), Angelo Miceli (Bolzano), Alex Petan (Fehervar), Simon Pitschieler (Bz), Marco Rosa (Asiago)