ITA V BEL ( 7th / 8th ) Hockey World League Semi-Final Antwerp 2015


Match Review ITA - BEL 2-4
Belgium overcame a spirited Italian attack to secure a 4-2 win and seventh place in the FINTRO Hockey World League Semi-Finals.
On a day that Emilie Sinia was awarded her 200th cap, Belgium Red Panthers weathered an encounter with a feisty Italian team to finish in seventh place.
"We are disappointed not to have finished higher," said Stephanie de Groof. "Mentally, this win will hav done us good, but we must take a stronger mental game to the European Championships. We were 35 seconds from beating Korea and fighting for an Olympic place, that was the disappointment."
The opening goal of the game was scored in the final moment of the first quarter, it went to Italy's Macarena Ronsissvalli (15') who picked up the slip from Martina Lecchini and placed the ball coolly past Aisling D'Hooghe in the Red Lion's goal.
Belgium restored parity through Louise Versavel (19'). She picked up a ball from Aline Fobe and in one sharp move, turned and shot home. The home team's lead was extended in the 25th minute when Stephanie Vanden Borre slapped the ball past Maria Donati after some great build-up play down the right-side of the pitch by Judith Vandermeiren.
In the second half, Italy came back strongly, but were unable to breakdown the play until the 41st minute. At that point Belgium had been reduced to eight field players and Italy were able to plug the Red Lions in their own defensive quarter, Chiara Tiddi putting the penalty corner away via a Belgium player's stick.
The final quarter saw Belgium take the game by the scruff of the neck and put daylight between themselves and their lower ranked rivals. First Versavel doubled her tally and then Vandermeiren made it 4-2.
Tiddi had a chance to reduce the lead, but her shot was high and perhaps a sign of the captain's frustration at the result.
"We will not go backwards from this," said Martina Lecchini after the game. "We played well here against higher ranked opposition and we will build from here."
Goals
Team | Minute | Shirt # | Player | Action | Score |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
ITA | 15 | 8 | RONSISVALLI Macarena | PC | 1 - 0 |
BEL | 19 | 16 | VERSAVEL Louise | FG | 1 - 1 |
BEL | 25 | 22 | VANDEN BORRE Stephanie | FG | 1 - 2 |
ITA | 41 | 17 | TIDDI Chiara | PC | 2 - 2 |
BEL | 48 | 16 | VERSAVEL Louise | FG | 2 - 3 |
BEL | 52 | 7 | VANDERMEIREN Judith | FG | 2 - 4 |
Cards
Team | Minute | Shirt # | Player | Type |
---|---|---|---|---|
BEL | 3 | 6 | RAES Anouk | G |
ITA | 19 | 25 | RUGGIERI Giuliana | G |
ITA | 21 | 10 | MIRABELLA Dalila | Y |
BEL | 26 | 13 | GERNIERS Alix | G |
BEL | 39 | 13 | GERNIERS Alix | G |
BEL | 40 | 3 | CAVENAILE Louise | Y |
ITA | 48 | 15 | SOCINO Maria | Y |
ITA
Minute | Shirt # | Name | Goals | Green | Yellow | Red |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
X
|
2 | TRAVERSO Celina | ||||
X
|
5 | AGUIRRE Constanza | ||||
20
|
6 | NOGUEIRA Florencia | ||||
X
|
7 | BRACONI Valentina | ||||
X
|
8 | RONSISVALLI Macarena | 1 | |||
10
|
9 | GARRAFFO Maria | ||||
X
|
10 | MIRABELLA Dalila | 1 | |||
Bench
|
12 | CHIRICO Martina | ||||
X
|
14 | PACELLA Elisabetta | ||||
X
|
15 | SOCINO Maria | 1 | |||
10
|
16 | LECCHINI Martina | ||||
X
|
17 | TIDDI Chiara | 1 | |||
6
|
18 | LOVAGNINI Aldana | ||||
9
|
19 | di MAURO Eleonora | ||||
Bench
|
21 | WYBIERALSKA Agata | ||||
X
|
22 | DONATI Maria | ||||
X
|
25 | RUGGIERI Giuliana | 1 | |||
X
|
32 | CASALE Marcela | ||||
Team Manager | ROSSI Gianni | |||||
Head Coach | FERRARA Fernando | |||||
Stand-In Manager | BRIOTTI Gianluca | |||||
Assistant Coach | LANZANO Massimo | |||||
Medical Doctor | BONANNO Santo | |||||
Physiotherapist | GIULIAN Davide |
BEL
Minute | Shirt # | Name | Goals | Green | Yellow | Red |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
X
|
2 | De SCHEEMAEKERE Anne-Sophie | ||||
8
|
3 | CAVENAILE Louise | 1 | |||
X
|
4 | FOBE Aline | ||||
X
|
5 | De GROOF Stephanie | ||||
X
|
6 | RAES Anouk | 1 | |||
X
|
7 | VANDERMEIREN Judith | 1 | |||
5
|
8 | PUVREZ Emma | ||||
X
|
9 | van LINDT Lieselotte | ||||
Bench
|
10 | SIMONS Megane | ||||
X
|
13 | GERNIERS Alix | 2 | |||
X
|
14 | SINIA Emilie | ||||
5
|
16 | VERSAVEL Louise | 2 | |||
X
|
19 | NELEN Barbara | ||||
X
|
21 | D'HOOGHE Aisling | ||||
5
|
22 | VANDEN BORRE Stephanie | 1 | |||
5
|
24 | SIMONS Manon | ||||
5
|
26 | WAGEMANS Caroline | ||||
X
|
27 | BOON Jill | ||||
Team Manager | BOSTEELS Julie | |||||
Head Coach | KINA Pascal | |||||
Stand-In Manager | SCHOUPPE Ellen | |||||
Assistant Coach | GOLDBERG John | |||||
Medical Doctor | van CUTSEM Mika | |||||
Physiotherapist | GAEREMYNCK Dorothee |
DNP = Did not participate
S = Suspended
DSQ = Disqualified
Match Officials
Role | Official |
---|---|
Umpire 1 | CHEN Hong |
Umpire 2 | ROSTRON Annelize |
Reserve Umpire | CHURCH Amber |
Video Umpire | METCHETTE Carol |
Judge 1 | SHARMA Anjali |
Judge 2 | McKAY Iain |
Technical Officer | WOTHERSPOON Anne |
- Match 30
- Date Sat, 4 Jul 2015
- Time 10:30
- Pool/Class 7th / 8th
- Venue KHC Dragons