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

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Match Review ITA - BEL 2-4

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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
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
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