First matchday of the WSE Champions League with four Portuguese victories (Sporting, Valongo, Benfica and Oliveirense), three Spanish (Barça, Reus, Noia) and one tie (Porto-Trissino). Important victory for Barça against Forte dei Marmi 6-2, thanks to an excellent second half after a 2-1 win in the first half and scores twice Ignacio Alabart and Joao Rodrigues. And in the first place, in group C, with three points there is also Valongo Colquimica who won 3-0 on Lodi’s rink, a victory achieved above all in the first half (goals from Santos, Navarro and Abreu). In Group B, however, Porto and Trissino ended up in a balanced tie, with the portuguese who were without three important players such as Alves, Di Benedetto and Malian. The Italians managed to finish the first half 1-2 ahead, but in the second half Porto turned the game around to 3-2. Trissino equalized in the powerplay with Mendez 3-3. In first place in the group is Noia Freixenet, who managed to win on the Gamma Innovation Sarzana rink for 4-3 (two goals from Ballart), even risking too much in the exciting final.
In Group D, hard-earned victories by Sporting and Reus in their first WSE Champions League. Sporting prevailed 3-1 in the derby against Barcelos (2 goals from the Argentine Romero) while Virginias prevailed 4-2 (twice from Julià). In the last two games of the historic first Thursday with European rink hockey, two Portuguese victories. Oliveirense, driven by three goals from Lucas Martinez, prevailed decisively against Deportivo Liceo (5-1), while Benfica, after an excellent first half, suffered the return of Calafell but still managed to win 5- 3 (two goals for the Argentinean Alvarez).
In two weeks the second matchday with four already very important matches, such as Calafell-Oliveirense, Liceo-Benfica, Valongo-Barça and Barcelos-Reus, all always in live streaming on europe.worldskate.tv.
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Alessandro Verona (Sporting) and Luis Querido (Barcelos) – Credit Photo: WSE Photo
Joao Pinto (Trissino) and Roc Pujadas (Porto) – Credit Photo: WSE Photo
Facundo Bridge (Valongo) and Filipe Fernades (Lodi) – Credit Photo: Antonio Vanelli
WSE Champions League Men (WSECL-M) – Results
Press media kits: https://europe.worldskate.org/rink-hockey/media-kits-wseclm-202223/
Group A
1st matchday – 26/1/2023
21:00 (GMT) – 22:00 (CET) – U.D. Oliveirense (Portugal) x Deportivo Liceo (Spain) = 5-1 (4-1, 1-0)
Oliveirense: Fernandes Fonseca, Silva J (C), Cardoso, Platero, Marques – Martinez, Adroher, Araujo, Pereira T, Fernandes Alves – Coach: pereira P
Deportivo Liceo: Serra, Torres (C), Carballeira, Di Benedetto B, Rodriguez A – Manrubia, Ciocale, Canal, Ricart, Bridge M – Coach: Copa
Scorers: 1st: 2’48” Pereira T (O), 5’21” Carballeira (L), 11’05” Martinez (O), 14’44” Martinez (O), 21’16” Martinez (O) – 2nd: 12’44” Cardoso (O)
Penalties: 1st: 2’48” Serra (2′) (L) – 2nd: 5’01” Manrubia (2′) (L)
Referees: Massimiliano Carmazzi (Italy) and Franco Ferrari (Italy)
21:00 (GMT) – 22:00 (CET) – S.L. Benfica (Portugal) x Parlem C.P. Calafell (Spain) = 5-3 (4-1, 1-2)\
Benfica: Henriques, Lamas, Roca, Ordonez, Alvarez – Nicolia, Rafael (C), Di Benedetto R, Pinto G, Mendes – Coach: Resende
Parlem Calafell: Camps, Ferrer, Escala, Casas, Miras – Palau (C), Mendes, Xaus, Fernandez F, Solans – Coach: Lopez F
Scorers: 1st: 6’47” Alvarez (B), 8’29” Ordonez (B), 8’57” Pinto (B), 17’27” Mendes (C), 19’51” Alvarez (dir.shot) (B) – 2nd: 8’03” Ferrer (C), 22’39” Escala (C), 24’18” Di Benedetto (B)
Penalties: 1st: 19’51” Miras (2′) (C) – 2nd: 20’33” Pinto (2′) (B), 24’18” Palau (2′) (C)
Referees: Filippo Fronte (Italy) and Loic Le Menn (France)
Standing Group A: U.D. Oliveirense (PT) 3 points (+4), S.L. Benfica (PT) 3 points (+2), Parlem C.P. Calafell (SP) 0 points (-2), Deportivo Liceo (SP) 0 points (-4)
Group B
1st matchday – 26/1/2023
20:00 (GMT) – 21:00 (CET) – F.C. Porto Fidelidade (Portugal) x G.S. Hockey Trissino (Italy) = 3-3 (1-2, 2-1)
Porto: Rodrigues T, Mena, Costa J, Barroso, Garcia R (C) – Pinto T, Henriques, Pujadas, Barata, Silva J – Coach: Ares
Trissino: Zampoli, Galbas, Ipinazar, Cocco, Malagoli – Pinto J (C), Gavioli, Mendez, Schiavo, Bovo – Coach: Bertolucci
Scorers: 1st: 7’10” Malagoli (T), 10’10” Pinto (P), 19’48” Malagoli (T) – 2nd: 0’18” Pujafas (dir.shot) (P), 2’35” Pujadas (P), 9’48” Mendez (T)
Penalties: 2nd: 0’18” Gavioli (2′) (T), 8’35” Mena (2′) (P)
Referees: Miguel Diaz (Spain) and Jonathan Sanchez (Spain)
21:00 (CET) – 20:00 (GMT) – Gamma Innovation H.Sarzana (Italy) x C.E. Noia Freixenet (Spain) = 3-4 (0-1, 3-3)
Gamma Innovation Sarzana: Corona, Garcia J, Borsi (C), Ortiz, Festa – Alonso, De Rinaldis F, Perroni, Rispogliati, Bianchi – Coach: De Rinaldis P
Noia Freixenet: Roca, Esteller (C), Costa X, Salvado, Bargallo J – Mitjans, Gil, Gabarro, Ballart, Marimon – Coach: Varias
Scorers: 1st: 9’17” Bargallo J (N) – 2nd: 5’29” Ballart (N), 6’49” Ballart (N), 10’06” Ortiz (S), 11’08” Ortiz (S), 21’46” Esteller (N), 24’07” Festa (PP) (S)
Penalties: 1st: 16’14” Garcia (2′) (S), 20’19” Gabarro (2′) (N), 20’29” Perroni (2′) (S) – 2nd: 23’44” Costa (2′) (N)
Referees: Joaquim Pinto (Portugal) and Porfirio Fernandes (Portugal)
Standing Group B: C.E. Noia Freixenet (SP) 3 points (+1), FC Porto Fidelidade (PT) 1 point (0), G.S. Hockey Trissino (IT) 1 point (0), Gamma Innovation Sarzana (IT) 0 points (-1)
Group C
1st matchday – 26/1/2023
19:30 (CET) – 18:30 (GMT) – Barça (Spain) x H.C. Forte dei Marmi (Italy) = 6-2 (2-0, 4-2)
Barça: Fernandez, Nunes, Alabart, Bargallo P, Rodrigues – Grau M, Panadero (C), Llorca, Pascual J, Grau C – Coach: Castro
Forte dei Marmi: Gnata (C), Gual, Torner, Illuzzi, Ambrosio – Rossi, Lombardi, Gil, Giovannelli, Taiti – Coach: Molina
Scorers: 1st: 5’34” Alabart (B), 12’00” Nunes (B), 15’46” Ambrosio (F) – 2nd: 0’17” Rodrigues (PP) (B), 2’21” Rodrigues (B), 5’54” Alabart (dir.shot) (B), 9’08” Panadero (B), 22’20” Torner (F)
Penalties: 1st: 15’46” Panadero (2′) (B), 24’48” Illuzzi (2′) (F) – 2nd: 5’26” Llorca (2′) (F), 5’54” Illuzzi (2′) (F)
Referees: Pedro Figueiredo (Portugal) and Pedro Silva (Portugal)
21:00 (CET) – 20:00 (GMT) – Amatori Wasken Lodi (Italy) x A.D. Valongo Colquimica (Portugal) = 0-3
Lodi: Grimalt (C), Najera, Giovannetti, Faccin, Antonioni – Fantozzi, Fernades, Barbieri, Bozzetto, Porchera – Coach: Bresciani
Valongo Colquimica: Edo, Bessa, Santos (C), Navarro, Abreu – Ramos, Silva G, Moira, Bridge, Bento – Coach: Bosch
Scorers: 1st: 13’53” Santos (V), 21’40” Navarro (V) – 2nd: 2’52” Abreu (V)
Penalties: 1st: 6’38” Santos (2′) (V) – 2nd: 6’28” Giovannetti (2′) (L), 11’06” Navarro (2′) (V), 15’48” Antonioni (2′) (L)
Referees: Ivan Gonzalez (Spain) and Oriol Perez (Spain)
Standing Group C: Barça (SP) 3 points (+4), A.D. Valongo Colquimica (PT) 3 points (+3), Amatori Wasken Lodi (IT) 0 points (-3), H.C. Forte dei Marmi (IT) 0 points (-4)
Group D
1st matchday – 26/1/2023
19:30 (GMT) – 20:30 (CET) – Sporting C.P. (Portugal) x O.C. Barcelos (Portugal) = 3-1 (2-1, 1-0)
Sporting: Girao (C), Platero, Verona, Perez, Romero – Souto, Magalhaes, Martins, Almeida J, Macedo – Coach: Dominguez
Barcelos: Acevedo, Querido (C), Morais, Vieira, Rampulla – Centeno, Rocha, Gimenez D, Pereira J, Ferreira – Coach: Freitas
Scorers: 1st: 2’36” Romero (S), 4’17” Romero (S), 24’19” Gimenez (dir.shot) (B) – 2nd: 14’03” Souto (S)
Penalties: 1st: 24’19” Romero (2′) (S)
Referees: Ruben Fernandez (Spain) and Daniel Villar (Spain)
21:00 (CET) – 20:00 (GMT) – Reus Deportiu Virginias (Spain) x S.C.R.A. Saint-Omer (France) = 4-2 (2-1, 2-1)
Reus Deportiu Virginias: Zapater, Compagno, Aragones, Julia, Gelmà – Salvat (C), Rojas, Gimenez F, Jansà, Ballart – Coach: Garcia Jo
SCRA Saint Omer: Chambel, Le Roux, Mantinan, Savreux L, Pellizzari – Cuenca (C), Barengo, Nedder, Llisa, Mane – Coach: Savreux F
Scorers: 1st: 1’13” Julia (R), 4’04” Cuenca (S), 6’35” Julia (dir.shot) (R) – 2nd: 8’05” Aragones (R), 9’40” Aragones (R), 11’35” Pellizzari (S)
Penalties: 1st: 6’35” Chambel (2′) (S), 18’27” Aragones (2′) (R), 24’33” Cuenca (2′) (S) – 2nd: 9’40” Le Roux (2′) (S), 10’09” Gelmà (2′) (R)
Referees: Joao Duarte (Portugal) and Rui Torres (Portugal)
Standing Group D: Sporting C.P. (PT) 3 points (+2), Reus Deportiu Virginias 3 points (+2), S.C.R.A. Saint Omer (FR) 0 points (-2), O.C. Barcelos (PT) 0 points (-2)
