Like Switzerland, Finland also ended their journey in Celano with a win. Russia and Italy had an eventful match which Russia won.


Great Britain faced the floorball giant Finland in the first WFCQ EUR 2 match of the day. Finland set the pace for the match and Great Britain tried to keep up. Unfortunately for them, Finland was really efficient today. Already in the first period they had scored 10 goals. The second period was no different. Finland kept controlling the game and scored one by one. When the third period started the score was already 18-0. The third period was a goal scoring festival for Finland. Eliisa Alanko was on fire as she scored three goals within 25 seconds. The last three goals Finland scored they made by playing 6 against 5. Finland was trying to break their own goal scoring record in one national team match and they succeeded. In the end Finland won the match 32-0.

Best players:
GBR: #9 Jancis Evans
FIN: #9 Eliisa Alanko

Match summary here.


Russia and Italy played in the last match of the day here in Celano. During the first period, Russia didn´t really fore check at all, which might have been because of their slim roster. Italy kept holding the ball and tried to build attacks and some beautiful goal scoring chances were seen. Russia relied on fast counter attacks, which were also fruitful as they led the match 2-0 after 15 minutes. Italy was able to even the score before the end of the first period. The tactics remained the same in the second period and Russia was able to gain a 5-2 lead. Only one second was left on the clock as Italy decreased the score to 3-5. Many goals were seen during the third period. Unfortunately for the local fans, they were mostly Russian goals. Russia increased their lead to 8-4 with 15 minutes left, but Italy was able to decrease the score to 6-8. Even though Italy fought until the end and even played without a goalkeeper, Russians won the points with the end score being 11-6.

Best players:
RUS: #8 Vera Pelevina
ITA: #15 Luana Mistri

Match summary here.

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