{"id":577294,"date":"2023-08-01T15:36:09","date_gmt":"2023-08-01T14:36:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thefrontrowunion.com\/?p=577294"},"modified":"2023-08-01T15:36:09","modified_gmt":"2023-08-01T14:36:09","slug":"eurohockey-championship-ii-men-scotland-4-italy-1-3rd-place-play-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.thefrontrowunion.com\/frusport\/?p=577294","title":{"rendered":"EUROHOCKEY CHAMPIONSHIP II MEN: Scotland 4 Italy 1 3rd Place Play Off"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify\">Saturday&#8217;s finals at the National Sports Centre saw an entertaining match between Scotland, ranked 21st in the world, and Italy, the 24th ranked team, for 3rd place at the EuroHockey Men&#8217;s Championship II.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\"><strong>Report and images by Paul Harvey.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thefrontrowunion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/20230729-Scotland-v-Italy-Paul-J-Harvey-053-1-800x588.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-577295\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Davide Arioso celebrates his first half goal for Italy. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify\">Italy had taken the honours in the pool game between these side and it looked like they might record a double over the Scots as <strong>Davide Arioso<\/strong>\u00a0scored first for Italy to give them a 0 &#8211; 1 half time lead after a tense first half. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thefrontrowunion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/20230729-Scotland-v-Italy-Paul-J-Harvey-067-1-800x569.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-577296\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Fraser Moran wheels away after equalising for Scotland at the start of the second half. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify\">However, Scotland had other ideas and <strong>Fraser Moran<\/strong> got an equalizer soon after the break with <strong>Jamie Golden<\/strong> getting his first of the day, six minutes later to take Scotland into a 2 &#8211; 1 lead at the end of a battling third quarter which saw a late flurry of cards. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thefrontrowunion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/20230729-Scotland-v-Italy-Paul-J-Harvey-108-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-577297\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Jamie Gordon wraps up the game for Scotland with a second half brace. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify\"><strong>Andrew Lochrin<\/strong> made it 3 &#8211; 1 to the Scots, mid way through the final quarter and, with Italy chasing the game and pulling their goalkeeper, Golden got his second and Scotlands 4<sup>th<\/sup> , three minutes from time, to seal the game and take the bronze metal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" style=\"text-transform:uppercase\">Match Gallery<\/h2>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Saturday&#8217;s finals at the National Sports Centre saw an entertaining match between Scotland, ranked 21st in the world, and Italy, the 24th ranked team, for 3rd place at the EuroHockey Men&#8217;s Championship II. 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