Having lost to Germany 5-1 on August 8, 2022 and the U23 Gateway European All-Stars 4-1 on August 9, 2022, Team Italy U18 baseball manager Francesco Aluffi was pleased with his squad's 5-4 win over Kingdom of the Netherlands in the Gateway Tournament in Regensburg, Germany on Wednesday, August 10, 2022. The Italian skipper said, "We have made some good experiments in these three exhibition games as we have tried some things that we had not been able to implement previously. We have to honestly fix a lot of things, but this win against the Netherlands can do good for morale and self-esteem."
Team Italy now travels to Ostrava, Czech Republic, where the Azzurri will play the first four games of the first round of the U18 European Baseball Championship against Group B opponents Ireland (August 13), Czech Republic (August 14), Israel (August 15) and Germany (August 16). The Italians move on to Brno, Czech Republic for their final Group B game against Belgium (August 18) and the remainder of the U18 European Baseball Championship through August 20, 2022. Forza #Italia!
by Roberto Angotti
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(Photo of Team Italy U18 pitcher Sebastiano Catellani against Kingdom of the Netherlands in the Gateway Tournament on August 10, 2022)