The Swiss team experienced its 1st defeat in its 4th match at the Men’s World Championship in Ottawa. CC Trois-Chêne Genève lost 8-4 once morest Italy.
The Italian team, led by skip Joël Retornaz, born in Geneva, 3rd in the 2022 World Cup, has always won once morest Swiss teams in recent years both at the European Championships and at the Worlds. It happened once more.
Pablo Lachat, Sven Michel, Yannick Schwaller and Benoît Schwarz found themselves in a good position at the end of the 3rd end with a score of 3-1, but the Italians clearly dominated the 2nd half of the match. In the last 4 ends, they scored 5 points, including 3 without having the advantage of the last stone.
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