Milan 2023 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS | Hong Kong v Italy | Men's Foil Fencing Team | 香港 v Italy 劍擊花劍

[Sound Fixed] Quarterfinal of the 2023 Milan World Championships Men's Foil Team between Hong Kong 香港 and Italy.
On the Right - Italy
Italy is the reigning World Champions from the 2022 World Championships. During this season, Italy won the Bonn World Cup and the Paris World Cup. Tommaso MARINI won the Individual World Championships a few days previously. Alessio FOCONI won the Busan Grand Prix this year; he is ranked World Number 8, but placed in the reserve spot. This is Filippo MACCHI's first year on the Italian Team - after winning Silver at the Turin Grand Prix and winning the Individual European Championships, he is now ranked World Number 9 and replaced Guillaume BIANCHI as the final spot on the Italian team. Finally, reigning Olympic Silver Medalist Daniele GAROZZO, World Rank 11, has continued to anchor the Italian Team with the exception of the Acapulco World Cup, where MARINI anchored and lost to Alexander MASSIALAS in the 9th leg of the Final.
On the Left - Hong Kong
Hong Kong has never won a medal at the World Championships in the Men's Foil Team category. A year previously, CHEUNG Ka Long became the first Hong Kong Fencer to win an individual medal (Bronze) at the World Championships
Hong Kong is a team with two great fencers. The reigning Olympic Champion, CHEUNG Ka Long 張家朗 is currently ranked 7th individually. And while CHOI Chun Yi Ryan 蔡俊彥 has dropped out of the top 16, he is still a well respected fencer.
However, team fencing requires at least three fencers, and Hong Kong has always had trouble with the final spot. While traditionally fielding NG Lok Wang Lawrence, and CHOI Nicholas Edward, recently the team selection has become more stable with YEUNG Chi Ka 楊子加 and LEUNG Chin Yu 梁千雨 filling out the spaces.
In recent memory, Hong Kong has won Silver at the 2019 St Petersburg World Cup, and Bronze at the 2020 Cairo World Cup. However, since then, Hong Kong has rarely made the semifinals of any world cup.
Hong Kong has only ever beaten Italy once before - at the Quarterfinal of the 2019 St Petersburg World Cup
Team ITALY
Daniele GAROZZO
Filippo MACCHI
Tomasso MARINI
Alessio FOCONI (R)
Team HONG KONG
CHEUNG Ka Long 張家朗
CHOI Chun Yi Ryan 蔡俊彥
YEUNG Chi Ka 楊子加
LEUNG Chin Yu (R) 梁千雨
0:00 Introduction
0:12 (1/9) CHOI v GAROZZO
4:26 (2/9) CHEUNG v MACCHI
9:32 (3/9) YEUNG v MARINI
16:57 (4/9) CHOI v MACCHI
21:25 (5/9) YEUNG v GAROZZO
31:56 (6/9) CHEUNG v MARINI
37:19 (7/9) YEUNG v MACCHI
41:15 (8/9) CHOI v MARINI
46:59 Bout Resumes
52:05 (9/9) CHEUNG v GAROZZO

[@bloopen3859]

Macchi is incredibly disrespectful and cannot accept a loss. Focconi at the end was holding him back bc Macchi was acting like a child. I think that he should be on the bench or out of the team bc he lowers the teams morale. And also, CHOI the🐐🐐🐐🐐

[@ttw111]

Choi was the mvp in this match😂😂😂💥especially against marini🔥

[@leetom9083]

Macchi push Cheung when he lose the match 8:44 and show disrespect when Cheung try to shake his hand

[@dicksonlo5265]

退退退前, 中！ 試探....試探....試..急前點, 中！ 張家朗的個人天賦, 思維和冷靜, 都不是他們可比擬的！ 這是我在中國大運會首次看花劍直播時對張家朗的劍擊心得！ 今次他都一樣！

[@Wisely_Liao]

When the HK men's team foil won the quarter final against Italy at the Milano 2023 World Championships & was leaving the arena after the match, Macchi F. of Italy showed jealousy & rude gesture to Cheung K. L. of HK. 😢

[@852fencing]

Ryan is the best fencer in this games.. Team Italy can’t accept they loss the match and wanna to do some child’s things..🤪 What a shame!

[@Calamari.]

Mostly garrozo and macchi, foconi was scolding macchi like a dad near the end of the match after cheungs cold taunt to the entire bench🤣

[@henrynsxna11]

@@Calamari. totally agree...

[@Calamari.]

Garrozo getting Joppich ptsd fencing Ryan choi 😭😭

[@flekpool6745]

I love Fencing les't go!!!

[@OlympicFoil]

24:34 lol Pascal Mage is such a force of nature if you question him, even when he's the arm judge 😂

[@chanyyyyy]

gogogo HK !!

[@gavriilvorontsov]

👏

[@jbond5834]

classic , textbook game.

[@jackylaiiiiii6621]

this match shows Choi become the GOD😂😂

[@grubby812]

Hello Hong Kong🎉

[@Xian_tastic]

I don't get it, when Italy was doing faul actions in the piste, HKG is silent. Now, a simple gesture from Cheung, they are annoyed? I don't get it.

[@Potkop4ik]

Can someone please explain me why 28:20 this call against HK?

[@stevechan625]

I see Macchi shew quite bad attitude at Cheung in the first round, and I don't think what's the problem of 🤫, this is the gesture only

[@Jim.Thunda]

I done a lot of fencing on cattle stations in Queensland, mostly contract.

[@9064peterpan]

Nothing worst than sour grapes at the end of a match.

[@Wisely_Liao]

Macchi F. of Italian foil fencer bullying Hong Kong foil fencer😢

[@danielenriquezgutierrez3258]

what an exciting match

[@jjpangs]

36:16 help me understand why this call is against HK?

[@ericnguyen7041]

Marini doesn't stop and Cheung steps back.

[@jjpangs]

@@ericnguyen7041 I thought Marini lost priority when he pulled his arm back

[@netmrock]

I might be wrong. I think Marini lost priority, but he gain it back by forwarding earlier than Cheung.@@jjpangs

[@Sht911204]

做咩事？打交😂

[@Jim.Thunda]

I want to see them using a cutless or broad swards, better still Roman gladious

[@christianbaptiste243]

I love fencing a change my life.🤺🤺🤺🤺🤺🤺🤺🤺🤺🤺🤺🤺🤺🤺🤺🤺🤺🤺🤺🤺🤺🤺🤺🤺🤺🤺🤺🤺🤺🤺🤺