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Italian Branch Win Trophy - Ipswich Town News

Town’s Italian supporters won their fourth annual ITFC Italian Branch Trophy in Milan on Saturday in which they took on teams representing Brentford, Celtic and Manchester City.

The Blues beat Italian Blue Moon 2-0 in their opening game and defeated the Italian Bees 4-3 in a penalty shoot-out after a 1-1 draw and despite losing 5-3 on penalties to the Italian Celts after another 1-1 draw, topped the group.

Italian Bees 4 - The Italian Celts 0
Pecora 3, Badolato

Italian Blue Moon 0 - ITFC Italian Branch 2
Casati, Delle Foglie

ITFC Italian Branch 1 - Italian Bees 1 (4-3 on pens)
Pecora (Bees) - S. Longo (ITFC)

The Italian Celts 3 - Italian Blue Moon 3 (7-8 on pens)
Delia, Cefis 2 (City) - Girola 2, Stefano (Celts)

Italian Bees 1 - Italian Blue Moon 2
Schiro (Bees) - Cefis, Taverniti (City)

ITFC Italian Branch 1 - The Italian Celts 1 (3-5 on pens)
Delle Foglie (ITFC) - Boscalini (Celts)

1. ITFC Italian Branch 6
2. Italian Blue Moon 5
3. Italian Bees 4
4. The Italian Celts 3

Points: win: three, win after pens: two, lost after pens: one, defeat: zero."

Tournament top scorer: Pecora, Italian Bees - Four goals.

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