After seven ends, the Italian leads 4-1.
We've been watching our men play for over an hour now, and the defensive approach makes this match an unentertaining spectacle. It's only now in the fifth end, in front of the skip stones, that it's obvious someone is going to score. Marek is going for a double and that could still cause another zero. This time it would be a nice result for us. 100% Mark - great shot. This wasn't boring. We'll see. Not well played, unfortunately. We need two for two and there's no way to play them. We'll try a freeze on one of the two Italian stones in the ring. Worst case, one and we try to steal to the end.