Massimo Cremona made it to the final of the Danish Grand Prix in Odense. He was narrowly beaten by Eric Verhagen (now an Englishman) 1-2.

It was a balanced encounter and the game could have gone either way. It was sa talemate by the end of first half. Verhagen took the lead in the beginning of the second half with Cremona equalising soon after. Verhagen grabbed the winning goal three minutes from time.

In the group stages, Cremona beat the German, Michael Stolzenburg, 2-0, and Danish pair Ibrahim Bayoumi and Thyge Enevoldsen 4-1 and 3-0 respectively.

In the last 16, he then beat easily Bjarke Larsen 5-0 while in the quarter-final he put off Rasmus Lund 4-0.

The semi-final was a tough encounter for Cremona as he had to show character against Anders Buhl Hansen after finding himself a goal down to overturn the result for a 2-1 win and a place in the final.

World rankings

In the world ranking list published by the International Federation FISTF for the month of February, Cremona kept his number three position in the ranking with 2268.70 points.

In first place is unreachable Verhagen with 4732.50 points followed by Spaniard Flores on 2845.13. Fourth is Italian Bertelli with 2,194 and Fifth Englishman Bennett of England with 1998.23.

This weekend Cremona, together with his club Perugia, will be taking part in the Major of Mons in Belgium.