After the 16th round of the Italian Championships, the league-leader Pro Recco increased its advantage over 2nd-placed Brescia to seven points. Besides, Recco played one match fewer.
Brescia earned only a point in the match with Telimar, while Pro Recco blew Trieste away.
2021/22 Italian League, Day 16
Playoffs group, Round 3
Telimar – Brescia 9:9 (2:2, 4:2, 0:4, 3:1)
Telimar: Irving 3, Basic 3, Turchini 1, Del Basso 1, Marziali 1.
Brescia: Lazic 3, Dolce 2, C.Presciutti 2, Renzuto Iodice 2.
Salerno – Savona 3:11 (1:0, 1:5, 1:2, 0:4)
Salerno: M.Luongo 1, Galozzi 1, Tomasic 1.
Savona: Rocchi 2, Patchaliev 2, Vuskovic 2, Rizzo 2, Bruni 1, Fondelli 1, Iocchi Gratta 1.
Pro Recco – Trieste 17:5 (5:2, 4:1, 4:1, 4:1)
Pro Recco: Di Fulvio 4, Zalanki 3, Echenique 3, Aicardi 3, Cannella 2, Ivovic 1, Hallock 1.
Trieste: Petronio 2, Podgornik 1, Vrlic 1, Bini 1.
Ortigia bye
The derby Telimar – Brescia opened the round. The match was played a few days ago because Telimar played in the LEN Euro Cup final today. It was a game with a lot of turns. At halftime, Telimar led 4:2. Brescia scored four straight goals in the third period and entered the final eight minutes leading 6:4. Telimar halved the deficit in the 26thminute (5:6). Shortly after, Renzuto Iodice gave the visitors a 7:5 advantage. But, the Sicilians saved the point. In the 31st minute, Turchini netted for 8:9. Just 19 seconds before the buzzer, Basic netted an equalizer – 9:9.
The other two games in the playoffs group lacked excitement.
Trieste couldn’t surprise Pro Recco. The European champion built an early 4:0 lead and didn’t slow down until the end.
Salerno’s defense was outstanding in the first quarter of the match against Savona. The hosts had a 1:0 lead after the first period. But, Savona didn’t let the host dream of surprise too long. After the first break, the visitors found their rhythm and recorded an 8-goal victory.
1.Pro Recco 15 – 45
2.Brescia 16 – 38
3. Trieste 16 – 32
4. Telimar 16 – 32
5. Savona 16 – 31
6. Ortigia 15 – 30
7. Salerno 15 – 18
Relegation group, round 3
Lazio – Roma 12:11 (3:4, 1:3, 4:3, 4:1)
Lazio: Paskovic 3, Leporale 3, Augusti 3, Checchini 1, Nenni 1, Ferrante 1.
Roma: F. Faraglia 3, Ciotti 2, Spione 2, P. Faraglia 1, Tartaro 1, Boezi 1, Calic 1.
Posillipo – Quinto11:13 (2:2, 3:3, 2:3,4:5)
Posillipo: Di Martire 3, Radonjic 2, Abramson 2, Picca 1, Briganti1, Lanfranco 1, Saccoia 1.
Iren Quinto Genoa:Figari 3, Gitto 3, Ravona 2, Guidi 2, Fracas 1,Nora 1, Gambacciani 1.
Anzio – Catania postponed
Metanopoli bye
8. Quinto 15 – 22
9. Anzio 15 – 15
10.Posillipo 15 – 13
11 Catania 15 – 13
12. Metanopoli 14 – 12
13. Roma 16 – 7
14. Lazio 16 – 4
