The clash of the two Champions League clubs – Ortigia and Brescia – was the most anticipated match of the 3rd round of the second phase of the regular season in Italy
But, the derby lacked excitement. Brescia recorded an 11:5 victory. Pro Recco earned a convincing away win in Trieste. Savona beat Salerno, while Telimar was the only home team that celebrated a win in the groups for the title today.
2020/21 Italian League
Groups for the title, Day 3
Group E
Trieste – Pro Recco 7:16 (3:6, 1:4, 3:1, 0:5)
Trieste: Mladossich 2, Petronio 1, Buljubasic 1, Milakovic 1, Vico 1, Mezzarobba 1.
Pro Recco: Mandic 4, Figlioli 3, Younger 2, Velotto 2, Echenique 2, Di Fulvio 1, N.Presciutti 1, Marini 1.
Telimar – Posillipo 10:9 (3:2, 4:3, 2:3, 1:1)
Telimar Palermo: Vlahovic 6, Gilberti 1, Marziali 1, F. Lo Casco 1, Damonte 1.
Posillipo: Bertoli 4, M.Di Martire 1, Mattiello 2, Silvestri 1, Baraldi 1.
Pro Recco played without captain Aleksandar Ivovic and goalkeeper Marko Bijac. Tomasso Negri replaced Bijac between the posts. The title-holder earned a 10:4 lead by halftime. Trieste reduced the gap by two early goals in the third period (6:10) and maintained a 4-goal distance until the fourth quarter. But, the hosts couldn’t find the net in the final eight minutes.
The encounter between Telimar and Posillipo was the most exciting duel of the day. The first quarter belonged to Telimar (3:2). Posillipo opened the second quarter with two quick goals and went in front (4:3). However, the hosts, led by Andrija Vlahovic, earned a two-goal advantage before the middle break (7:5). Lo Casco stretched the margin to three in the 17th minute (8:5). Still, Posillipo narrowed the distance until the end of the third quarter (8:9). Vlahovic gave Telimar a 10:8 lead from a penalty in the 28th minute. In the middle of the fourth period, Manuel di Martire responded, also, from the 5m line. The visitors were close to earning a point, but Telimar saved the win.
1 Pro Recco 3 – 9
2 Telimar 3 – 6
3 Trieste 3 – 1
4 Posillipo 3 – 1
Group F
Ortigia – Brescia 5:11 (2:2, 0:3, 2:3, 1:3)
Ortigia: Di Luciano 2, Rossi 1, Vidovic 1, Napolitano 1.
Brescia: .Dolce 2, C. Presciutti 2, Jokovic 2, Canella 2, Renzuto Iodice 1, Alesiani 1, Di Somma 1.
Salerno – Savona 7:12 (0:4, 2:2, 3:2, 2:4)
Salerno: M. Luongo 3, Scotti Galletta 1,Tomasic 1, Cuccovillo 1, Pica 1.
Savona: Rizzo 4, Fondelli 2, Iocchi Gratta 2, Vuskovic 1, Molina 1, Bruni 1, Campopiano 1.
Ortigia’s Cristiano Mirarchi, Francesco Condemi, and Martino Abela missed the match because of injuries. Only the first quarter of the derby in Siruacuse was balanced. The hosts led just once (2:1 in the sixth minute). After that, Brescia held the Sicilians scoreless for more than fifteen minutes, while it scored six goals in a row. In the 20th minute, Maro Jokovic converted a man-up to 2:7. Ortigia couldn’t recover from that shocking 0:6 series. Ortigia suffered the sixth defeat in a row – after four in the Champions League and one to Savona in the previous round of the Italian Championship.
Savona stunned Salerno with a 4:0 rush in the first quarter and controlled the match. Salerno tried to come back, but unsuccessfully. Still, the hosts reduced the gap to two in the 26th minute (7:9), but Savona produced a 3:0 series in the remaining six minutes for a comfortable 12:7 victory.
1 Brescia 2 – 6
2 Savona 3 – 6
3 Ortigia 3 – 3
4 Salerno 2 – 0
Relegation group
Quinto – Florentia 13:9 (4:3, 2:2, 5:2, 1:1)
Iren Quinto: Inaba 4, Nora 3, M.Gitto 2, Panerai 2, Fracas 1, Mugniani 1.
Florentia: Ganic 4, Carnesecchi 1, Benvenuti 1, Dani 1,Astiarta 1, Di Fulvio 1.
Roma – Lazio postponed to April 21
Metanopoli bye
1 Quinto 2 – 6
2 Florentia 2 – 3
3 Metanopoli 1 – 0
4 Lazio 1 – 0
Roma –
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