The Italian clubs have entered the second half of the national league. The 14th round of the Italian championship was played this weekend.
Favorites Pro Recco and Brescia were merciless. The matches in Genoa and Naples offered a lot of excitement. Visiting teams recorded wins in both encounters. Roma defeated Posillipo 13:11 in Naples, while Ortigia beat Quinto 10:8 in Genoa.
Italian League 2019/20, Day 14
Savona – Canottieri Naples 12:9 (2:1, 2:1, 7:2, 1:5)
Savona: Molina 4, An. Patchaliev 2, Rizzo 2, Vuskovic 1, Campopiano 1, Bragantini 1, E. Novara 1.
Canottieri: Esposito 3, Di Costanzo 1, Confuorto 1, Patterson 1, Halajian 1, Mutariello 1, Borrelli 1.
Posillipo -Roma Nuoto 11:13 (1:3, 4:3, 3:4, 3:3)
Posillipo: G. Mattiello 5, G. Di Martire 2, Saccoia 2, Iodice 1, M. Di Martire 1
Roma Nuoto: F. Faraglia 5, S. Camilleri 3, Paskovic 2 , Spione 1 Tartaro 1, Ciotti 1.
Sport Management – Telimar 16:9 (4:2, 3:1, 4:3, 5:3)
Banco Bpm Sport Management: Damonte 5, C. Mirarchi 3, Lanzoni 3, Dolce 2, Ravina 2, Bruni 1.
Telimar: Giliberti 3, Saric 2, Maddaluno 2, Draskovic 1, Migliaccio 1.
Brescia – Salerno 14:7 (3:1, 5:1, 3:0, 3:5)
Brescia: Alesiani 4, C. Presciutti 3, Cannella 2, Nikolaidis 2, Bertoli 2, Figari 1.
Campolongo H. R.N. Salerno: Gandini 2, Sanges 1, Cuccovillo 1, Elez 1, Parrilli 1, Pica 1.
Lazio -Trieste 13:9 (4:4, 4:1, 2:2, 3:2)
Lazio: Narciso 5, Ferrante 3, Colosimo 2, Antonucci 2, D. Giorgi 1.
Trieste: Panerai 2, Gogov 2, K. Milakovic 2, Petronio 1, Rocchi 1, Mezzarobba 1.
Pro Recco – Florentia 20:5 (4:0, 6:1, 4:1, 6:3)
Pro Recco: F. Di Fulvio 4, E. Di Somma 3, S. Luongo 3, Figloili 2, A. Ivovic 2, Dobud 1, Fondelli 1, Velotto 1, Renzuto 1, Echenique 1, Filipovic 1.
Florentia: Coppoli 1, Sordini 1, Lynde 1, Razzi 1, Astarita 1.
Iren Quinto -Ortigia 8:10 (2:2, 1:2, 3:4, 2:2)
Iren Quinto: Gavazzi 3, Fracas 2, M. Guidi 1, M. Gitto 1.
Ortigia: Ferrero 3, Vidovic 2, Napolitano 2, Gallo 1, Rossi 1, Cassia 1.
Titleholder Pro Recco hosted Florenta. The home team rushed to a 10:0 lead before Florentia scored its first goal in the 14th minute. Francesco Di Fulvio was the best scorer with four goals. A novelty in Recco’s squad is Filip Filipovic. The captain of Serbia played for the first time in the domestic competitions this season. In the second half of the national league, Filipovic will replace his teammate from the national team Dusan Mandic, who will play only in the Champions League for the rest of the season. Croatia’s goalkeeper Marko Bijac recovered from the injury and returned to the squad.
Brescia beat Salerno easily – 14:7.
Ortigia kept 3rd place, with a 10:8 win over Quinto in Genoa. At halftime, Ortigia had a 4:3 advantage, but the hosts opened the third period with two goals to turn around the deficit to a 5:4 lead. In the 20th minute, they had a 6:5 advantage. Ortigia responded with three straight goals and earned an 8:6 advantage before the final quarter. The home team netted two goals in the first two minutes of the last period for 8:8. Still, the end of the match belonged to Ortigia. The Sicilians scored two goals in the last 106 seconds for a 10:8 victory.
After an unexpected 7:9 loss to Savona last week, Sport Management recorded a 16:9 win over Telimar.
Roma defeat Posillipo in Naples and earned valuable points in their runaway from the “play-out zone” (the 12th-placed and the 13th-placed team will go to the play-out, the 14th-placed will move to Serie A2). Roma was ahead for most of the time. After the third period, the visitors had a 10:8 lead. Posillipo equalized – 10:10 with 04:49 minutes remaining on the clock. In the middle of the quarter, Roma built a 2-goal advantage once more (12:10). Posillipo’s Mattiello converted a man-up in the 30th minute (11:12). Roma’s Montenegrin Vjekoslav Paskovic scored from a penalty shot 76 seconds before the end – 13:11 and ended the hosts’ dreams.
Savona recorded the third straight victory on home soil -12:9 over Canottieri. Canottieri kept up with the hosts until the middle break. But, Savona dominated the third period (7:2) and earned a safe 11:4 lead before the final period.
1 Pro Recco 14 – 42
2 Brescia 14 – 36
3 Ortigia 14 – 33
4 Sport Management 14 – 31
5 Savona 14 – 22
6 Trieste 14 – 20
7 Quinto 14 – 18
8 Salerno 14 – 18
9 Roma 14 – 17
10 Lazio 14 – 14
11Florentia 14 – 12
12 Posillipo 14 – 9
13 Telimar 14 – 5
14 Canottieri Naples 14 – 4
