As expected, favourites Pro Recco, Sport Management and Brescia convincingly beat their respective opponents in today’s 3rd round of the Italian Championships.
Ortigia overcame Telimar in the Sicilian derby, while the most thrilling games were played in Naples and Florence. Lazio edged out Canottieri in Naples. Florentia defeated Quinto in Florence.
Italian League, Round 3
Florentia – Quinto 7:6 (1:1, 0:0, 2:1, 4:4)
Florentia: Astiarta 3, F. Turchini 2, Razzi 1, Coppoli 1.
Iren Quinto: Giorgetti 2, Fracas 1, Lindhout 1, Tabbiani 1, M. Gitto 1.
Canottieri Naples – Lazio 7:8 (0:5, 1:1, 2:2, 4:0)
Canottieri Naples: Di Constanzo 2, B.Borrelli 2, Esposito 2, G. Confuorto 1.
Lazio: M. Leporale 3, Vitale 2, Elphick 1, D. Giorgi 1, M. Antonucci 1.
Salerno – Pro Recco 6:18 (2:8,0:5, 3:1, 1:4)
Campolongo H. R.N. Salerno: Tomasic 3, M. Luongo 1, Gandini 1, Cuccovillo 1.
Pro Recco: Renzuto Iodice 4, S. Lunogo 4, F. Di Fulvio 3, Mandic 3, Fondelli 1, Velotto 1, Ivovic 1, Aicardi 1.
Ortigia – Telimar 12:6 (3:3, 0:0, 4:2, 5:1)
Ortigia: Vidovic 4, Di Luciano 2, Gallo 2, Cassia 1, Ferrero 1, Rossi 1, Napolitano 1.
Telimar: M. Zammit 3, Draskovic 1, Maddaluno 1, Gilberti 1.
Roma – Sport Management 5:16 (1:3, 2:3, 1:5, 1:5)
Roma Nuoto: S. Camilleri 2, De Robertis 1, Graglia 1.
Banco Bpm Sport Management: Damonte 4, Bruni 3, Dolce 2, C. Mirarchi 2, Ravina 2, Caponero 1, Lo Dico 1, Lanzoni 1.
Brescia – Savona 14:8 (1:1, 5:2, 5:2, 3:3)
Brescia: C. Presciutti 4, Cannella 3, Alesiani 2, Nikolaidis 2, Nora 1, Tononi 1, Figari 1.
Savona: Vuskovic 2, Rizzo 2, L. Bianco 2, Campopiano 1, Piombo 1.
Trieste – Posillipo 11:5 (3:1, 4:4, 2:0, 2:0)
Trieste: F. Panerai 3, D. Podgornik 2, K. Milakovic 2, M. Mezzarobba 2, R. Petronio 1, Gogov 1.
Posillipo: Marziali 2, M. Di Martire 2, Saccoia 1.
An encounter between Florentia and Iren Quinto offered a lot of thrills. After three quarters in which the defences dominated, Florentia had a 3:2 advantage. The Florence-based team doubled a lead (4:2) after 95 seconds of play in the fourth period. But, Quinto managed to equalise three times (4:4, 5:5, 6:6). Florentia celebrated a win thanks to Coppoli, who scored a winner (7:6) just 4 seconds before the last buzzer.
Though Lazio opened a match against Canottieri in Naples with a 5:0 run, the players from Rome didn’t secure themselves a relaxed ending of the match. Lazio maintained a 5-goal gap until the beginning of the fourth quarter (8:3). Canottieri scored four unanswered goals in the fourth period, but the hosts didn’t manage to level the score, Lazio won 8:7. Canottieri had a chance to equalise in its last possession, but the visitors kept all three points.
The Sicilian derby between Ortigia (Syracuse) and Telimar (Palermo) was a pretty even contest for more than two quarters. After six goals in the first quarter and the goalless second period, the score was 3:3 at halftime. Ortigia earned the 1st lead in the third quarter (4:3), but the Palermo-based side responded with two goals for their first advantage in the match (5:4). However, Ortigia, the home team in this game, retook control. The hosts netted three unanswered goals by the end of the third period, while they added two early in the fourth for a huge 9:5 lead and secured the win (12:6).
Pro Recco did a clean job in Salerno. The titleholder beat returnee to the Serie A Salerno by 12 goals (18:6).
Sport Management also recorded a convincing away win. Sport Management visited Rome and led by Luca Damonte (4 goals) beat Roma Nuoto (16:5).
After a slow start, Brescia collected all three points in a game against Savona. In the ninth minute, Savona had a 2:1 lead. Brescia answered with 4 straight goals and went 5:2 up. By the end of the third quarter, Brescia earned an 11:5 advantage and there was no way back for Savona.
Trieste defeated Posillipo convincingly. Trieste led from the beginning. After the second quarter, the distance between the sides was two goals (7:5). Trieste kept Posillipo scoreless in the second half of the match and recorded an 11:5 victory.
1 Pro Recco 3 – 9
2 Brescia 3 – 9
3 Ortigia 3 – 9
4 Sport Management 3 – 6
5 Trieste 3 – 6
6 Savona 3 – 4
7 Roma 3 – 4
8 Florentia 3 – 4
9 Lazio 3 – 3
10 Salerno 3 – 3
11Quinto 3 – 1
12 Posillipo 3 – 1
13 Canottieri 3 – 1
14 Telimar 3 – 0
