The Italian League has been continued after a two-week break, caused by the coronavirus outbreak.
The matches were organized with no spectators, but one of the games wasn’t played. Lazio didn’t come to Brescia. The Rome-based club didn’t want to travel to the Region of Lombardy, which is hardly hit by the coronavirus. As we already reported, Lazio’s captain Colosimo was the first one who criticized the decision about playing the matches during the coronavirus emergency. After that, Lazio asked for the postponement of the game Brescia – Lazio, but the Italian Swimming Federation didn’t accept the request. Still, Lazio didn’t want to travel to Brescia, although it risks losing the game without entering the pool (result 0:5). The federation will decide the outcome of the case.
Italian League 2019/20, Round 17
Ortigia-Savona 9:8 (1:3, 3:3, 3:1, 2:1)
Ortigia: Gallo 4, Giacoppo 3, Vidovic 1, Napolitano 1.
Savona: Rizzo 6, Vuskovic 1, Campopiano 1.
Canottieri Naples – Pro Recco 3:20 (0:4, 1:4, 0:6, 2:6)
Canottieri: Confuorto 1, Cerchiara 1, Mutariello 1.
Pro Recco: F. Di Fulvio 3, S. Luongo 3, Figlioli 3, Ivovic 3, Echenique 2, Aicardi 2, Fondelli 1, Velotto 1, Renzuto 1, E. Di Somma 1.
Roma – Telimar 12:8 (4:3, 3:2, 2:0, 3:3)
Roma Nuoto: Camilleri 3, Paskovic 3, F. Faraglia 2, Tartaro 2, Ciotti 1, De Robertis 1.
Telimar: Migliaccio 3, Saric 2, Draskovic 2, Del Basso 1.
Florentia-Sport Management 7:10 (0:3, 2:3, 3:3, 2:1)
Florentia: Carnesecchi 2, Coppoli 2, Razzi 2, Benvenuti 1.
Banco Bpm Sport Management: Damonte 3, Marchetti 3, C. Mirarchi 2, Lanzoni 1.
Salerno-Posillipo 7:9 (1:0, 1:1, 3:4, 2:4)
Salerno: Cuccovillo 2, M. Luongo 1, Gandini 1, Scotti Galletta 1, Tomasic 1, Fortunato 1.
Posillipo: G. Mattiello 3, M. Di Martire 2, J. Lanfranco 2, M. Ricci 1, Saccoia 1.
Brescia – Lazio – the visitors didn’t come
Played earlier
Trieste – Iren Quinto 14:13 (6:4, 3:4, 2:2, 3:3)
Trieste: Milakovic 4, Panerai 4, Gogov 2, Mezzarobba 2, Podgornik 1, Rocchi 1.
Iren Quinto: Mugniaini 3, Giorgetti 3,Guidi 2, M. Gitto 2, Tabbiani 1, Lindhout 1.
LEN Euro Cup finalist Ortigia defeated Savona after a comeback in the last few minutes. Savona opened the match with three straight goals for a 3:0 lead, and it had a 6:4 advantage at halftime. The hosts dominated the third period. Ortigia netted three unanswered goals in the first four minutes of the 3rd period and went ahead – 7:6. Savona equalized before the last break and retook the lead (8:7) in the 27th minute. Ortigia’s Valentino Gallo found the net in the middle of the fourth quarter to level the score 8:8. Just 29 seconds before the end, Gallo converted a man-up for the final score and the home team celebrated a 9:8 victory.
Fourth-placed Sport Management defeated Florentia in Florence. The visitors earned a 3:0 lead in the first quarter. Sport Management jumped to a 6:1 advantage in the finish of the second quarter. Florentia netted three straight goals and came near to the opponent (4:6). Still, Sport Management secured a safe 9:5 advantage before the final quarter.
Posillipo took valuable points in the match against Salerno. Four minutes before the end, Salerno had a 7:6 lead, but the Naples-based side netted the last three goals in the game for a 9:7 victory.
Reigning champion Pro Recco showed no mercy to the last-placed Canottieri
1 Pro Recco 16 – 48
2 Brescia 15 – 39
3 Ortigia 16 – 39
4 Sport Management 16 – 34
5 Savona 16 – 25
6 Roma 16 – 23
7 Trieste 16 – 23
8 Salerno 16 – 21
9 Quinto 16 – 18
10 Florentia 16 – 15
11 Lazio 15 – 14
12 Posillipo 16 – 12
13 Telimar 16 – 5
14 Canottieri 16 – 4
