The games in Brescia and Palermo were in the spotlight in the Italian water polo this weekend.
Both derby games were very exciting. The home sides recorded victories in both encounters.
Brescia hosted Trieste and earned an 11:9 win, although it started badly.
Telimar has been playing better and better. The Sicilians defeated Savona thanks to an excellent finish – 12:11. After this victory, Telimar climbed to 5th, while Savona dropped to 6th place. In addition, Telimar caught up with 4th-placed Trieste in points.
2022/23 Italian League, Day 12
Brescia – Trieste 11:9 (1:2, 3:2, 5:2, 2:3)
Brescia: E.Di Somma 4, Vapenski 2, Dolce 1, C.Presciutti 1, Renzuto 1, Alesiani 1, Luongo 1.
Trieste: Valentino 2, Inaba 2, Vrlic 1, Mezzarobba 1, Razzi 1, Bini 1, Mladossich 1.
Telimar – Savona 12:11 (2:4, 2:1, 3:3, 5:3)
Telimar: Hooper 4, Occhione 4, Del Basso 2, Giorgetti 1, Gilberti 1.
Savona: Guidi 2, Djurdjic 2, Rocchi 2, Patchaliev 2, Rizzo 1, Campopiano 1, Lanzoni 1.
Quinto – Pro Recco 4:18 (1:5, 0:6, 0:3, 3:4)
Iren Quinto Genoa: A.Di Somma 1, Molina 1, Nora 1, Mijuskovic 1.
Pro Recco: Hallock 4, Cannella 3, N.Presciutti 3, Echenique 2, Zalanki 2, Fondelli 2, Velotto 1, Younger 1
Catania – Salerno 11:8 (1:2, 4:1, 4:2, 2:3)
Catania: Camilleri 3, Russo 3, La Rosa 2, Eskert 1, Torrisi 1, Guimaraes 1.
Salerno: Bertoli 2, Esposito 1, Galozzi 1, Tomasic 1, Gallo 1, Barroso 1, Pica 1.
Posillipo – Ortigia 7:9 (2:4, 0:2, 2:1, 3:2)
Posillipo: Saccoia 3, Milicic 2, Mattiello 2.
Ortigia: Ferrero 2, F.Condemi 2, Rossi 2, Vidovic 1, Velkic 1, Di Luciano 1.
Bogliasco – Anzio 8:12 (1:2, 3:3, 1:3, 3:4)
Bogliasco: Guidaldi 3, Radojevic 2, Mudrazija 2, Blanchard 1.
Anzio Waterpolis: Lapenna 3, Pelicaric 2, Goreta 2, D.Presciutti 2, Cuccovillo 1, Bajic 1, Koprcina 1.
De Akker – Roma 8:5 (4:0, 0:2, 3:0, 1:3)
De Akker: Milakovic 3, Boggiano 2, Kadar 1, Guerrato 1, Manzi 1.
Roma: Tartaro 2, F.Faraglia 1, Viskovic 1, Mirarchi 1.
Trieste stunned Brescia in the opening minutes of the derby. The visitors played well in the defense, while they netted two goals and earned a 2:0 lead (6th minute). The hosts missed many chances. Only three seconds before the first break, Alesiani put Brescia on the scoreboard. The hosts kept the momentum and went ahead (3:2) with two quick goals at the beginning of the second quarter. But Trieste replied with two and regained a lead. In the 16th minute, Vapenski converted a man-up, so nobody had an advantage at halftime – 4:4.
The teams exchanged goals until 6:6. The last three minutes of the third quarter were crucial for Brescia’s win. The hosts produced a 3:0 run and entered the final quarter with a 9:6 lead. Trieste tried to come back. The visitors cut the deficit to one goal twice (8:9 and 9:10). Stefano Luongo put an end to the big battle with a power play goal scored 13 seconds before the end – Brescia recorded an 11:9 victory.
Telimar trailed for most of the game against Savona, but it earned a hard-fought victory. Savona led 4:2 at the first break and 5:4 at halftime. Telimar scored the first two goals in the second half and took the lead for the first time (6:5), but Savona regained a slim advantage before the final period (8:7). The fourth quarter brought new turns. The hosts netted two goals in the 25th minute and turned around a slim deficit to a 9:8 lead. Savona responded with two goals and went ahead again (10:9). Two minutes before the end, Savona led 11:10. However, then came a new mini-series of two goals by Telimar. They netted two within 43 seconds. Gilberti found the net 75 seconds from the end to set the final score – 12:11.
Pro Recco showed no mercy to Quinto in Genoa (18:4).
Ortigia recovered from a convincing 7:12 loss to Brescia in the 12th round and earned an away win over Posillipo in Naples. The Sicilians opened the match with a 2:0 lead. By the middle break, they doubled their advantage (6:2). Posillipo narrowed the margin in the second half (4:6, 6:8, 7:9), but didn’t endanger Ortigia’s victory.
Catania downed Salerno in the middle two quarters. Salerno led 2:1 in the first period. Catania made an 8:3 series in the middle two periods to earn a 9:5 advantage and didn’t let Salerno come back.
Anzio broke Bogliasco in the third quarter. The hosts chased the rival and equalized a few times. Early in the third quarter, Bogliasco leveled at 5:5. Anzio scored three unanswered goals by the end of the third quarter and added one at the beginning of the fourth quarter for a safe 9:5 lead.
De Akker was better than Roma in a game that saw big ups and downs for both teams. Still, De Akker was far better rival in the first (4:0) and the third quarter (3:0) and deserved an 8:5 win.
1 Pro Recco 13 – 39
2 Brescia 13 – 36
3.Ortigia 13 – 30
4.Trieste 13 – 27
5.Telimar 13 – 27
6. Savona 13 – 25
7 Quinto 13 – 18
8. Salerno 13 – 13
9. De Akker 13 – 13
10. Roma 13 – 10
11. Anzio 13 – 11
12. Posillipo 13 – 8
13 Catania 13 – 7
14. Bogliasco 13 – 4
