On Saturday 27 April, on the ninth and final return day of the women’s A1 series championship, Polo Nuevo Trieste will face Locatelli Genova away. The game will be played in the Sciorba swimming pool starting at 3.00 pm (simultaneously on all courts), referees of the match being Federico Braghini and Tiziano Petrini. There is no live streaming or play-by-play updates on the Federnuoto website.
Four halves of eight minutes to decide who will be the fourth qualifier for the championship semi-finals. The team sponsored by Samer & Co. Shipping has only one result available, namely victory, then to define the ranking we will have to wait for the epilogue of the match between Sis Roma and Rapallo Water Polo. In the event of a Ligurian success there is the risk of an arrival with three teams at 39 points, which would mockingly exclude the ogres from the play-offs. Complicated calculations, which in any case don’t seem to worry coach Paolo Zizza too much, focused first and foremost on the match against Locatelli. “In the meantime we have to think about ourselves – explains the Neapolitan coach – we are going there to give another great performance and get the three points. Then we will see what happened in Ostia. Morale is high, we are confident, it has been a very fruitful week of training. We have finally recovered some energy, we are fine from a physical point of view. However, we will have to pay close attention to them, they are in full fight for salvation and will give their all to trip us up.” No problem regarding the formation, Zizza will send into the water the same fourteen who came close to the feat against the league leaders Orizzonte Catania about ten days ago. A precedent in the season between Water Polo Trieste and Locatelli Genoa, with a large victory won by the “Bruno Bianchi” (26-1) last November 22nd.
The group led by Andrea Della Zuana grabbed the play-out train right at the last minute, thanks to the 11-10 success a week ago on the Como Nuoto field, even if for the Genoese team the direct relegation issue will be decided right at the last minute breath with the Lombards engaged in Catania with Brizz Nuoto. Locatelli has a very young squad, the most prolific attackers are Eleonora Bianco in 2006 and Margherita Minuto in 2009, respectively scorers of 36 and 26 goals in the championship. The only veteran is the 1995-born midfielder Caterina Nucifora, who scored two heavy goals in her external attack in Monza.
