Men’s A1 – Playoffs – Minor finals – Game 2
3rd place final – Race 2
ORTIGIA-BRESCIA 11-12 (3-2, 3-5, 3-4, 2-1) [serie chiusa sullo 0-2]
Ortigia: Tempesti, F. Cassia 3, Giribaldi, La Rosa, Di Luciano, Cupido, Bitadze, Carnesecchi 2, A. Condemi, Y. Inaba 2, Ferrero 3, Napolitano 1, Calabresi, Midolo. All. Picard
Brescia: Tesanovic, Del Basso 1, Balzarini 1, F. Faraglia 1, D. Lazic, T. Gianazza 1, Renzuto 2, Guerrato 2, Alesiani, Manzi, Irving 3, N. Gitto 1, Messere Milani. All. Bovo
Referees: Ercoli and Brazilian
Note: upper number Ortigia 5/12, Brescia 5/12. 3 f. released. F. Faraglia in the second quarter, Balzarini and Del Basso in the third, La Rosa and Giribaldi in the fourth. Irving and Cupido were sent off in the fourth quarter for incorrect play
He missed out on reaching the Scudetto final, but the Brescia next season will start come on preliminaries Of Champions League. Despite the absence of the injured person Sweet Sandro’s training Bovo manages to repeat the success in game 1 against Ortigia in Syracuse – protagonist of a much better match than that of Mompiano – and therefore ensures participation in the top European competition: an achievement not to be taken for granted for the lions after the summer re-foundation and for the competition in this championship, as demonstrated today by the performance of Piccardo’s team, which repeatedly returned to the game even when the victory of the guests seemed to be a foregone conclusion. Ortigia ends the first quarter with the lead thanks to a 3-0 run in just over 90” which inflames the Caldarella(3-2), but in the second quarter Brescia’s offensive quality comes out, raising the average in numerical superiority and taking the lead to 7-5 with the goal of Balzarini 53” from the long break. Carnesecchi Shortens before the siren, but at the start of the third quarter Brescia finds the maximum advantage with the goals of Del Basso And Irving for 9-6.
The positive moment of the lions is stopped by Cassia, probably in his last match with Ortigia before the transfer to Pro Recco: a brace from the attacker and Aretusei again at -1 (9-8). In a difficult moment Brescia regains effectiveness in superiority, closing the third quarter with the very heavy goal of 11-9 Gianazza 7” from the end of the third quarter and then after 90” of the last quarter he extends the plus 3 again with a great goal Renzuto: three feints from post 3, the defense moves and the Neapolitan hits Tempesti at the near post to make it 12-9. This time too the Sicilians don’t give up, they mend the rift with Cassia And Inaba (12-11), but in the final 5′ they didn’t find the hook, also thanks to Tesanovic, which makes a couple of decisive interventions. At the last assault Piccardo also sends the attack Stormsbut the Brescia defense denies the shot Ferrerolocking down the result: the Lions celebrate the Champions League, the Aretusei remain with an honorable 4th place and participation in the next Euro Cup.
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5th place final – Race 2
IREN QUINTO-DE AKKER (6pm, referees: Alfi and Scappini) [serie sull’1-0] Live YouTube channel Quinto
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7th place final – Race 2
TRIESTE-TELIMAR 12-16 (3-4, 4-6, 2-4, 3-2) [serie chiusa sullo 0-2]
Trieste: Oliva, Podgornik 2, Petronio 3, Buljubasic, M. Vrlic, Valentino, Dasic 1, Mezzarobba 2, Razzi, Marziali 2, Bini 1, Mladossich 1, Caruso, Liprandi. All. Bettini
Telimar: E. Jurisic, E. Marini 2, A. Vitale 2, Fabiano, Giorgetti 2, Hooper 6, Giliberti, Methodist, Lo Cascio 1, Occhione 2, Lo Dico 1, Q. Woodhead, Girasole, Nuzzo. All. Baldineti
Referees: Braghini and Romolini
Note: upper number Trieste 3/9, Telimar 8/10. Penalties: Telimar 1/1. Caruso replaces Oliva in the 17th minute
The Telimar redeems at least partially the complicated end of the regular season and the knockout in the semi-final for 5th place lost against Iren Quinto, closing the series on 2-0 against Trieste for the 7to square. The Palermitans at Bianchi are always ahead, as well as Hooper – decisive already in game 1 and author of 6 goals today – and as usual Big eyepositive performance Marini And Vital, who in the first 14′ contributed to the break that knocked out the hosts: the former Lazio player scored the 7-3 goal 2’09” from the half-match siren. Trieste tries to come back in the third quarter Petronius brings it to -2 (10-8), but the 3-0 scored by Hooper (double) and Giorgetti definitively knocks out the team Bettiniwho therefore ended his experience on the mule bench with a defeat.
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