This year, no trebles. But it’s a negligible detail. Pro Recco holds onto the championship, number 36 in history, the third in a row. After the disappointment of the Italian Cup – won by Brescia – and waiting to dive into the epilogue of the Champions League, Sandro Sukno’s team beat Savona in two games: after the 8-5 in the first leg, a clear 12-3 away.
Sparks
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It had been an eve with controversies. At the end of game 1, Sukno had teased the referees: “I hope to count on the same direction away from home that Rari had at Punta Sant’Anna”. Statements harshly returned to the sender by colleague Angelini, who in turn complained about the whistles against: different points of view.
THE NUMBERS
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The Biancocelesti had dominated the regular season: only victories between the first and second phases, 11 points ahead of the Savonese (57 against 46) who finished +3 over Brescia, the team that for 11 seasons in a row contested the Scudetto against the Recchesi , in their eighteenth consecutive final (losing one, in 2021). Savona returned to play for the title after 13 years (they lost the series 2-1) and won 3 times: in ’91 against Pescara, in ’92 against Recco and in 2005 against Posillipo under the guidance of Mistrangelo. Speaking of Brescia, Bovo’s team wins the final for third place against Ortigia and enters the Champions League preliminaries: after the 12-10 in the first leg they ended up 12-11 on the pitch in Syracuse. In the survival play-off, Roma Vis Nova also won the return match in Salerno: 10-8, after the 6-5 in the first leg. The Campanians are relegated together with Camogli.
