Setterosa defeated: the bronze fades against Holland who wins 7-5

From our correspondent Stefano Arcobelli

2nd of July
– BUDAPEST

After suffering, the abstinence from goals, the bronze fades for the Setterosa (waiting for the final of the Settebello di Campagna on Sunday evening at 20 in the final against Spain). After the failed Olympic qualification for Tokyo, the Italy of women’s waterpolo gets up and returns to the top 4 in the world, but only collects the bitter wood. In the final for the third place, in fact, the Netherlands denied the blue to return to bronze 7 years after Kazan. In the beginning it was the Settetrigi di Formiconi who won everything, even the Olympic gold (and 2 world titles in ’98 and 2001), close to the Setterosa of Fabio Conti, with whom the bronze of Kazan and above all the Olympic silver of Rio. Two golds, a silver and 2 bronzes before today for Palombella rosa, relaunched by Carlo Silipo, champion of Settebello, who put himself to the test to lead women for the first time.

the match

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Ilse Koolhaas in superiority supports Palombella for the 1-0 in superiority. Chiara Tabani has the door wide open, loves hesitates, in attack the blues are then hasty with the superiority and also waste with Silvia Avegno, who does it again shortly after and finally draws from position six. Claudia Marletta from the center breaks through for 2-1. Caterina Banchelli closes the door well, Sofia Giustini scores a brace in the heart of the second set and with +3 (4-1) Italy can manage better also because the Dutch only show greater physicality. Only in the final of the second set did the Netherlands manage to score the second goal with Kitty Joustra. Halfway through the third half, the conclusion of Vivian Sevenich makes Banchelli slip into the goal (4-3). In superiority we also suffer the equalizer of Sabrina Van der Sloot. The siren Giulia Galardi is denied the goal by a feat of Aarts: certainly the third set is the worst of the blue. Holland regains confidence, becomes more and more aggressive on every ball with suffocating markings and in superiority overturns the score, goes forward 5-4 with Vivian Sevenich with 5’35 “from the end. After 17 minutes of abstinence, she touches Giustini again: the orange goal seems bewitched by the blues with 3 ‘from the end, while Nina Ten Broek takes advantage of the superiority for 6-4. At 50 “from the end Brigitte Sleeking makes the 7-4, at 25” the goal of Claudia Marletta arrives but it is too late for the Setterosa who blames himself for having squandered a good advantage. The goals are missing in the key moments.

THE TABLE

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ITALY-HOLLAND 5-7 (2-1, 2-1; 0-2, 1-3) ITALY: Teani (Banchelli), Tabani, Marletta 2, Avegno 1, Queirolo, Giustini 2, Picozzi, Bianconi, Emmolo, Palmieri , Galardi, Viacava. Herds Silipo.
NETHERLANDS: Aarts, Wolves, Sleeking 1, Van der Sloot 1, Moolhuijzen, Van de Kraats, Rogge, Sevenich 2, Joustra 1, Koolhaas 1, Schaap, Ten Broek 1; Buis. All. Doudesis.
REFEREES: Savinovic (Cro) and Stavridis (Gre).
NOTES: numerical superiority Italy 9 (2), Holland 12 (4). Silipo warned for protests. Outputs for 3 fouls Galardi and Rogge 4th time. Final 1st place, 8 pm: Usa. Hungary.