Water polo: Champions League, Brescia flies to the semifinals

In Belgrade a Lombard domination in the quarters with Hannover, 12-5 and a hat-trick by Alesiani: in the semifinal against Marseille or Novi Beograd. Pro Recco opens with Barceloneta

The first call in the Champions League Final Eight is Italian. No surprise: in Belgrade in the opening match of the quarters, Brescia respects the predictions and overwhelms Hannover. “I saw a team on the ball, that’s fine” observes the coach Sandro Campagna, commentator for Sky Sport. The anger accumulated after giving up the Scudetto obviously served. In the semifinals, tomorrow, the Lombards will face off against Novi Beograd, the host, or the French of Marseille who face each other at 18.30. At 16.30 instead the Pro Recco will take to the water, in the difficult confrontation with the Spaniards of Barceloneta.

MONOLOGUE

To open the dance is Winkelhorst from the center, but the only advantage of the Germans will remain, in whose ranks the former Muslim is active. The Hannover tries to assert the good tonnage, the vice-champions of Italy with the speed and repeated counter-escapes authoritatively put the race downhill. A 7-0 run soon sent the practice to the archive, while the German champions scored for the first time in numerical superiority only on the mid-game siren, for the 7-2 (Radovic), after no less than 7 errors. Bovo’s team manages the reassuring gap without squeezing, maximum advantage over +7 on the occasion of the 10-3 and the final 12-5. A hat-trick for Alesiani, both Tesanovic and Schenkel good between the posts. Better Bicari than Lazic, at two meters. 34% achievement rate for Brescia, just double the opponents.

BRESCIA: Tesanovic, Dolce 1, C.Presciutti 2, Bicari 1, D.Lazic, Vapenski 2, Renzuto, T.Gianazza, Alesiani 3, S.Luongo 2, E.Di Somma 1, N.Gitto. NeMGianazza. Herds Bovo. HANNOVER: Schenkel, Corusic, Macan, Real, Dar.Brguljan 2, Radovic 1, Muslim, Nagaev 1 rig., Kubisch, M.Brguljan Schuetze, Winkelhorst 1. Ne Goetz. Herds Seehafer. REFEREES: Zwart (Ola) and Gomez. NOTE: sup. num. Brescia 11 (5 goals), Hannover 13 (2),

THE PROGRAM: quarters Brescia-Hannover (Ger) 12-5, 16.30 Pro Recco-Barceloneta (Spa), 18.30 Marseille (Fra) -Novi Beograd (Srb), 20.30 Ferencvaros (Ung) -Jug (Cro); Friday 3 semifinals (18.30 and 20.30); Saturday 4th finals (17 and 19.30).

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