World Cup, goleada for Settebello flying to quarterfinals

Alessandro Campagna’s Settebello beats South Africa 28-4, wins the preliminary round and advances directly to the quarterfinals, where on Sunday, July 20 at 10:00 a.m. it will face the winner of the round of eight between Brazil second in Group C and third in Group D (Friday, July 18 at 1:30 p.m.).

After the convicting overture with Romania and the electrifying performance with Olympic champion Serbia, the Azzurri team quietly outplays the one coached by Grant Mackenzie and closes the first phase with sixty-two goals scored and twenty-five conceded, including penalty shots in the match with Serbia.

In the 14 on the roster there was no Francesco Di Fulvio (spared by the coach), the captain ranks went to Nicholas Presciutti, and between the posts was Tommaso Baggi Necchi. “Ciccio” Francesco Lorenzo Cassia, with his poker and enthusiasm, was the player of the match.

“We had done some gymnastics this morning to put in some extra strength – commented coach Alessandro Campagna -. Then I asked for attention on repertories from the boys. Playing these games is never as easy as it might seem and in fact we conceded a few too many shots”.