World Cup, Setterosa sinks China and flies to quarterfinals

Beautiful victory at the World Championships for Setterosa, which by imposing 13-11 on China qualifies for the quarterfinals of the rainbow review that is being held in Singapore.

Italy immediately stretched the lead to 2-0, always leading the round of 16, but China did not let go and remained attached and came back to -1 even with 6’23 to go after being down 10-6.

Finishes 13-11 (2-0, 4-4, 5-5, 2-2) in the sign of hat tricks by Bianconi and Bettini, doubles by Giustini and Ranalli and goals by Leone, Gant and captain Cocchiere, always generous in the middle. The Azzurri will return to the pool against Hungary, the defending vice champions, in the quarterfinals on Saturday, July 19 at 1:10 p.m., 7:10 p.m. local.

“We knew it was going to be a difficult match regardless of the opponent, because we would also have to face the pressure of the inside/outside – stresses coach Carlo Silipo – The girls expressed a good game, especially from the defensive point of view in the first two halves, and still responded with a good reaction to the mistakes they made. The team is growing. We will have a very difficult quarterfinal against Hungary’Hungary. We will have to be good at raising the’bar again”.