World Swimming Championships, Settebello goes out the distance with France
Complicated start for the Italian national water polo team, which then won 13-6.
Complicated start for the Italian national water polo team, which then won 13-6.
The Azzurri, trailing 8-7 at the half, paid for a small lapse in the third fraction.
The Settebello regulates with authority the bogeyman represented by the former Soviets chock-full of naturalized citizens.
The national water polo team led by Sandro Campagna, which had lost the world final to the Iberians, won 9-8 and gained access to the last act of the tournament.
It ended 15-14, with the Azzurri capable of two great comebacks that, however, were not enough in the final lottery.
Greece beaten 11-10 in Budapest, hat trick for Vincenzo Dolce in an emotionally charged match.
In Budapest beat the hosts 11-10, despite a comeback attempt by the Magyars: on the shields Di Fulvio.