Waterpolo World Cup: Italy-Spain 12-14

- Italy failed to beat Spain, vice Olympic champion, to go directly to the quarter-finals of the water polo World Cup.

In the match valid for the third round of the group, and after the "suspension" for Covid of Canada, the Azzurri in Budapest were defeated 14-12 by the Iberians.

    Many regrets for Settebello, ahead 10-6 in the second half and 12-10 after three quarters of the match.

In the last half the comeback of Spain - thanks to some mistakes too many especially in the counterattack of Italy - which rebalances the score with Granados and Tahull;

and then passes with two other goals from Granados himself.

The Azzurri come out of the water with their heads held high, after playing on par against a more experienced team, with the awareness that they can still grow a lot during the tournament.

Alessandro Campagna's national team, reigning world champion, has no ambitions and no desire to amaze and now in the second round, scheduled for next Monday, they will face the third of group D (Australia or USA).

    "Too bad for the empty pass in the fourth half: some situations were handled badly - underlined the coach -. We played a very high level match, against a team that is better equipped than us at the moment. I am satisfied because a traits we expressed a fast and clean game, making Spain suffer. We have ample room for growth ".