A Settebellissimo wins 14-8 against Montenegro and on Sunday 14 January in the semi-finals faces Spain at 20.15 (Live on Rai Sport) at the European Water Polo Championships underway in Zagreb. For the returning Di Somma, who had served a one-match ban against Hungary, this is game number 90 with the Settebello cap.
For Italy, Giacomo Cannella and Luca Damonte sit in the stands.
In Montenegro is suspended Vlado Popadic, 27 years old who plays in the French league with Strasbourg, who serves the second round of stop after the expulsion for violent play in the fourth half of the last match of the group with Croatia, then won on penalties. Drasko Brgulian remains out with him.
In the other quarter-finals, Hungary-Serbia 15-14 after penalties (10-10) with 4 goals in the match by the 22-year-old Vigvari Vince plus one in the series of penalties, Spain-Romania 24-7 with 6 goals by Granados Ortega and the quarters of Sanahuja Carne and Tahull Comptee Croatia-Greece 13-8 (referee Colombo paired with Margeta) with 4 goals by Marinic Kragic, an 8-0 break in 13 minutes between the third and fourth periods (from 5-6 to 13-6) and in front of about 2000 delirious spectators. On Saturday 13th the game will be played only in Dubrovnik and the Zagreb swimming pool remains open for training.
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