Copa de Italia 2014

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Pro Recco claims second consecutive Italian cup

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Wednesday 19 March 2014, 21:51

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Tim Hartog

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Pro Recco have successfully defend their Italian cup in Wednesday's final against main rivals Brescia. After a convincing 14-7 semi-final victory over Posillipo the battle for the trophy on Wednesday saw the title favorites delivering another superior performance to beat Brescia 11-6. Even with the runners-up scoring 50% on man-up while Recco shot 'just' 2-for-8 a balanced attack and strong defence secured another big win for the defending national champions. Man of the match however was Montenegrin allrounder Aleksandar Ivovic who put on a display scoring 5 goals for the winners. The bronze medal was claimed by Posillipo who defeated Final Four hosts Bogliasco earlier on Wednesday 17-9. Like the day before Aleksandar Radovic topped his teams' and the game's scorers list with 4.

Italian cup (Coppa Italia)
Final

Wednesday 19 March:

Pro Recco vs. AN Brescia 11-6 (3-2, 2-1, 4-1, 2-2)
Pro Recco: Tempesti, Lapenna 1, Jokovic 2, Figlioli, Giorgetti 1, Felugo, Giacoppo, Aicardi 2, Figari, Fondelli, Ivovic 5, Gitto, Pastorino. Head coach: Porzio.

Brescia: Del Lungo, Valentino, C. Presciutti 1, Legrenzi, Molina 1, Rizzo, Giorgi, Nora, N. Presciutti 1, Bodegas 1, Di Fulvio, Napolitano 2, Dian. Head coach: Bovo.

3rd/4th place

DOOA Posillipo vs. RN Bogliasco 17-9 (3-3, 5-2, 4-1, 5-3)
Posillipo: Cappuccio, Dolce 2, Rossi 1, Foglio, Mattiello, Radovic 4, Renzuto Iodice 2, Russo, Klikovac, Bertoli 3, Mandolini 3, Saccoia 2, Negri. Head coach: Cufino.

RN Bogliasco: Dinu, Marziali 1, A. Di Somma 1, Azzarini, Barillari, Bianchi, Guidi, Boero 1, Fabiano, Lanzoni 2, Gavazzi 1, Bruni 3, Vespa. Head coach: Bettini.

Previous winners:

1970 CC Napoli, 1971/73 not played, 1974 Pro Recco, 1975 not played, 1976 RN Florentia, 1977/84 not played, 1985-1986 Pescara, 1987 CN Posillipo, 1988 RN Arenzano, 1989 Pescara, 1990-1991 RN Savona, 1992 Pescara, 1993 RN Savona, 1994/97 not played, 1998 Pescara, 1999/2004 not played, 2005 Bissolati Cremona, 2006-2011 Pro Recco, 2012 AN Brescia, 2013-2014 Pro Recco.

Pro Recco, Brescia in Italian cup final

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Tuesday 18 March 2014, 20:41

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Tim Hartog

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The two current best Italian teams and previous two winners will battle for this year's national cup again on Wednesday. Defending champions Pro Recco and Brescia both in convincing fashion reached the final. Recco outplayed Posillipo 14-7 in the first of two semi-finals in Bogliasco on Tuesday thanks to a balanced attack in which all field players except Niccolo Figari managed to score a goal. Montenegrin international Aleksandar Radovic led the way for Posillipo scoring four goals. In the second encounter Brescia dominated hosts Bogliasco 13-3 in a one-sided affair. Italian international, although currently ejoying a sabbatical year off from the Settebello Christian Presciutti topped the scorers list with four for the victorious side. Pro Recco previously topped Brescia 14-11 in a Serie A1 15th round match-up earlier last month