Italian CUP

Pro Recco wins 10th Italian cup

 By: Tim Hartog  Men

Pro Recco have claimed their 10th Italian cup this weekend at home after beating rivals Brescia in the final 8-5 on Saturday. The 'Coppa Italia' win is Pro Recco's 3rd straight and 9th since 2006. A big 3-0 finish in the 4th quarter sealed the win over Brescia for Pro Recco after both sides had played a close match until that point. Alex Giorgetti, Andrea Fondelli and Matteo Aicardi contributed an important part of the offensive productions scoring 2 goals each. Top scorer for Brescia was centre-forward Michaël Bodegas who was the only player of his team to score 2. Sport Management claimed 3rd place holding off Acquachiara 8-9 in a close contest.

Italian league

Friday 27-02:

Semifinals
Pro Recco vs. Carpisa Yamamay Acquachiara 12-6 (2-2, 3-1, 4-1, 3-2)
Pro Recco: Tempesti Stefano, Lapenna Federico, Prlainovic Andrija 1, Pijetlovic Dusko 1, Giorgetti Alex 5, Felugo Maurizio, Giacoppo Massimo 1, Di Fulvio Francesco 1, Figari Niccolo, Fondelli Andrea 2, Aicardi Matteo, Gitto Niccolo 1, Pastorino Giacomo.

Carpisa Yamamay Acquachiara: Caprani Francesco, Perez Amaurys, Rossi Simone, Paskvalin Fran 1, Scotti Galletta Andrea 1, Petkovic Antonio 3, Lanzoni Giacomo 1, Marziali Luca, Luongo Stefano, Valentino Giuseppe, Astarita Matteo, Gitto Matteo, Iasevoli Raffaele.

AN Brescia vs. BPM Sport Management 7-4 (1-1, 2-2, 3-0, 1-1)
AN Brescia: Del Lungo Marco, Bruni Lorenzo, Presciutti Christian 1, Pagani Federico, Molina Guillermo 1, Rizzo Valerio 1, Giorgi Daniele, Nora Alessandro 3, Presciutti Nicholas, Bodegas Michael, Fiorentini Deni, Napolitano Christian 1, Dian Brando. 

BPM Sport Management: Volarevic Goran, Luongo Michele 2, Binchi Leonardo, Zimonjic Pedrag, Filipovic Dorde, Di Fulvio Andrea, Ivovic Blagoje 1, Di Fulvio Carlo, La Penna Michele 1, Bini Giacomo, Razzi Andrea, Sadovyy Olexandr, Conti Mattia.

Saturday 28-02:

3rd/4th place

Carpisa Yamamay Acquachiara vs. BPM Sport Management 8-9 (3-3, 2-2, 1-1, 2-3)
Carpisa Yamamay Acquachiara: Caprani, Perez 2, Rossi, Paskvalin 1, Scotti Galletta, Petkovic, Lanzoni 1, Marziali 1, S. Luongo 2, Valentino, Astarita, M. Gitto 1, Iasevola.

BPM Sport Management: Volarevic, M. Luongo 2, Binchi, Zimonjic, Filipovic 2, A. Di Fulvio, Ivovic, C. Di Fulvio 1, M. Lapenna, Bini 1, Razzi 2, Sadovyy 1, Conti.

Final

Pro Recco vs. AN Brescia 8-5 (0-1, 2-2, 3-2, 3-0)
Pro Recco: Tempesti, F. Lapenna, Prlainovic 1, Pijetlovic, Giorgetti 2, Felugo, Giacoppo, F. Di Fulvio, N. Figari 1, A. Fondelli 2, Aicardi 2, N. Gitto, Pastorino.

AN Brescia: Del Lungo, Bruni 1, C. Presciutti, F. Pagani, Molina, Rizzo 1, Giorgi, Nora 1, N. Presciutti, Bodegas 2, D. Fiorentini, Napolitano, Dian.