Sandro Campagna’s team got the better of the hosts, who were combative but obviously of a lower level
The Settebello, already in the quarters, defeats the Japan 16-8 in the tournament of men’s water polo in Tokyo 2020 and the march continues without defeat. The Japanese, who have nothing to ask from the tournament, try to honor the match but the technical superiority of Sandro Campagna’s players guarantees an easy victory. Italy thus rises to 7 points in group A, the result of victories against South Africa, the USA and Japan itself and also with Greece.
Back in the tank and return to victory on Settebello: the Italian national water polo team, in front of the hosts, good in fundamentals and with a physical approach characterized by a suffocating pressing to try to compensate for the less effective technique, does not break down and, with a much better approach than in previous games , the victory is guaranteed already in the first period, closed 5-0, easily controlling the remaining three quarters of the game and closing on 16-8 a controlled race, in which the Japanese in any case try not to disfigure in front of the Azzurri.
The game immediately began downhill for Settebello who, thanks to their technical superiority, imposed themselves on their opponents, with no victories in an Olympic tournament since 1968. They score with a hat-trick Bodegas and Figlioli, with two goals Aicardi and Figari and with a network Di Fulvio, Rezzuto, Echenique, Velotto, Luongo and Dolce. The substantial initial advantage allows Italy, on the whole, to manage the rest of the match, keeping the opponents at a safe distance and never losing concentration or competition, granting Japan conclusions from a distance, well rejected by the extreme. blue defender Del Lungo in most cases. The Settebello conquers the partials of three of the four halves of the game, never in the balance. The contest, fast, fun and made up of continuous reversals in front of him, offers good sensations and indications, useful to the coach Sandro Campagna in view of the matches that will count on the path towards the medals. Today’s victory allows the Azzurri to climb to 7 points, after the victories against the United States and South Africa and the draw against Greece, lifting themselves to the top of the group.
ITALY-JAPAN 16-8 (5-0, 3-3, 3-1, 5-4)
Italy scorers: Aicardi (2), Bodegas (3), Di Fulvio, Figlioli (3), Rezzuto, Figari (2), Echenique, Velotto, Luongo, Dolce.
Japan markers: Inaba (3), Takata, Arai, Shiga, Adachi, Suzuki.
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