A series of high-scoring derbies in Serie A1 featuring Savona has continued, following the match in Trieste in the 21st round.
This weekend, Savona welcomed Pro Recco. The hosts played a good match, but didn’t surprise the favorite. Recco continued its winning streak with a 19:16 victory,
Recco held a 3:2 lead at the first break of an intense battle in Savona. However, during the second period, the game transformed into a scoring festival, and Savona took a 9:8 lead. In the final minute of the first half, Cannella tied the game at 9:9.
Early in the third period, Pro Recco moved ahead 11:9, but Savona responded with two goals, leveling at 11:11. Recco rebuilt a 2-goal lead and entered the final quarter with a 14:12 advantage. Pro Recco kept control in the final period. The outstanding Alvaro Granados, the man of the match, sealed Recco’s win with a nice goal, making it 18:14 with 02:40 remaining. Savona scored two goals after that, and Francesco Di Fuvlio set the final score four seconds before the final buzzer.
Granados contributed seven goals to a 19:16 win, and Francesco Di Fulvio added three. Savona’s best scorers were Oliver Leinweber and Marco Guidi, with four goals each.
Brescia demolished Olympic Roma, 17:4, after leading 10:0 early in the third quarter.
Telimar secured a surprising 21:14 victory over sixth-placed De Akker. Led by Saveljic and Lo Dico, who each scored four goals, Telimar started strong with a 6:1 first quarter. De Akker struggled to recover, despite a standout performance from Balazs Erdely, who scored six goals. The most exciting encounter was the one in Genoa, where Iren Quinto defeated 4th-placed Posillipo after a penalty shootout – 13:11 (9:9).
Trieste had to dig deep to beat Ortigia 12:11 in Syracuse,with four goals from Niko Cubranic.
2026 Italian League, Round 22
Savona – Pro Recco 16:19 (2:3, 7:6, 3:5, 4:5)
Florentia – Canottieri 7:11 (1:3, 4:2, 0:3, 2:3)
De Akker – Telimar 14:21 (1:6, 4:5, 5:6, 4:4)
Ortigia – Trieste 11:12 (2:2, 4:3, 3:3, 2:4)
Iren Genova Quinto – Posillipo 13:11 (3:1, 3:3, 1:2, 2:3, PSO 4:2)
Olympic Roma – Brescia 4:17 (0:5, 0:3, 2:3, 2:6)
Roma Vis Nova – Salerno 24:14 (4:2, 8:5, 7:2, 5:5)
- Pro Recco 22 – 66
- Brescia 22 – 63
- Savona 22 – 54
- Posillipo 22 – 39
- Trieste 22 – 36
- De Akker 22 – 32
- Iren Genova Quinto 21 – 30
- Canottieri Naples 21 – 27
- Roma Vis Nova 22 – 26
- Olympic Roma 22 – 23
- Telimar 22 – 20
- Salerno 22 – 18
- Ortigia 1928 22 – 18
- Florentia 22 – 7
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