European women. Setterosa beaten 12-9 in the semifinals by Greece

The

team stops in the semifinals of the 35th European Championship, taking place in Split.

The

of coach Carlo Silipo, at the “Spaladium Arena” of the Croatian city,

with a score of 12-9 (2-2; 4-2; 4-3; 2-2). 

The

did not manage to beat the Hellenic formation which in several places appeared superior.

Italy suffered

.

Setterosa to score with

, author of a hat-trick on seven shots,

of a brace, then with

Greece, for the

for the continental title on Friday at 20.30

(it is the first time that the two nations face each other in the final) which in semifinal beat the

10-7 (3-2, 2-1, 1-2, 4-2) in a challenge that saw the Iberians, already

in the first group stage, never go under in the score.

The Italians, on Friday at 7 pm, will face Holland

in the final for the bronze and they had already met in the consolation final, in 2010 in Zagreb, with the match that ended in favor of the "oranje".

From

(in 2018 sixth and fifth in 2020).

Women's water polo has won bronze twice, in 1991 in Athens and in 2016 in Belgrade.

In between the golds of Vienna 1995, Seville 1997, Prato 1999, the silver of Budapest 2001, the gold of Ljubljana 2003, the silver of Belgrade 2006 and the gold of Eindhoven 2012.