Women's water polo finals: the Setterosa wins the bronze and Spain takes the gold

At

in

, the girls of water polo took the

, beating the

in

the final that was giving away the third place.

The girls thus avenged themselves for the defeat - always suffered in the final for the bronze - in July, at the World Championships in Hungary, precisely at the hands of the “

”.

Game

, with Italy always able to respond blow for blow and then to take over the opponents, this time forced to bow.

The partials of the four times:

;

;

;

Five goals for a moving

, who at

and ten years after she dragged the Italians to the final in Eindhoven for the last continental triumph, takes the young teammates by the hand, taking them to heaven.

With her the other protagonist is instead

,

born in 2003, author of four goals and young terminal of a new group born a year and a half ago under the guidance of the blue coach, the Olympian

(482 appearances with Settebello) who also gives himself a nice birthday present when he turns

tomorrow .

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The Italian players celebrate the victory for 16-13 at the end of the match of the women's water polo European Championships for third place between the Netherlands and Italy in Split

Six years later, the Italy of women's water polo returns to the continental podium.

The last medal was the bronze in Belgrade 2016. The match held at the '

' of the Croatian city was very close and full of emotions.

At the end of the

the Dutch had a double advantage (12-10).

Character, determination and excellent plays gave a heart-pounding ending.

After the

who gave the Setterosa the lead

but less than twenty seconds later the opponents scored with

.

The blues returned forward with

at

from the end of the match.

The Netherlands in an attempt to equalize received a penalty.

Situation exploited by the Setterosa who went to +2 thanks to the rigor of Bianconi.

To fix the final result was Sofia Giustini with an empty goal.

For the Italian women's water polo it is the

after five gold, two silver and two bronze.

In the overall medal table there is always Holland with 12 podiums.

is confirmed as European champion

: the Iberians this evening defeated Greece 9 to 6.

For the Spanish water polo in pink it is the

after Budapest 2014 and 2020, for the Greek one yet another

.

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Women's Water Polo - European Championships 2022, Final: Spain - Greece

Spain beats Greece in Final A and takes gold

In a final that

based on a very physical performance,

seem to gain

in the

.

Greece did not give up and fought throughout the game and recovered to

.

The two teams know each other well and at the last World Cup the match ended in a draw.

Greece tried to

(5-4), and taking advantage of a weak moment of the Spanish defense,

, when

collects a rebound from

and scores almost on the goal line.

The Spanish defense asks for a two-meter which is not sanctioned by the referees.

Then the Spanish players tighten the ranks:

, once again finds the

(7-6) on a temporary expulsion for the Hellenes

.

Greece is distracted and finally

compensates for a missed penalty in the second half with a goal, which required a

, but which in the end scored an

on the scoreboard which already put a good mortgage on the final result, put definitely safe from another goal less than a minute from the end.

The partials of the four halves: