Club22 July 2024

Pallanuoto Trieste qualifies for the Allievi championship finals!

Heart-pounding national semifinal group stage, with the decisive goal by Max Cernecca 5 seconds from the end in the match against Bogliasco

For the second consecutive year, Pallanuoto Trieste has qualified for the championship finals in the Allievi category. This is a remarkable achievement by the team coached by Alberto Petrucci, which has made it into the exclusive circle of the top eight teams in Italy after a heart-pounding national semifinal group stage. In the two-day event in Mompiano, anything and everything happened. Pallanuoto Trieste started off brilliantly, defeating RN Sori 16-10 with 10 goals equally shared between Alessandro Casavola and Federico Fumo. The match against the home team, Brescia Waterpolo, resulted in a narrow and somewhat undeserved loss (11-10 for the Lombards). The final decisive match against Bogliasco 1951 was a four-period battle. Trieste initially took a +2 lead (2-4), the Ligurians caught up and extended their lead with a 5-1 run in the second period (7-5). In the third period, Trieste equalized (7-7), setting the stage for a thrilling fourth period. In the last 2 minutes, Bogliasco saw qualification within reach twice, but Trieste equalized twice, first with Alessandro Casavola at 44 seconds from the end, then with Max Cernecca exactly 5 seconds before the buzzer: 10-10, Pallanuoto Trieste advances. From August 3 to 6 in Naples, the championship finals will feature Pallanuoto Trieste, Brescia Waterpolo, Pro Recco, Quinto Genova, Lazio Nuoto, CN Salerno, Roma Vis Nova, and Ortigia Academy.

 

PALLANUOTO TRIESTE - RN SORI 16-10 (8-4; 1-2; 4-1; 3-3)
PALLANUOTO TRIESTE: Cozzolino, Cernecca 2, Tikic 1, Fusaro, A. Casavola 5, Bianco, De Simone, Fatovic 1, Fumo 5, Zavattin, Rosic, Villan 2, Gianni, Kavalic, Cernivc. Coach A. Petrucci

BRESCIA WATERPOLO - PALLANUOTO TRIESTE 11-10 (2-4; 2-0; 2-3; 5-3)
PALLANUOTO TRIESTE: Cozzolino, Cernecca 1, Tikic, Fusaro, A. Casavola 7, Bianco, De Simone,  Fatovic, Fumo, Zavattin, Rosic, Villan 2, Gianni, Kavalic, Cernivc. Coach A. Petrucci

BOGLIASCO 1951 - PALLANUOTO TRIESTE 10-10 (2-4; 5-1; 0-2; 3-3)
PALLANUOTO TRIESTE: Cozzolino, Cernecca 3, Tikic, Fusaro, A. Casavola 2, Bianco, De Simone,  Fatovic, Fumo 3, Zavattin, Rosic, Villan 2, Gianni, Kavalic, Cernvic. Coach A. Petrucci

The standings for national semifinal group 2: Brescia Waterpolo 6, Pallanuoto Trieste 4, Bogliasco 1951 4, RN Sori 3 (Brescia Waterpolo and Pallanuoto Trieste qualified for the championship finals)