Team Settebello heads to the finals, Di Martire: “I have never seen Scandone like this”

Massimo Di Martire after winning the waterpolo semi-final against Russia, with a score of 14 – 6: “It was an incomparable feeling. I have never seen Scandone so full of people. Perhaps the only time was during the Europa Cup final when team Posillipo won, but since I was playing an away game I was […]

Waterpolo, Australia achieves 5th place after winning against Japan, Zimmerman: “It was great to be in Naples”

Jessica Zimmerman after winning against Japan and scoring the winning goal: “It was a really tough match. I was in the right place at the right time, the girls from the other team left some spaces and the goal came naturally. Obviously, it is disappointing, we hoped to do better, to reach at least the […]

Waterpolo, Australia defeats Japan in the 5th place final. Inoue: “We had a lot of fun despite the outcome”

After losing the finals for the 5th place against Australia, with a score of 10- 11, Ann Inoue said: “We did not finish the way we wanted to, but we did our best during the whole tournament, and I think we grew up as a team. We had a good experience, we came and  fought […]

Waterpolo, McLean leads Australia: “Now the turn of Japan, an old acquaintance”

The women’s water polo fifth place final will be played between Australia and Japan. Brooke McLean, the Aussie centre who scored 3 goals in today’s semi-final against China, has no concerns about not being able to fight anymore for a medal. “Surely, we were very dissappointed with yesterday’s defeat against Hungary – says McLean – […]

Waterpolo, France finishes nineth. Le Roux: “Universiade means to share emotions”

With 7 goals scored by Czech Republic in the ninth place finals, French striker Morgane Le Roux beautifully rounded off her Universiade. “It has been an experience of sharing with my teammates in each moment of the competition: from the changing room to the tribune and the pool itself. We had the opportunity to grow […]