So much suffering, but in the end sport wins. The Italian women’s water polo team can smile. The blue Setterosa girls have in fact gained access to the quarter-finals of the final at the Paris Olympics. The danger was in fact that of a biscuit in the evening challenge between France and Greece, with the +8 of the Greeks that would have kept the Italians out of the next round.
The match appeared to be clearly regular, at least for 35 minutes, before a clear decline of the transalpines in the last part of the game. The Greeks were at +7 with one minute to go, with the ball (in numerical superiority) to be able to take the +8. Despite a defense that was anything but hands on by France, Greece decided not to shoot so as not to distort the tournament. Subsequently, the hosts could have found an own goal to reach the qualification, but they chose (a more than appreciable choice) not to take this path, thus being eliminated.