Spain defeated Italy and won its first World Cup in water polo (10-4)

Spain defeated Italy 10-4, achieving their first title World Cup in long beach (United States) in the final marked by a score of 5-1 in the first quarter with Alvaro Granados and Philip Perrone leading the attack with Unai Aguirre as the character under the bats.

After defeating Germany in the quarter-finals (18-9) and Hungary in the semi-finals (10-8), David Martín’s team overcame water polo in the final where they left Italy who scored 20 against Romania and 15 with just 4 goals. United States.

In the previous 16 editions of the World League, now the first as a World Cup, Spain won five medals, but no gold

David Martin and his players arrive at the World Cup in Fukuoka in the second half as big favorites to repeat the gold from a year ago against Italy and get a passport to the Games in Paris, which the two finalists get.

The final began with Lorenzo Bruni scoring from the back, scoring the first goal for Italy after 19 seconds in what was already a mirage in an underwhelming first quarter for the Spanish side

Felipe Perrone, who had not scored in the quarter-finals or semi-finals, equalized after 47 seconds with a brilliant outside shot.

Then came Álvaro Granados’ three-goal festival of equal dominance, which together with Perrone’s other made it an impressive 5-1 in five minutes and from there until the end of the fourth.

Between Unai Aguirre and the defense, they dried up the attack of the Italians who failed four actions in the supremacy they had for 3 of the 4 goals of the selection.

Italy started the second quarter the same as the first, with a goal, this time from their gunner Edoardo di Somme, to break the eight-minute drought (5-2) in the first act of supremacy they achieved after four mistakes.

It took five minutes for the team to make their debut in this quarter, but when they did, they scored from the pair in less than 60 seconds. First by Bernat Sanahuja, and then by Álvaro Granados for the fourth in supremacy, from five attempts, for 7-2.

Francesco de Fulvio scored Italy’s third goal from long range three seconds before the break, ending the second quarter at 2-2.

The team’s path to victory continued with the same scenario in the third quarter, and thus with the Italian goal of Presciutti, as well as in the other three quarters for 7-4.

Alberto Munarriz stopped a slight Transalpine reaction in the beginning with his first goal in the final (8-4), while the defense continued to celebrate every block, steal or shot that the opponent missed.

Perrone, with the third goal, and Miguel de Toro, with a scoring debut in the last phase, increased to a great 10-4 at the end of the third quarter.

Defenses kept the final scoreless with Unai Aguirre making a 73% save against an Italy team that scored just 4 of 30 shots against 10 of 31 for the team.