With four teams fighting for the final play-offs spots in the Italian league, all eyes will be on the play-offs race in the upcoming weeks. With the seventeenth round played on Saturday and the table's number eleven Ellevi Nervi defeating RN Camogli 15-14 at home, Nervi is back in the race. Florentia and Ortigia were levelled 11-11 and the other two contenders lost their matches which means an exciting race could be ahead as six teams will divide three remaing berths. In the other matches, national vice-champion Savona gained a tough but well-earned 12-10 win over Enel Civitavecchia at home while defending champs Pro Recco reached a striking 11-4 win over current number five C.N. Posillipo on Friday. The top teams of Acquachiara and Brescia reached to 16-3 and 7-11 wins respectively. Read more for the results, scorers and standings in the Italian Serie A1 League.
Carpisa Yamamay Acquachiara - Strano Light Division Nuoto Catania 16-3 (4-0, 5-0, 2-3, 5-0)
Goals Acquachiara: Andrea Scotti Galletta 5, Antonio Petkovic 3, Tamas Marcz 2, Giacomo Saviano 2, Roberto Brancaccio, Tomislav Primorac, Gianmarco Guidaldi, Fabio Bencivenga.
Catania: Roberto Riccioli, Zoltan David, Giuseppe Iuppa.
Ferla Pro Recco - C. N. Posillipo 11-4 (3-0, 4-1, 2-1, 2-2)
Goals Pro Recco: Andrea Fondelli 2, Niccolo Figari, Pietro Figlioli, Maurizio Felugo, Luigi di Costanzo, Massimo Giacoppo, Tibor Benedek, Deni Fiorentini, Aleksandar Ivovic, Niccolo Gitto.
Goals Posillipo: Amaurys Perez, Valentino Gallo, Fabio Baraldi, Paride Saccoia.
Rari Nantes Florentia - IGM Ortigia 11-11 (5-3, 2-4, 2-3, 2-1)
Goals Florentia: Luigi Gobbi 3, Albert Español 2, Francesco di Fulvio 2, Francesco Coppoli, Michele Lapenna, Giacomo Bini, Andrea di Fulvio.
Goals Ortigia: Teo Djogas (pictured) 3, Bogdan Rath 3, Gabor Suti 2, Dario Puglisi 2, Michele Pesenti.
Ellevi Nervi - Rari Nantes Camogli 15-14 (3-3, 5-4, 2-4, 5-3)
Goals Ellevi Nervi: Dusan Markovic 4, Luca Marziali 4, Giacomo Lanzoni 3, Boris Popovic 2, Angelo Temellini, Davide Cesini.
Goals Camogli: Nicholas Presciutti 4, Giuseppe Valentino 2, Davide Steardo 2, Ivan Sukno 2, Olexandr Sadovyy 2, Stefano Luongo, Slobodan Nikic.
Rari Nantes Bogliasco - Associazione Nuotatori Brescia 7-11 (2-2, 1-4, 1-3, 3-2)
Goals Bogliasco: Heiko Nossek 2, Steven Camilleri 2, Christopher Washburn, Tomasso Vergano, Daniele Bettini.
Goals Brescia: Christian Presciutti 4, Luka Loncar 2, Marko Elez 2, Daniele Giorgi 2, Enrico Mammarella.
Carisa Savona - Enel Civitavecchia 12-10 (2-3, 2-3, 3-1, 5-3)
Goals Savona: Valerio Rizzo 3, Mladjan Janovic 2, Federico Mistrangelo 2, Matteo Aicardi 2, Luca Damonte, Alberto Angelini, Goran Fiorentini.
Goals Civitavecchia: Daniele Lisi 3, Davide Romiti 3, Luca di Rocco 2, Alessio Buffardi, Marco Chiarelli.
The standings are now as follows:
1. Ferla Pro Recco 17 - 45 pts
2. Carpisa Yamamay Acquachiara 17 - 42
3. Carisa Savona 17 - 41
4. Associazione Nuotatori Brescia 17 - 40
5. C.N. Posillipo 17 - 29
6. Rari Nantes Florentia 17 - 18
7. Rari Nantes Camogli 17 - 17
8. Rari Nantes Bogliasco 17 - 16
9. IGM Ortigia 17 - 15
10. Enel Civitavecchia 17 - 13
11. Ellevi Nervi 17 - 12
12. Strano Light Division Nuoto Catania 17 - 6
Top scorers:
1. Valerio Rizzo (Savona) 50 goals
2. Christian Presciutti (Brescia) 47 goals
3. Teo Djogas (Ortigia) 42 goals